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Williamson, Victor Alexander, 1838-1924
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1838-1924
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WILLIAMSON, VICTOR ALEXANDER, fourrth son of Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., MP, and Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell, third dau. of Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; b. 28 Jun 1838; adm. 7 Feb 1848; QS 1853; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-71; BA 1860; MA 1864; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1865; Northern Circuit; a Commissioner for inquiring into the condition of Indian labourers in Mauritius 1872-3; Chairman of Commission for settling titles to land, Fiji, and member, Executive and Legislative Councils, Fiji 1879-82; CMG 24 May 1882; Secretary to Parliamentary Commission on London Board of Works 1888; Hon. Commissioner in Lunacy 11 Dec 1893; DL co. Durham; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1890; d. unm. 16 Sep 1924.
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GB 2014
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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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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.