Gwyer, Sir Maurice Linford, son of John Edward Gwyer, of Kensington, by Edith, daughter of William Linford, of Finchley; b. April 25, 1878; adm. from Highgate School as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1892; Mure Scholar 1895; Captain of the School 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Oct. 1897; Fell exhibitioner 1897, Slade exhibitioner 1899; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1899, 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1901; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1904; B.C. L. 1908; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1902; Lecturer on Private International Law at Oxford Univ. 1912-5; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1903, after obtaining a 1st class, and special prize for Constitutional and Legal History in 1901, a 1st class, and special prize for Common Law in 1902, and a 1st class, and Certificate of Honour in the final exam. in Jan. 1903; joined the Western Circuit; solicitor to the National Health Insurance Commissioners (England) 1912-6; Legal Adviser, Ministry of Shipping, 1917-9; Solicitor and Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Health 1919-26; King's Proctor and Solicitor to the Treasury 1926; C. B. Jan. 1, 1921; edited Anson's Law of Contract (14th, 15th, and 16th editions) and Anson's Law of the Constitution; author of the conception, and draftsman, of the Statute of Westminster after the Imperial Conference 1926; K.C. B. 1928; a Busby Trustee 1929; First Parliamentary Counsel 1934; K.C. S. I. June 3, 1935; first Chief Justice of India Oct. 1, 1937-43; Vice Chancellor of Delhi Univ. 1938-50; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1938; G. C. I. E. Jan. 1, 1948; m. Dec. 18, 1906, Alsina Helen Marion, elder daughter of Sir Henry Burdett, K.C. B., of Bayswater; d. Oct. 12, 1952.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
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