Lionel Henry Daiches (8 March 1911 – 11 November 1999), was a Scottish QC and Liberal Party politician.
Background
Daiches lived at 10 Heriot Row, Edinburgh
Daiches was the son of Dr Salis Daiches, a rabbi of the Edinburgh Jewish congregation. He was educated at George Watson's College and Edinburgh University.[1] In 1947 he married Dorothy Estelle Bernstein. They had two sons.[2] His younger brother David Daiches was a noted writer. He also had two sisters, Sylvia and Beryl Daiches.[3][4]
Daiches practised as a solicitor before being admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1946.[6] He became a QC in 1956.[7]
Political career
Daiches wrote many articles arguing the identical nature of Bolshevism and Fascism.[8] He was Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh South division at the 1950 General Election. It was not a promising seat and no Liberal had contested the division since 1929. In a difficult election year for the Liberals, he came third;
^‘DAICHES, Lionel Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Jan 2015
^Zia-ur-Rehman Khan, Intermediate Simple English grammar & composition (Federal Board, Part II) (2012). End of Term. Lahore: Simple Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Daiches, David (1997). Two worlds: an Edinburgh Jewish childhood; Promised lands: a portrait of my father (2. ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN086241704X.
^‘DAICHES, Lionel Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Jan 2015
