Men-at-the-Bar/Wills, (Hon.) Sir Alfred
Wills, (Hon.) Sir Alfred, Knt. (11 Aug., 1884), a justice of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, since 21 July, 1884, late member of Council of Legal Education, and late member of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, member of the Bar Committee Dec, 1883, to July, 1884, counsel to the Incorporated Law Society 1878-84, recorder of Sheffield 1880-4, B.A. (1st in classical honours and scholar London Univ. 1849, LL.B. (law scholarship) 1851, and a member of Convocation, fellow Univ. Coll., London, examiner in common law and evidence London Univ. 1876-81, author of The Eagle's Nest and Wanderings among the High Alps and of A Vestryman's Guide, editor of Wills on Circumstantial Evidence, a student of Lincoln's Inn 4 May, 1847 (then aged 18), went to the Middle Temple 19 Aug., 1851, where he was called to the bar 21 Nov., 1851, Q.C. 1 Nov., 1872, bencher 7 May, 1874 (2nd son of William Wills, Esq., of Park Mount, Edgbaston); born 11 Dec., 1828; married 1st, 15 Aug., 1854, Lucy, youngest dau. of George Martineau, Esq., of Tulse Hill, Surrey; she died 17 April, 1860; he married 2ndly, 1 Oct., 1861, Bertha, 3rd dau. of Thomas Lombe Taylor, Esq., of Starston, Norfolk.
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