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WILLIS, William was born on April 29, 1835 in Dunstable. Son of William Willis, straw-hat manufacturer, Dunstable and Luton.
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William Willis
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Studied at Free Grammar School, Dunstable. Boarding school, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, and Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Huddersfield College.
Took a situation in a house of business in Luton, 1850.
Bachelor of Arts; Doctor of Laws.
Career
Afterwards in Old Change, London. Was in business for 6 years. Matriculated at London University, 1857.
Bachelor of Arts 1859.
Doctor of Laws with gold medal, 1865. Student, Inner Temple, 1858.
Obtained studentship given by Inns of Court, 1860. Barrister 1861; Queen's Counsel 1877.
Member of Parliament for Colchester, 1880.
Contested Peckham Division. of the Borough of Lambeth, 1885, 1886. Examiner in Common Law, University of London, for 5 years. Judge of County Courts of Norfolk and Cambridge, 1897-1906.
King’s Counsel, Judge of County Courts of Southwark, Greenwich, and Woolwich since 1900. Recorder of Maldon and Saffron Walden since 1886.
Membership
22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1880 general election Willis was elected Member of Parliament for Colchester.
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Political Party
Liberal party