Background
FOOTE, John Alderson was born on December 15, 1848 in Plymouth. Son of Captain John Foote, Royal Navy.
FOOTE, John Alderson was born on December 15, 1848 in Plymouth. Son of Captain John Foote, Royal Navy.
Charterhouse; St. John’s College, Cambridge (Minor Scholarship, 1868. Scholar, 1870); 1st class Classical Tripos, 1872. Chancellor’s Legal Medallist, 1873.
Sen. Whewell Scholar of International Law, 1873. Senior Studentship (Inns of Court Examination), 1874.
Barrister 1875; joined Western Circuit. Revising Barrister, 1892. Counsel to the Post-Office (Western Circuit), 1893.
Bencher Lincoln's Inn, 1905. King’s Counsel; Recorder of Exeter since 1899.
Spouse 1877, Jessie,daughter of J. A. Eaton, C.E., of The Priory, Shrewsbury.