John William Willis-Bund
John William Bund Willis-Bund
Biography
Willis-Bund was born in 1843 at sea, his parents returning from his father's judicial posting in Australia. He was baptized at
He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn.[1] In the course of his legal career he was appointed King's Counsel.[5][6] Willis-Bund was Professor of Constitutional Law and History at King's College London from 1869 to 1882, and Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol from 1877 to 1879.[3]
He served as chairman of the
On his death in 1928, it was stated in Country Life that "a finer old man, with a more dominating personality, than the late Mr. Willis Bund would be hard to find, even in this country".[14] His obituary in The Times called him "the grand old man of Worcestershire", and observed that he "by his personality and ability, had become the dominating influence in Worcestershire". Although his stern personality was noted, the obituary concluded that "his ability was recognized by all, and there is none left in Worcestershire adequately to fill his place."[2]
Personal life
In 1872, Willis-Bund married Harriette Penelope Temple, the daughter (by his second wife) of Richard Temple, of The Nash, Kempsey, Worcestershire, JP, DL. Temple's eldest son, also named Richard, a colonial administrator in India including as Governor of Bombay from 1877 to 1880, was created a baronet in 1876.[15][16]
The Willis-Bunds had six children. His surviving son and heir, Henry, died, unmarried, nine months after his father, having received the
In 1896, Willis-Bund married secondly Mary Elizabeth Thackeray, the daughter of General Frederick Rennell Thackeray and Lady Elizabeth Margaret Carnegie (the daughter of the 7th Earl of Northesk). Mary was the widow of Colonel Alexander Essex Frederick Holcombe, and second cousin of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Willis-Bund's uncle was the clergyman and theologian William Downes Willis.
Books and articles
- Some passages in the early history of Evesham Abbey, a paper read before the Worcester Diocesan Architectural and Archaeological Society, at the Guildhall, on 25 January 1895
- The Celtic Church of Wales, 1897
- Paper on Peckham in Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1900-1
- 'Documents of the parish of Feckenham, Worcestershire'. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 2nd ser., 18 (1901).
- Extent of all the lands and rents of the lord bishop of St. David's, 1326, usually called the Black Book of St. David's (Cymmrodorion record series, 5). 1902
- The law of compensation for unexhausted agricultural improvements ... 1876 (3rd edition 1904).
- The Civil War in Worcestershire, 1642–1646, and the Scotch invasion of 1651 (Birmingham). 1905
- 'Worcestershire roads'. Reports & Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural (& Archaeological) Societies, 33 (1916), 376–95.
Works edited
- A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ... Trials for treason (1327–1681). Cambridge, 1879–1882.
- Vol. 1. Trials for treason (1327–1660)
- Vol. 2. pt. 1. Trials for treason (1660–1678)
- Vol. 2. pt. 2. Trials for treason. The Popish plot (1678–1681)
- Lay Subsidy Roll for the County of Worcester, circ. 1280, with John Amphlett of Clent. (Worcestershire Historical Society). Oxford, 1893.
- The Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the County of Worcester. Pts. 1–2, 1242–1326 (Worcestershire Historical Society). Oxford, 1894–1909.
- Register of the Diocese of Worcester during the Vacancy of the See, usually called Registrum sede vacante, 1301-1435. 1 vol. in 2 pts. (Worcestershire Historical Society). 1897.
- Episcopal Registers, Diocese of Worcester. Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23, 1268, to August 15, 1301. 2 vols. (Worcestershire Historical Society). 1898–1902.
- Worcestershire County Records. Calendar of the Quarter Session papers (1591–1643) (Worcestershire Historical Society). Worcester, 1900.
- Register of William de Geynesburgh, Bishop of Worcester, 1302–7. Intr. by R. A. Wilson (Worcestershire Historical Society). 1907–29.
- Diary of Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovett, 1640-1663. 2 vols. (Worcestershire Historical Society). 1915–20
- Religio medici: Hydriotaphia: and the Letter to a Friend, by Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). 1882
- Victoria County History: A History of the County of Worcester (Volume 1 edited by Willis-Bund alone; volumes 2–4 co-edited with William Page). 1901–1926
- Reflections: or sentences and moral maxims, by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680). 1871
References
- Details of most of his works have been extracted from Royal Historical Society database
- ^ a b c Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "WILLIS-BUND (formerly WILLIS), JOHN WILLIAM (1843-1928)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2021. An electronic version of a publication by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
- ^ a b The Times, 9 January 1928, p. 19
- ^ a b c d e Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897 vol. II 1713-1897, John Venn, Cambridge University Press/ C. J. Clay and Sons, 1898, pg 354
- ^ "Willis (post Willis-Bund), John William Bund (WLS861JW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Elvers and Salmon: Moral Ecologies and Conflict on the Nineteenth-Century Severn, Carl J. Griffin and Iain J. M. Robertson in The New Coastal History: Cultural and Environmental Perspectives from Scotland and Beyond, ed. David Worthington, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 108
- ^ Truth, volume 57, 1905, pg 1510
- ^ Biograph on Louis Gougaud
- ^ The Month, vol. 169, p. 158
- ^ J. E. Lloyd and the Creation of Welsh History: Renewing a Nation's Past, Huw Pryce, University of Wales Press, 2011, end-note 57
- ^ Church Quarterly Review, vol. 45, 1898, p. 151
- ^ "Established Church (Wales) Bill – Monday 20 April 1914 – Hansard – UK Parliament".
- ^ "No. 30460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1918. p. 372.
- ^ Gloucester Journal, 9 July 1927
- ^ Gloucester Citizen, 13 January 1928
- ^ "No. 24354". The London Gazette. 15 August 1876. p. 4532.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3866
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1925, pg 235