PHILLIMORE, WALTER GEORGE FRANK, 1ST BARON PHILLIMORE, only son of Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv); b. 21 Nov 1845; adm. 11 Nov 1857 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1859; Capt. of the School 1862; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1863, matr. 27 May 1863; Treasurer, Oxford Union 1866; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1865, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1866; 1st cl. Law and Modern History 1867; BA 1867; BCL 1870; DCL 1875; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1867-71; Vinerian Law Scholar 1868; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 1888, Treasurer 1908; patent of precedence Dec 1883; succ. father as 2nd baronet 4 Feb 1885; Chancellor, Diocese of Lincoln 1872-97; contested (Liberal) St. George’s, Hanover Square 1885, Henley 1886 1892; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice 1897-1913; Lord Justice of Appeal Oct 1913 – autumn 1916, retd.; Privy Councillor 19 Dec 1913; created Baron Phillimore 2 Jul 1918; President, Naval Prize Tribunal 1918-28; British member, Council of League of Nations for solving German and Polish disputes 1924; GBE 1928; LLD Edinburgh 1898; LLD Birmingham 1918; hon. FBA; President, International Law Association 1905-8; inherited Phillimore estate, Kensington, in 1900; Alderman, Kensington BC, Mayor 1909-11; President, English Church Union 1919-20; Commander, Order of the Crown (Belgium) 1921; JP Oxfordshire; Busby Trustee from 17 Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1885; Vice-Pres., Elizabethan Club 1917-20, President from 1920; benefactor to the School; author, Three Centuries of Treaties of Peace and their Teaching, 1917, and other works; m. 26 Jul 1870 Agnes, eldest dau. of Charles Manners Lushington MP, Norton Court, Kent; d. 13 Mar 1929. DNB.
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