Background
He was the only child of Basil Hanbury and his wife, Patience, née Verney, a daughter of Henry Verney, eighteenth Baron Willoughby de Broke.
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Harold Hanbury
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He was educated at Charterhouse and took up a Classical Scholarship at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1915, but interrupted his studies for military service in the British Army in 1916, returning to complete his degree after the end of World War I. In 1921 he was elected a Fellow of Lincoln College, and an Honorary Fellow in 1949.
Career
In that year he was appointed Vinerian Professor of English Law, which carried with it a Fellowship at All Souls College. He remained there until his retirement in 1964, after which he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Nigeria until 1966. Hanbury was a highly regarded figure in the Oxford of his day, on account of his accessible lecturing style and affable personality, and immensely popular with his undergraduates.
He was also known for his great fondness for cats, and for years was the Vice-president of the Oxford Cat Club.
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Nigeria