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GB-2014-WSA-08204 · Person · 1883-1952

Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1st Baron Greene, son of Arthur Weguelin Greene, of Beckenham, Kent, solicitor, by Katherine Agnes, daughter of Octavius Fooks, of Gravesend, Kent; b. Dec. 30, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); Mure Scholar 1900; Capt. of the School 1901; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; Craven Scholar 1903; Hertford Scholar 1904; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1904; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1905; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1906; B.A. 1906; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1907; Vinerian Law Scholar 1908; Council of Legal Education, studentship Trinity term, 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 1, 1908; M.A. 1912; K.C. 1922; Bencher Jan. 1925; appointed Standing Counsel to the Univ. of Oxford Oct. 1926; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. and Hon. D. C. L. Oxon. 1935; a Lord Justice of Appeal Oct. 22, 1935; knighted and P. C. Oct. 25, 1935; Master of the Rolls April 26, 1937; F. S. A. 1939; Hon. F.R.I.B.A. 1941; created Baron Greene July 16, 1941; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary June 1, 1949; resigned May 1950; a Busby Trustee May 1927; Founder and first Chairman of the Westminster School Society 1937; a Trustee of the British Museum 1949; served as Capt. 2/1st Batt. of the Oxford and Bucks L. I. 1914-6, as a G. S. O. in the 5th Army 1917, and in the 2nd Army 1917-8; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; O.B.E. March 22, 1919; French Croix de Guerre, and Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy; m. May 28, 1909, Nancy, daughter of Francis Wright, of Nottingham; d. April 16, 1952.

GB-2014-WSA-08205 · Person · ca. 1731-?

GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.

Greenhill, James, ca. 1734-?
GB-2014-WSA-08206 · Person · ca. 1734-?

GREENHILL, JAMES, elder son of James Greenhill, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney, and Mary Richardson, St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, sister of Benjamin Richardson; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1742; left 1750; articled to father 17 Jan 1752; transferred to Thomas Handley, Rolls Buildings 17 Jun 1752, on father’s death.

GB-2014-WSA-08207 · Person · 1729-1813

GREENHILL, JOHN RUSSELL, son of Samuel Greenhill EICS [check Presidency], Swincombe, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Russell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; bapt. Calcutta 11 Dec 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1746; BCL 1754; DCL 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1747; ordained deacon 9 Jun 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Oxford); Rector of Cottisford and Fringford, Oxfordshire, from 25 Nov 1756; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 15 Dec 1779; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks., on death of cousin Mary Russell in Jun 1813; his diary for 1780-7 is in Bodleian Library, Oxford; m. 5 Jul 1753 Elizabeth, only child of Matthew Noble, Sunderland, co. Durham; d. 20 Dec 1813.

Greenhill, John, ca. 1739-?
GB-2014-WSA-08208 · Person · ca. 1739-?

GREENHILL, JOHN, brother of James Greenhill (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Clarke's); in school list 1754; articled to Daniel Fox, a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, 1 Feb 1755; a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, adm. 9 Jun 1763, succeeding Richard Ivatt (qv); living 1785.

Greenhill, Joseph, 1704-1788
GB-2014-WSA-08209 · Person · 1704-1788

GREENHILL, JOSEPH, son of William Greenhill, Abbots Langley, Herts., barrister [check], and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. 21 Feb 1703/4; adm. Apr 1718; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. . scholar 12 Feb 1722/3, matr. 1723; 2nd in “ordo” 1726/7; BA 1726/7; MA 1731; ordained deacon (London) 24 Sep 1727, priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1727/8; Rector of East Horsley, Surrey, from 23 Mar 1727/8; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey, from 27 Mar 1732/3; author, An Essay on the Prophecies of the New Testament, 2nd ed. 1759, and author of published sermons on the Millenium and The Presumptuous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation; d. 10 Mar 1788. DNB.

GB-2014-WSA-08210 · Person · 1945-1986

Greenhill, Hon. Robin James, brother of Hon. Nigel Denis St George Greenhill (qv); b. 7 June 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (QS); left July 1962; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963, BA 1966; res. asst. CBI 1967-8; Dillons Univ. Bookshop 1968-71; clerical asst. DHSS 1974; m. 21 Mar. 1970 (div. 1975) Hon. Elizabeth Roll, d. of Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden KCMG CB, dir. Bank of England; d. 17 July 1986.

GB-2014-WSA-08211 · Person · 1763-1836

GREENHILL-RUSSELL, SIR ROBERT, BART., only surviving child of John Russell Greenhill (qv); bapt. Great Missenden, Bucks. 24 Feb 1763 (IGI); adm. 23 Jun 1773; KS 1776; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 – Dec 1791, Faculty Student from 24 Dec 1791; BA 1784; MA 1787; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1780, called to bar 14 Jun 1790; equity draftsman; MP Thirsk 1806-32; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks.; assumed additional surname of Russell 27 May 1815; created baronet 15 Sep 1831; d. unm. 12 Dec 1836, aged 73.

Greening, Claude, 1870-?
GB-2014-WSA-08212 · Person · 1870-?

Greening, Claude, son of Robert Greening, of Streatham, solicitor, by Adela, daughter of Thomas Willis, of Clapham, Surrey; b. Nov. 3, 1870; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (R); left July 1887; was articled to his father, but did not become a solicitor; author of God's Beauty Scenes and other Poems (1924), and Inhlobane (1926); m. Feb. 15, 1896, Alice Mary Johnson.