Background
COLLYER, William Robert was born on January 11, 1842. 2nd son of John Collyer of Hackford Hall, Norfolk, and Georgina Frances Amy, daughter of late Sir William Johnston of that ilk, Baronet.
COLLYER, William Robert was born on January 11, 1842. 2nd son of John Collyer of Hackford Hall, Norfolk, and Georgina Frances Amy, daughter of late Sir William Johnston of that ilk, Baronet.
Rugby; Caius College Cambridge (Scholar, 1861). 2nd Class Classical Tripos, 1865.
Assistant Master at Clifton College, 1865-1867. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1869. Went first Norfolk, and afterwards Midland Circuit.
Acting Chief-Justice, Siena Leone, 1879. Acting Puisne Judge, Gold Coast Colony, 1880. Acting Queen’s Advocate, Gold Coast, 1880.
Queen’s Advocate, Cyprus, 1881. Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements, 1892. Attorney-General, 1903.
Retired, 1906; Justice of the Peace, Company Norfolk. I.S.0.1903.
Club: New University.
The usual athletic and field sports.