Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford

Henry George Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, QC (24 June 1892 – 28 August 1974) was a British lawyer and a Conservative politician.

[1][2] He briefly served during World War I, but was discharged because of health problems and continued working in Whitehall.

[7] In 1946 he published the book Trade Unions and the Law connected with treatment of Poland by Yalta agreements.

[8] He was well known for his speeches in which he complained about the improper usages of the English language, especially in the United States, as can be seen in a Time magazine article from 1957.

[9] Lord Conesford married Anne Sadelbia Mary, daughter of Bowyer Nichols, in 1927.