Henry William Rawson Wade

Background

Wade, Henry William Rawson was born on January 16, 1918 in London. Son of Henry Oswald and Eileen Lucy (Rawson-Ackroyd) Wade.

Education

Shrewsbury School, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge and Harvard Law School, United States of America.

Career

Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge and University Lecturer/Reader 1946-1961. Professor, of English Law, Oxford University, and Fellow of Saint John"s College 1961-1976. Master of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge 1976-1988.

Professor, of English Law, Cambridge University 1978-1982.

Guest Lecturer in many countries. President British Academy 1981-1983.

Honorary Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn 1964. Honorary Fellow, Saint John"s College 1976.

Achievements

• Henry William Rawson Wade has been listed as a notable Legal scholar, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Law of Real Property: Property and Land Law

    (Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property is an establishe...)

  • Towards administrative justice (Thomas M. Cooley lectures)

Membership

Council on Tribunals 1958-1971, Relationships Commission, Uganda 1961, Royal Commission, on Tribunals of Inquiry 1966.

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, gardening, music.

Connections

Married Marie Osland-Hill, October 15, 1943 (deceased 1980). Children: John Michael Ackroyd, Edward Henry Rawson. Married Marjorie Grace Hope Browne, October 15, 1982.

Father:

Henry Oswald Wade

Mother:

Eileen Lucy (Rawson-Ackroyd) Wade

Spouse:

Marie Osland-Hill

child:

Marjorie Grace Hope Browne Wade

child:

Edward Henry Rawson Wade

child:

John Michael Ackroyd Wade