John Charles Fox

Sir John Charles Fox (1855 - 1943),[1] eldest son of John Fox, solicitor, was born on 29 May 1855. In 1880, he married Mary Louisa, second daughter of John Sutherland Valentine, C. E. Fox had three sons and three daughters. He liked to play golf. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School. He was admitted a solicitor in 1876 and was a member of the firm Hare and Co., agents for the Treasury Solicitor, from 1881 to 1891. He became a Chief Clerk in the Chancery Division in 1891, the title of this office being changed to Master in 1897.[2][3] He became Senior Master in 1917 and retired in 1921.[1]

He was one of the editors of the Yearly Supreme Court Practice.[2][3] He is the author of Handbook of English Law Reports (1913).[1][4] It is a "detailed monograph".[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fox, Sir John Charles", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 11 Jan 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fox, John Charles".Who's Who. A & C Black. 1908. Page 652.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fox, John Charles". Who's Who: Volume 61. A & C Black. 1909. Page 675.
  4. ↑ Digitised copy: Internet Archive. There is a review of the Handbook in the Law Quarterly Review. See also Friend, Anglo-American Legal Bibliographies, 1944, pp 27 & 70; Marke (editor), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With Selected Annotations, The Law Center of New York University, New York, 1953, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd, 1999, p 1193.
  5. ↑ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. Page 37.