Professor of English Law, author of "The Law of Torts"; a Fellow of St. John's College.
WINFIELD, PERCY HENRY.
Adm. at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 1, 1896. [Youngest] s. of Fred[erick] Charles, merchant, of Stoke Ferry, Brandon, Norfolk (and Mary Flatt). B. there [Sept. 16, 1878]. School, King's Lynn Grammar (The Rev. W. Boyce). Matric. Michs. 1896; (Law Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1898); Scholar, 1898; B.A. and LL.B. (Law Trip., Pt II, 1st Class), 1899; Whewell Scholar, 1900; LL.M. 1906; LL.D. 1918.
Machmahon Student.
Fellow, 1921-53.
University Lecturer in Law, 1926-8. Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, 1928-43.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Mar. 8, 1900.
Called to the Bar, June 24, 1903.
On the South-Eastern Circuit.
Deputy County Court Judge, Circuit No. 35.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Cambridgeshire. Reg. (T.F.), 1914; wounded; employed War Office). Lecturer in English Legal History at the Law School of Harvard University, 1923.
Tagore Law Professor, Calcutta University, 1930.
J.P. for Cambridge Borough, 1925.
F.B.A. Hon. LL.D., Harvard and Leeds.
Hon. Bencher of the Inner Temple.
K.C., 1943.
Member, Lord Chancellor's Law Revision Committee.
Reader in Common Law to Council of Legal Education, 1938-49.
Knighted, 1949.
Married, Aug. 17, 1909, Helena, 5th dau. of W. T. Scruby, of Cambridge, and had issue.
Author, The Law of Torts; Text-book on Torts; History of Abuse of Legal Procedure; Province of the Law of Torts; Foundations and Future of International Law; Salmond and Winfield, Law of Contracts; editions of Pollock On Contract. Editor, Law Quarterly Review, 1929, and of the Cambridge Law Journal, 1927-47.
Of 13, Cranmer Road, Cambridge.
Died July 7, 1953. (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 19, 1909.)
See ODNB.
WINFIELD, PERCY HENRY.
Adm. at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 1, 1896. [Youngest] s. of Fred[erick] Charles, merchant, of Stoke Ferry, Brandon, Norfolk (and Mary Flatt). B. there [Sept. 16, 1878]. School, King's Lynn Grammar (The Rev. W. Boyce). Matric. Michs. 1896; (Law Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1898); Scholar, 1898; B.A. and LL.B. (Law Trip., Pt II, 1st Class), 1899; Whewell Scholar, 1900; LL.M. 1906; LL.D. 1918.
Machmahon Student.
Fellow, 1921-53.
University Lecturer in Law, 1926-8. Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, 1928-43.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Mar. 8, 1900.
Called to the Bar, June 24, 1903.
On the South-Eastern Circuit.
Deputy County Court Judge, Circuit No. 35.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Cambridgeshire. Reg. (T.F.), 1914; wounded; employed War Office). Lecturer in English Legal History at the Law School of Harvard University, 1923.
Tagore Law Professor, Calcutta University, 1930.
J.P. for Cambridge Borough, 1925.
F.B.A. Hon. LL.D., Harvard and Leeds.
Hon. Bencher of the Inner Temple.
K.C., 1943.
Member, Lord Chancellor's Law Revision Committee.
Reader in Common Law to Council of Legal Education, 1938-49.
Knighted, 1949.
Married, Aug. 17, 1909, Helena, 5th dau. of W. T. Scruby, of Cambridge, and had issue.
Author, The Law of Torts; Text-book on Torts; History of Abuse of Legal Procedure; Province of the Law of Torts; Foundations and Future of International Law; Salmond and Winfield, Law of Contracts; editions of Pollock On Contract. Editor, Law Quarterly Review, 1929, and of the Cambridge Law Journal, 1927-47.
Of 13, Cranmer Road, Cambridge.
Died July 7, 1953. (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 19, 1909.)
See ODNB.
Professor of English Law, author of "The Law of Torts"; a Fellow of St. John's College.
WINFIELD, PERCY HENRY.
Adm. at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 1, 1896. [Youngest] s. of Fred[erick] Charles, merchant, of Stoke Ferry, Brandon, Norfolk (and Mary Flatt). B. there [Sept. 16, 1878]. School, King's Lynn Grammar (The Rev. W. Boyce). Matric. Michs. 1896; (Law Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1898); Scholar, 1898; B.A. and LL.B. (Law Trip., Pt II, 1st Class), 1899; Whewell Scholar, 1900; LL.M. 1906; LL.D. 1918.
Machmahon Student.
Fellow, 1921-53.
University Lecturer in Law, 1926-8. Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, 1928-43.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Mar. 8, 1900.
Called to the Bar, June 24, 1903.
On the South-Eastern Circuit.
Deputy County Court Judge, Circuit No. 35.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Cambridgeshire. Reg. (T.F.), 1914; wounded; employed War Office). Lecturer in English Legal History at the Law School of Harvard University, 1923.
Tagore Law Professor, Calcutta University, 1930.
J.P. for Cambridge Borough, 1925.
F.B.A. Hon. LL.D., Harvard and Leeds.
Hon. Bencher of the Inner Temple.
K.C., 1943.
Member, Lord Chancellor's Law Revision Committee.
Reader in Common Law to Council of Legal Education, 1938-49.
Knighted, 1949.
Married, Aug. 17, 1909, Helena, 5th dau. of W. T. Scruby, of Cambridge, and had issue.
Author, The Law of Torts; Text-book on Torts; History of Abuse of Legal Procedure; Province of the Law of Torts; Foundations and Future of International Law; Salmond and Winfield, Law of Contracts; editions of Pollock On Contract. Editor, Law Quarterly Review, 1929, and of the Cambridge Law Journal, 1927-47.
Of 13, Cranmer Road, Cambridge.
Died July 7, 1953. (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 19, 1909.)
See ODNB.
WINFIELD, PERCY HENRY.
Adm. at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 1, 1896. [Youngest] s. of Fred[erick] Charles, merchant, of Stoke Ferry, Brandon, Norfolk (and Mary Flatt). B. there [Sept. 16, 1878]. School, King's Lynn Grammar (The Rev. W. Boyce). Matric. Michs. 1896; (Law Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1898); Scholar, 1898; B.A. and LL.B. (Law Trip., Pt II, 1st Class), 1899; Whewell Scholar, 1900; LL.M. 1906; LL.D. 1918.
Machmahon Student.
Fellow, 1921-53.
University Lecturer in Law, 1926-8. Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, 1928-43.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Mar. 8, 1900.
Called to the Bar, June 24, 1903.
On the South-Eastern Circuit.
Deputy County Court Judge, Circuit No. 35.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Cambridgeshire. Reg. (T.F.), 1914; wounded; employed War Office). Lecturer in English Legal History at the Law School of Harvard University, 1923.
Tagore Law Professor, Calcutta University, 1930.
J.P. for Cambridge Borough, 1925.
F.B.A. Hon. LL.D., Harvard and Leeds.
Hon. Bencher of the Inner Temple.
K.C., 1943.
Member, Lord Chancellor's Law Revision Committee.
Reader in Common Law to Council of Legal Education, 1938-49.
Knighted, 1949.
Married, Aug. 17, 1909, Helena, 5th dau. of W. T. Scruby, of Cambridge, and had issue.
Author, The Law of Torts; Text-book on Torts; History of Abuse of Legal Procedure; Province of the Law of Torts; Foundations and Future of International Law; Salmond and Winfield, Law of Contracts; editions of Pollock On Contract. Editor, Law Quarterly Review, 1929, and of the Cambridge Law Journal, 1927-47.
Of 13, Cranmer Road, Cambridge.
Died July 7, 1953. (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 19, 1909.)
See ODNB.
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