Background
WILLS, Alfred was born on December 11, 1828. 2nd son of late William Wills, Justice of the Peace, Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Ridout.
WILLS, Alfred was born on December 11, 1828. 2nd son of late William Wills, Justice of the Peace, Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Ridout.
Studied at Proprietary School, Edgbaston. University College, London. University of London exhibition in Mathematics, 1846.
Exhibition in Classics, 1846. Bachelor of Arts 1849. Scholarship in Classics, 1849.
Bachelor of Laws 1851. Scholarship in Law, 1851. University College London, Flaherty Scholarship (Classics), 1850.
Fellow of University College. Barrister Middle Temple, 1851. Queen’s Counsel 1872.
1st Recorder of Sheffield, 1881-1884. Judge of the Queen’s and King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, 1884-1905. President of Railway and Canal Commission, 1888-1893.
Treasurer of the Middle Temple, 1892-1893. One of the founders of the Alpine Club, 1858. 3rd president of Alpine Club, 1863-1865. Right Honourable Sir Alfred, retired and P.C. 1905.
Club: Athenaeum.
