Education
He wrote and illustrated standard books and articles on Liliaceae, which he studied and cultivated at his estate at Lypiatt Park in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds.
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Hubert Honour
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Career
His two principal works are (with William Thomas Stearn) Lilies of the World: Their Cultivation and Classification (London: Country Life, 1950) and (with J Coutts) Lilies: their culture and management: including a complete descriptive list of species (London and New York, 1935). He was the son of Thomas Woodcock, of Antigua, a British colonial administrator and Queen"s Advocate of the Gold Coast colony.
Politics
A Liberal in politics, he contested a number of Parliamentary seats on behalf of the Party 1910-1918 without success.
Membership
Professionally, he was a barrister of the Middle Temple. Knights of Columbus 1923; a judge of the County Courts on circuit. And a member of the Mauritius Royal Commission of 1909.
