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Notes taken by William Berry at law lectures

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1126

Scope and Contents

The law notes are composed of:

  1. Scots Law - 2 volumes
  2. Civil Law - De Pactis etc
  3. Roman Law - Edinburgh Session 1886-87
  4. Constitutional History
  5. Personal Law (possibly Cambridge)
  6. Law of Contract (Cambridge 1883)
  7. Jurisprudence
  8. International Law 1884-85
  9. Roman Law
  10. Roman Law - Gaius and Justinian
  11. History of Roman Law
  12. Criminal Law
  13. Medical Jurisprudence

Dates

  • Creation: 1883-1887

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

William Berry 4th of Tayfield was born on 9 May 1864. He was the son of John Berry, 3rd of Tayfield (1824-1877) and Margaret Higgins Burn-Murdoch. He lived at Newport, Fife, Scotland. Berry studied Law at Cambridge and Edinburgh in the 1880s. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) and was invested as an Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).

William Berry married Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1880-1907) on 24 July 1906. They had one son, John Berry. Dr. John Berry 5th of Tayfield held the degree of Ph.D. and D.Sc. He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (F.R.S.E.) and he too held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.). He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.). He also held an honorary LL.D. He had married the Hon. Bride Faith Louisa Fremantle, daughter of Colonel Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe, in August 1936. There were three children: Margaret, born 1937; William Berry of Tayfield, born 1939; and Peter, born 1944. William Berry 5th of Tayfield died in 2002.

The elder William Berry 4th of Tayfield had died in 1954.

Extent

14 notebooks

Physical Location

E2008.01

Title
Law Lecture Notes of William Berry of Tayfield, 1864-1954
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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