Background
Vaughan Williams was born in Bloomsbury, London, the fifth son of Edward Vaughan Williams and his wife, Jane Margaret, née Bagot.
Vaughan Williams was born in Bloomsbury, London, the fifth son of Edward Vaughan Williams and his wife, Jane Margaret, née Bagot.
Christ Church.
He was an authority on the laws of bankruptcy, and wrote a book (1870) that remained the standard English work on the subject for many years. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1860. He was called to the bar in 1861 and was a barrister of Lincoln"s Inn.
In 1870 he published The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy, a work that was for many years the standard English authority on the subject.
Vaughan Williams became a Queen"s Counsel in 1889, and the following year was raised to the bench as a Judge of the Queen"s Bench Division, from which he was promoted in 1897 to be a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the Privy Council at the same time.
Vaughan Williams died at his home in in Abinger, Surrey, at the age of 77.