John Bruce Williamson

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Not to be confused with J. B. Williamson.

John Bruce Williamson KC[1] (1859–1938) was a British barrister and historical author.

Life[]

Williamson was born on 28 January 1859.[2] The son of John Williamson of Glasgow, he matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 29 January 1881, graduating B.A. in 1885.[3]

In 1887 Williamson was called to the bar at the Middle Temple.[3] He was appointed secretary to the constituted under the by warrant under the royal sign manual dated 27 October 1908.[4] He was elected to serve on the General Council of the Bar in February 1911[5] and again in 1913.[6] He became a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1925.[1]

Williamson died on 7 July 1938.[7] The National Portrait Gallery has a photograph of him taken in 1936 by Olive Edis.[8]

Works[]

Williamson was the author of:

  • The Foreign Commerce of England Under the Tudors: The Stanhope Essay for 1883 (B H Blackwell, Oxford, 1883)[9][10]
  • The Law of Licensing in England (1st Ed: 1898,[11] 2nd Ed: 1902,[12] 3rd Ed: 1905, 4th Ed: 1911). Sometimes called Williamson's Law of Licensing. The first three editions were published by William Clowes & Sons Limited, the fourth was published by Stevens & Sons (Limited). The "standard book" of its day on its subject.[13][14]
  • The Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (Beavis, Stewart & Co; Newcastle; 1890)[15] Also called Bruce Williamson on Palatine Court.[16]
  • Memorials of John Bruce, Schoolmaster in Newcastle upon Tyne and of Mary Bruce, His Wife (Newcastle, 1903) (aka Memorials of John and Mary Bruce; Memorials of John Bruce)
  • The History of the Temple, London, from the institution of the order of the Knights of the Temple to the close of the Stuart period (J Murray, London, 1st Ed: 1924, 2nd Ed: 1925; both editions reprinted by Gaunt, Holmes Beach, 1998)[17] Baker calls this book "excellent"[18]
  • Roll of Honour (1925)
  • Drawings of the Inns of Court and Chancery made probably in the first half of the Eighteenth Century (London Topographical Society, Publication No 59, 1928)
  • Middle Temple Hall: Notes upon its History (Printed for Society of the Middle Temple by Chancery Lane Press, London, 1st Ed: 1928, 2nd revised Ed: 1934)[19]
  • Catalogue of Silver Plate: The property of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple (Bonner, London, 1930) Also known as "Silver plate of the Middle Temple", which appears on the cover.[20]
  • The Practice of the Law in England (London, 1930)
  • Catalogue of the Paintings and Engravings in the Possession of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple (Society of the Middle Temple, London, 1931)[21]
  • Notes on the Middle Temple in the Nineteenth Century, chiefly with reference to the Buildings of the Inn (Bonner & Co, London, 1936)
  • Sir Walter Raleigh and His Trial (Pitman, London, 1936)[22] Autumn Reader of the Middle Temple (Lector Autumnalis) for 1935.[23]
  • Volume 1 of the Second Edition of "" (1937)[24][25]

Williamson was joint author with QC[26] of:

  • The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions () (W Clowes and Sons Limited, 1900)[27] Reprinted in "nineteenth century legal treatises" microform series by Research Publications, Woodbridge.[28]

References[]

  • "Obituary" (1938) 186 Law Times 58; see also p 209 Google Books
  • "Obituary" (1938) 86 Law Journal 53; see also p 89 Google Books
  • "Obituary" (1938) 82 Solicitors Journal 586 Google Books
  • "Obituary" (1938) 102 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 468 Google Books
  • Sir Ivo d'Oyle Elliot. "Williamson, John Bruce". The Balliol College Register. Second Edition. Printed by John Johnson at the University Press. 1934. p 129. Google Books
  • Edward Hilliard. "Williamson, John Bruce". The Balliol College Register 1832-1914. Printed for by H Hart at the University Press. Page 371. [59] Google Books
  • Joseph Foster. "Williamson, John Bruce". Oxford Men and their Colleges. James Parker & Co. London and Oxford. 1893. Page 659
  • (1887) 31 Solicitors' Journal and Reporter 206 Google Books (call to the bar)
  • Royal Blue Book: Court and Parliamentary Guide. January 1908. Page 1495. Google Books
  • Edward Lindsay Carson Mullins. Guide to the Historical and Archaeological Publications of Societies in England and Wales, 1901-1933. Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Athlone Press. 1968. Article 3135 at p 241. Also pp 654 and 848. Google Books
  • Art and Architecture Book Guide: 1974. G K Hall & Co. Article 2474 at p 170 and p 353. Google Books
  • (1965) 3 Selden Society, Supplementary Series 28 Google Books
  • Williamson, John Bruce 1859-. WorldCat Identities.
  • Walter Cecil Richardson. A History of the Inns of Court: With Special Reference to the Period of the Renaissance. Claitor's Publishing Division. 1975. p 55 & 56. Google Books
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (1925) 69 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 561 (16 May) Google Books
  2. ^ Sir Ivo d'Oyle Elliot. "Williamson, John Bruce". The Balliol College Register. Second Edition. Printed by John Johnson at the University Press. 1934. p 129. Google Books
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Williamson, John Bruce" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ (1908) 42 Weekly Notes 317 [1]; (1908) 126 Law Times 19 [2] (7 November)
  5. ^ "General Council of the Bar" 46 Law Journal 108 (18 February) ("election held last week") [3]
  6. ^ "Bar Council Election, 1913" (1913) 57 Solicitors Journal and Weekly Reporter 288 (15 February) [4]; "Election Result, 1913" in "General Council of the Bar" (1913) 48 Weekly Notes 122, see also "General Council of the Bar" at p 105 [5]. See also (1914) 138 Law Times 173 and 181 (19 December)
  7. ^ "Obituary" (1938) 102 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 468 Google Books
  8. ^ NPG x16347 John Bruce Williamson. National Portrait Gallery.
  9. ^ Snippet view from Google Books
  10. ^ (1883) 13 Oxford University Gazette 567 Google Books
  11. ^ Digitised copy from Internet Archive. Snippet view from Google Books
  12. ^ Published in London
  13. ^ (1968) 132 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 233 Google Books
  14. ^ For reviews of the first edition of this book, see (1898) 33 Law Journal 290 (4 June) [6]; "Law Library" (1898) 105 Law Times 128 (11 June) [7]; (1898) 42 Solicitors Journal 551 [8] [9]. For reviews of the second edition of this book, see (1903) 19 Law Quarterly Review 110 [10]; "Reviews: Licensing" (1903) 47 Solicitors Journal 142 [11]; "Law Library" (1903) 114 Law Times 151 [12]; (1903) 37 Law Journal 611 Google Books. For reviews of the third edition of this book, see (1905) 21 Law Quarterly Review 320 [13]; (1905) 69 Justice of the Peace 102 [14]; "The Licensing Act" in "Reviews" (1906) 40 Law Journal 64 [15]; "Licensing Law" (1905) 49 Solicitors Journal and Reporter 235 [16]. For reviews of the fourth edition of this book, see "Reviews" (1911) 55 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter 343 and also "Books of the Week" in "Reviews" on p 166 [17]; (1911) 27 Law Quarterly Review 370 [18]. For other commentary on this book, see Jelf, Where to Find Your Law, 3rd Ed, Cox, 1907, p 291 [19]; [1913] 2 KB 431 (where the book is cited with approval) [20][21][22]; Frethy v O'Driscoll (1902) 4 Gazette Law Reports 303 at 306 [23] [24]; (1911) 130 Law Times 227 [25]
  15. ^ For reviews of this book, see "The Palatine Court of Durham" (1890) 34 Solicitors Journal and Reporter 543 [26] [27]; (1890) 88 Law Times 278 [28]; "Literary Notices" (1890) 9 Durham University Journal 32 (8 March) [29].
  16. ^ Halsbury's Statutes, 1st Ed, 1929, vol 4, p 129 Google Books
  17. ^ For reviews of this book, see 41 Law Quarterly Review 225; "Book Reviews" (1925) 34 Yale Law Journal 566 [30]; "The Temple" (1924) 59 Law Journal 514 [31]; "Book Reviews" (1926) 39 Harvard Law Review 136 [32]; (1925) 3 Literary Digest International Book Review 219 [33]. For other commentary see WSH; Julius J Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University, New York University Law Library, 1953 p 185; Samuel Schoenbaum, Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama, Northwestern University Press, 1966, p ii, para 17 [34]; The New York Times Book Review Index 1896-1930, vol 1 (author index), p 1331 [35]; The Bookman, 1924, vols 66-67, p 45 [36]; (1944) 282-283 Quarterly Review 420 [37].
  18. ^ John Baker. Collected Papers on English Legal History. CUP. 2013. p 310.
  19. ^ For reviews of this book, see (1928) 166 Law Times 340 [38]; Times Literary Supplement, 6 December 1928, p 971, reprinted at (1928) 12 Chicago Bar Association Record 236 [39]. For other commentary see, (1930) 46 Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports 289 ("admirable") [40]
  20. ^ For commentary on this book, see (1992) 23 Law Librarian 89 (No 2, June) [41]
  21. ^ For a review of this book, see (1931) 172 Law Times 99 (1 August)
  22. ^ Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, CUP, 1936, vol 27, p 150, para 2501
  23. ^ For reviews of this book and reading, see "Sir Walter Raleigh and the Middle Temple" (1935) 180 Law Times 371 [42]; "Sir Walter Raleigh and His Trial" in "General Intelligence" (1936) 182 Law Times 393 [43]; (1936) 55 Law Notes 94 [44]
  24. ^ The first edition of "The Middle Temple Bench Book" by (biography in A & C Black's Who Was Who) was published in 1912. Volume 2 of the second edition by Harold Willis was published in 1982. The Supplement to the second edition was published in 1958.
  25. ^ For a review of this volume, see (1938) 54 Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports 207 [45]
  26. ^ Wallace, Roger William; "Obituary" (1926) 15 Chemical Age 592 [46]; "Obituary" (1926) 162 Law Times 507 [47]. Men at the Bar. Also has biography in A & C Black's Who Was Who.
  27. ^ Roger William Wallace, John Bruce Williamson. The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions. W Clowes and Sons Limited. 1900. Digitised copy from Internet Archive. Google Books.
  28. ^ For reviews of this book, see "Wallace and Williams on Patents for Inventions" in "Reviews" (1901) 35 Law Journal 490 [48]; "Reviews" (1901) 26 Law Magazine and Review (Fifth Series) 112 [49] [50]; (1900) 45 The Electrician 893 [51] [52]; "Review" (1900) 47 Electrical Review 390, and see also p 510 [53]; (1900) 2 Athenæum 375 [54] [55] [56] [57]; "The Law Relating to Patents" (1900) 85 The Spectator 381 (22 September 1900) [58].
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