Background
WESTLAKE, John was born on February 4, 1828 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Sixth in first-class Classical Tripos. Fellow, 1851-1860.
WESTLAKE, John was born on February 4, 1828 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Sixth in first-class Classical Tripos. Fellow, 1851-1860.
Studied at Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts), 1850. Sixth Wrangler; sixth in first-class Classical Tripos. Doctor of Laws.
Fellow, 1851-1860; Barrister Lincoln’s Inn, 1854. Queen’s Counsel and Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, 1874.
Honorary Doctor of Laws Edinburgh, 1877. Member of Parliament (Liberal) Essex, Romford Division, 1885. Honourable Doctor of Civil Law Oxfordshire.
1908.
Professor of International Law University of Cambridge, 1888-1908. One of members for United Kingdom of International Court of Arbitration under the Hague Convention, 1900-1906. Past President of the Institute of International Law.
Japanese Order of Rising Sun (2nd class). Commendatore of the Iron Crown (Italy). King’s Counsel.
Liberal.
Clubs : Athenaeum, National Liberal.
Married Alice, d. of Thomas Hare, 1864.