Men-at-the-Bar/Summers, William

by Joseph Foster

Summers, William, M.P. Stalybridge since 1880, M.A., gold medallist London Univ. 1878, B.A., honours, 1872, and a member of Convocation, B.A., Univ. Coll., Oxon, 1877, B.A., Victoria Univ., Manchester, 1882, a governor of Victoria Univ., Manchester, and a fellow of the Statistical Society, a student of Lincoln's Inn 28 Jan., 1876 (then aged 20), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1881 (2nd son of John Summers, of Ashton-under-Lyne, ironmaster); born , 1853.

Sunnyside, Ashton-under-Lyne; 33, Chancery Lane, W.C.; Reform and National Liberal Clubs.