Percy Henry Winfield

Sir Percy Henry Winfield (16 September 1878^[1] - 7 July 1953) FBA was Rouse Ball Professor of English Law between 1928 and 1943.^[2] He was born at Stoke Ferry.^[3] He died at Cambridge.^[4] He is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge^[5] with his wife Lady Helena Winfield, née Scruby (1887 - 1954). He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

He was the author of The Chief Sources of English Legal History.

References

1. Stanley John Bailey. Percy Henry Winfield, 1878-1953. Reprint. Oxford University Press. 1955. Page 329.
2. The Law Journal. Volume 103. E B Ince. 1953. Page 466.
3. Stanley John Bailey. Percy Henry Winfield, 1878-1953. Reprint. Oxford University Press. 1955. Page 329.
4. The Law Journal. Volume 103. E B Ince. 1953. Page 466.
5. Percy Henry Winfield at Find a Grave

Sources

• Bailey, S J. "Winfield, Sir Percy Henry (1878-1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36976. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Jones, Gareth H. "Winfield, Sir Percy Henry". In A. W. B. Simpson. Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law. Butterworths. 1984. pp. 545 – 546.
• The Times. 16 July 1953.
• Connecticut Bar Journal. Volume 27. Connecticut Bar Association. 1953. Page 391.
• The Law Times. Volume 216. 1953. Page 386.

External links

• Percy Henry Winfield at Find a Grave