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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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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963