F. E. Smith
Title: 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Full Name: Frederick Edwin Smith
Birthdate: July 12, 1872
Birthplace: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: September 30, 1930
Occupation: Attorney and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (1919-1922)
Profile: Best known as being
Winston Churchill's closest personal friend.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._E._Smith,_1st_Earl_of_Birkenhead
Number of Quotes: 2
F. E. Smith:
He was drunk as a judge.
Judge:
The expression as I have always understood it is
sober as a judge.
Perhaps you mean
as drunk as a lord
?
F. E. Smith:
Yes, my lord.
The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.