Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 2003)

Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross,, known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal. He also served as Britain's principal delegate to the United Nations immediately after the Second World War and as Attorney General for England.

His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the Sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the highest ranking amongst the Law officers of the Crown. The Attorney general is the leader of the Attorney General's Office and currently attends the Cabinet. Unlike in other countries employing the Common law legal system, the attorney general does not govern the Administration of justice; that function is carried out by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. The incumbent is also concurrently Advocate General for Northern Ireland.