Background
HOLDSWORTH, W. S. was born on May 7, 1871 in Elmers End, Beckenham, i Kent. Son of Charles Joseph Holdsworth, Solicitor.
HOLDSWORTH, W. S. was born on May 7, 1871 in Elmers End, Beckenham, i Kent. Son of Charles Joseph Holdsworth, Solicitor.
Studied at Dulwich College. New College Oxford (History Exhibition, 1890). 1st Class History School, 1893.
1st Class Law School, 1894.
Barstow Scholar Inns of Court, 1895. Studentship Inns of Court, 1895.
Doctor of Civil Law.
Lecturer, New College, 1895. Vice-President of Saint John's College 1902-1903. Professor of Constitutional Law, University College London, 1903-1908.
Bachelor of Arts 1893.
Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law, 1897. Doctor of Civil Law, 1904. Of Lincoln’s Inn; Barrister-at-law.
Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Saint John's and All Souls Reader in English Law in the University of Oxford.
Spouse 1903, Jessie A. A. G.,daughter of Gilbert Wood.