He was the British - appointed attorney - general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist .
Norman De Mattos Bentwich OBE MC ( 28 February 1883 -- 8 April 1971 ) was a British barrister and legal academic .
Norman De Mattos Bentwich OBE MC was the British - appointed barrister     of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist .
Norman De Mattos Bentwich OBE MC ( 28 February 1883 -- 8 April 1971 ) was a British barrister and legal academic .