Background
BAYFORD, Robert Augustus was born on March 13, 1838 in Albury, Surrey. Son of late A. F. Bayford, Doctor of Laws, formerly Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester and Principal Registrar of His (or Her) Majesty Ct. of Probate, and Juba, daughter of late Robert Ballard.
Education
Studied at Kensington School. Trim Hall Cambridge (scholar). Kensington exhibitioner.
Wrangler; 1st class Law Tripos. Law student Trinity Hall.
Career
Rowed head of the river, 1859. University Eleven, 123 1857-1859. Captain, 1859; Barrister 1863.
Queen’s Counsel 1885. Bencher, 1891; retired, 1897. King’s Counsel; Justice of the Peace for Hampshire; retired from the Bar; Bencher of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple.
Membership
Club: Oxford and Cambridge.