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FOSTER'S HAND-LIST OF

Woodroffe, James Tisdall, B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1859, mathematical scholar and senior moderator ethics and logic, practised before the High Court at Calcutta 1861-79, first judge of small causes court Calcutta for a short time, a student of the Inner Temple 3 Nov., 1856 (then aged 18), called to the bar 6 June, 1860 (eldest son of Rev. John Nunn Woodroffe, rector of Glanmire, co. Cork); born 16 March, 1838; married 29 Dec., 1863, Florence, youngest dau. of late James Hume, Esq., bar.-at-law and senior magistrate of Calcutta.

Hillside, Frensham, Surrey; 52, Harrington Gardens, S.W.; 1, Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.


Woodroffe, John Edward, M.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1846 (scholar 1840), a student of Lincoln's Inn 18 Nov., 1842 (then aged 20), called to the bar 6 May, 1847 (3rd son of John Woodroffe, of Dublin, M.D.); born , 1822; married 11 Sept., 1847, Maria, youngest dau. of late B. P. Witts, Esq., of London.

90, Cornwall Gardens, S.W.; 7, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Woodroffe, William Litton, B.A. Trin. Coll., Dublin, a student of the Middle Temple 4 May, 1865, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1871 (only son of William Woodroffe, of Dublin, bar.-at-law); born , .

40, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.; 6, Pump Court, Temple, E.C.


Woodrooffe, William Erskine, a student of the Inner Temple 20 Jan., 1851 (then aged 18), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1854 (3rd son of Rev. Thomas Woodrooffe, late of Winchester, dec.); born , 1833.


Woodruff, Cumberland Henry, M.A., B.C.L. Merton Coll., Oxon, B.A. 1870, from Winchester Coll., a student of Lincoln's Inn 22 April, 1872 (then aged 24), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1875 (2nd son of Rev. John Woodruff, vicar of Upchurch, Kent); born 30 June, 1847; married 6 June, 1882, Emily Louisa, eldest dau. of W. H, Hewett, Esq., of Norton Court, Somerset.

5, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Woods, Matthew Snooke Grosvenor, M.A. (formerly fellow and assistant tutor), Trin. Coll., Camb., 1863, assumed the surname of Woods in lieu of Snooke, a student of Lincoln's Inn 23 Nov., 1861 (then aged 23), called to the bar 9 June, 1865 (only son of Matthew Snooke, Esq., of Chichester); born 14 March, 1838; married 14 Aug., 1877, Mary Amabel, youngest dau. of late John V. Thompson, serjeant-at-law.

4, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.; 9, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Woods, Robert Carr, practises before the supreme court of the Straits Settlements, a student of Gray's Inn 10 May, 1862, called to the bar 9 June, 1865 (3rd son of William Wylie Woods, late of Stepney, Middlesex, dec.); born , .

Penang, Straits Settlements


Woods, William Andrew George, LL.B., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1880, a student of the Middle Temple 27 Jan., 1880, common law lecture prize Dec., 1881, equity and real and personal property lecture prize Dec., 1882, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1883 (eldest son of late Surgeon William Henry Woods, R.N., M.D., M.A. Trin. Coll., Dublin, M.A. Oxon); born 4 Sept., 1857.

3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Woodward, Robert, M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxon, 1864, from Radley Coll., a member of the Oxford circuit, J.P. cos. Stafford and Worcester, a student of the Inner Temple 5 Nov., 1859 (then aged 19), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1863 (eldest son of Robert Woodward, Esq., late of Arley Castle, co. Staff., dec.); born 17 Feb., 1840; married 29 April, 1874, Mary Jane, elder dau. of Rev. Dawson William Turner, D.C.L., late of Liverpool, and has issue.

Arley Castle, near Bewdley; New University Club, S.W.


Woolf, Sidney, a member of the South-eastern circuit, author of The Laws of Adulteration, joint author of The Law and Practice of Compensation, a student of the Middle Temple 4 May, 1871, exhibitions 1872 and 1873, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1873 (youngest son of Benjamin Woolf, late of London, gent., dec.); born 16 June, 1844; married 12 Aug., 1875, Marie, widow of A. Goldstucker, Esq., youngest dau. of N. J. de Jongh, Esq., of London.

101, Lexham Gardens, W.; 7, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.


Woollett, John, a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 19 Nov., 1841, called to the bar 22 Nov., 1844 (2nd son of John Mitchell Woollett, Esq., of Woolwich, Kent); born , .

58, Cloudesley Road, N.; 8, Fig Tree Court, Temple, E.C.


Woolley, John Turton, B.A., Magdalen Coll., Camb,, 1846 (scholar), a student of Lincoln's Inn 19 March, 1846 (then aged 23), went to the Inner Temple 18 April, 1849, where he was called to the bar 4 May, 1849 (3rd son of Thomas Smith Woolley, of South Collingham, Notts); born 27 Sept., 1822; married 24 Dec., 1850, Mary Flora, eldest dau. of late Capt. Henry Kerr.

Wembley House, Sudbury, Middlesex: South Collingham, Notts.


Woolley, Joseph Henry, LL.B., Corpus Christi Coll., Camb., 1854, a member of the Midland circuit, chairman of Belper Board of Guardians, J.P. co. Derby, a student of Lincoln's Inn 2 June, 1851 (then aged 25), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1855 (only son of John Brentnall Woolley, Esq., of Plate House, near Belper); born , 1826; married 3 Oct., 1872, Sarah, youngest dau. of Benjamin Strong Pym, Esq., of Denby, near Derby.

Holly Bank, Kilbourne, near Derby.