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Shearman, Montague, 1885-1940
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Dates of existence
1885-1940
History
Shearman, Montague, son of Sir Montague Shearman, Judge of the King's Bench Div., of South Kensington, by Mary Louise, daughter of Job Long, of New York; b. July 17, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); exhibitioner 1899; Q.S. (non-resident) 1900; left July 1903; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1908; Oxford Circuit; a member of the London County Council 1913-22; served in the R.N.V.R. 1914-5; asst. legal adviser, Foreign Office, July 15, 1919; representative of the Procurator-General on the Contraband Committee in the Foreign Office April 1915 - Dec. 1918; author of The Press Laws of Foreign Countries (1925); O.B.E. June 7, 1918; Claims Adviser to the Foreign Office Oct. 1, 1929; he assembled a magnificent collection of modern pictures and was one of the earliest appreciators in England of Matisse and Utrillo; hon. secretary of the Contemporary Art Society; d. Feb. 4, 1940; unm.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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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