Percy Henry Winfield

Sir Percy Henry Winfield FBA (16 September 1878[1] – 7 July 1953) 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.


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