Cameron Gull
Sir William Cameron Gull, Bt Ernest Joseph Soares | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1860 Finsbury, Middlesex |
| Died | 15 December 1922 (aged 62) Yattendon, Berkshire |
| Political party | Liberal Unionist |
| Spouses | Annie Clayton Lindley
(m. 1886; died 1906)Evelyn Louisa (m. 1908) |
| Children | 8 |
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| Alma mater | Eton College Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet,
Early life
Gull was born on 6 January 1860, the third child of the leading 19th century physician
At the time of his birth, his father had a home-based practice at 8 Finsbury Square, London. A year later, the family moved to a new home at 74 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair district.
William was educated at Eton College and later studied law at Christ Church, Oxford, winning the Vinerian Scholarship in 1883.
When his father died in 1890, Gull and his family lived at Gloucester Street, off Portman Square. William Gull was named as one of the executors of his father's will. He inherited the sum of £40,000 and all his father's real estate, which included the house in Mayfair and a house in Scotland. He also inherited his father's title, becoming 2nd Baronet.
Barrister and Member of Parliament
Gull was a barrister of
In 1890, he was a co-author of a treatise of the Partnership Act 1890, along with his father-in-law Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, then one of the Lord Justices of Appeal, and his brother-in-law Walter Barry Lindley, also a barrister at Lincoln's Inn.[2] The Partnership Act 1890 established the legal rules that defined the nature of a legal partnership, the powers and obligations of partners and limitations of liability.[3] Between 1891 and 1894 he was a member of the London School Board. In 1892 he stood unsuccessfully for parliament as a Liberal Unionist in the Moray and Nairn constituency in Scotland.[1]
At the
During his term in parliament, Gull supported the 1896 reform of
At the
He was High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1908. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours[10] At the time of his death he was an alderman of Berkshire County Council.[1]
Family
In 1886, Gull married the Hon. Annie Clayton Lindley, daughter of
Two years after his wife's death in 1908, Gull married secondly Evelyn Louisa, a daughter of Sir Thomas Snagge, and with her had a son and a daughter.[1]
Other work
He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1910 to 1919.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d 'GULL, Sir (William) Cameron', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black); online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, 2007, accessed 29 December 2011
- ^ Sir Nathaniel Lindley Knt., LL.D, Sir W. Cameron Gull Bart., M.A., Walter B. Lindley M.A., The Partnership Act 1890 (London: Sweet and Maxwell Limited, 3 Chancery Lane, 1890)
- ^ BIM72505 at hmrc.gov.uk
- ^ Poor Law Schools at millbanksystems.com
- ^ British Medical Journal, 18 April 1896
- ^ archive.org
- ^ Post Office local authority guarantee
- ^ "Sir C. Gull on the situation" in Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 30 June 1900
- ^ "Liberals' Loss made up" in The New York Times, 11 October 1900
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6702.
- ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 179
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition in 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1704
- ^ "School Notes" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
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