Men-at-the-Bar/Higgin, William Housman

by Joseph Foster

Higgin, William Housman, Q.C. for Duchy of Lancaster, chairman of quarter sessions at Salford and Preston, goes the Northern circuit, J.P. Manchester and Cheshire, J.P., D.L. Lancashire, a student of the Middle Temple 23 Dec., 1842, called to the bar 28 Jan., 1848, Q.C. 22 Feb., 1868, bencher 28 May, 1868, treasurer 1885 (only son of John Higgin, of Lancaster, gentleman); born ⁠, 1820; married ⁠, 1846, Mary, eldest dau. of late James Calah, Esq., of Holm Hall, co. Linc.

Springfield Hall, Lancaster; 4, St. James' Square, Manchester; 2, Plowden Buildings, Temple, E.C.; Junior Carlton and Whitehall Clubs.