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947246Men-at-the-Bar — Laurence, Perceval MaitlandJoseph Foster


Laurence, (Hon.) Perceval Maitland, LL.M., Corpus Christi Coll., Camb., 1879, B.A. (fellow) 1876, judge of supreme court of Cape Colony (High Court of Griqualand) since 1882, sometime classical tutor Cavendish Coll., lecturer and examiner Corpus Christi Coll., senior Whewell scholar and members' prizeman Camb. Univ. 1877, York prizeman 1878, chancellor's gold medallist for legal studies 1879, admitted to bar of supreme court of Cape Colony 1880, examiner in literature at Cape of Good Hope Univ. 1881, author of The Law and Custom of Primogeniture, a student of Lincoln's Inn 29 June, 1875 (then aged 21), Tancred common law student, called to the bar 18 Nov., 1878 (eldest son of Rev. Perceval Laurence, rector of South Ockendon, Essex); born 20 April, 1854.

Kimberley, Griqualand West, South Africa; Reform and Savile Clubs, S.W.; Kimberley Club.