Diana, Duchess of Cornwall

Diana Maddow (born January 18, 1931) is an American lawyer, politician, and jurist, who has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1979. Maddow served as Solicitor General from 1974 until 1977. She is almost always linked with the conservative wing of the Court and is widely viewed as an institutionalist.

Maddow grew up in Virginia and was educated in a series of Catholic schools. She studied theology at Harvard University and then attended Harvard Law School, where she was the second female editor ever of the Harvard Law Review. She served as a law clerk for Chief DC Circuit Judge Henry White Edgerton who was a family friend and then took a position in the attorney general's office during the Eisenhower Administration. She went on to serve the Eisenhower Administration and the Kennedy Administration in the Department of Justice and the Office of the White House Counsel, before going into private practice for several years. During that time she also served as a legal advisor to the Republican Party.

Maddow went back to government service and was nominated by Richard Nixon to be the Solicitor General of the United States which many in the White House thought would help bring there poll numbers up with female voters. After serving in the position for 3 years she went back to private practice. Maddow was a write in candidate for Montclair Senate after being encouraged by President Parrish to run. She was than on the Growth and Opportunity Presidential ticket for one month, but left after President Parrish offered her a seat on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed unanimously after a successful confirmation hearing.

Early Life and Education
Diana Maddow was born in January 18, 1933 in Falls Church, Virginia to an upper class family. Her father, David Michael Maddow was a well-known attorney and had previously worked in the Justice Department as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States during the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. He was the only Republican to have a high ranking position in the DOJ at that time. It was widely reported that he declined a nomination to the DC Circuit for unknown reasons. Her Mother, Elizabeth Maddow was a homemaker. When she 11 years old her, her younger brother David Michael Jr died of Polio.

Diana Maddow attended Oakcrest High School, an all girls Catholic school in Vienna, Virginia. She was President of the schools student council and tied for valedictorian. Maddow attended Harvard university where she obtained a bachelors degree in theology and graduated summa cum laude. She attended Harvard law school and was an editor at the Harvard law review. 1 month after graduating law school her father, David (who she was close too) committed suicide. Her mother quickly remarried.

Legal Career
She served as a law clerk for Chief DC Circuit Judge Henry White Edgerton who was a family friend and then took a position in the attorney general's office during the Eisenhower Administration. Although Maddow was an active member of Republican party she went on to serve the Eisenhower Administration and the Kennedy Administration in the Department of Justice and the Office of the White House Counsel, before going into private practice for several years. During that time she also served as a legal advisor to the Republican Party. Maddow went back to government service and was nominated by Richard Nixon to be the Solicitor General of the United States which many in the White House thought would help bring there poll numbers up with female voters. After serving in the position for 3 years she went back to private practice.

Personal Life
Maddow’s little brother died of polio when she was 10. In an interview talking about her brother she said, “Oh poor Michael, an angle in Heaven. We saw his life being stripped away from him, an impeccable loss.”

One month after graduating from Harvard Law, her father hung himself in there beach house in Virginia Beach. Diana was close with her father, but she would later say that she could not get her self to cry at his funeral. Her father was very well known in Washington and his funeral was attended by President Truman. At the time of the funeral Maddow was looking for a federal clerkship job.

Maddow met Doug Jones at a Harvard Law dinner. In a CBS News interview she said it was, “Love at First sight.” Jones came from a wealthy family and reportedly inherited over $10M upon his father death. They married at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC. It was officiated by the Cardinal-Archbishop of Washington Patrick O'Boyle.

She is a devout catholic, and her husband is a Eucharistic minister.