Background
ATLAY, James Beresford was born on September 19, 1860 in The Vicarage, Leeds. Son of late Right Reverend James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford.
ATLAY, James Beresford was born on September 19, 1860 in The Vicarage, Leeds. Son of late Right Reverend James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford.
Studied at Wellington College (head of School and Queen’s Medallist). Oriel College, Oxford (scholar). 2nd in Moderations (Oxford) 1881.
1st in History, 1883. Bachelor of Arts 1883. Master of Arts 1889.
Called to Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1887. Oxford Circuit and Ecclesiastical Courts. Registrar of the Diocese of Hereford, 1888-1910.
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 1900. Special Commissioner of Income Tax, 1910. Barrister-atLaw; writer.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Garrick, New University.