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Darwin Correspondence Project

William Benjamin Paterson

1818–1902

Solicitor. Licensed to practise, 1841. Partner in Hawkins and Co. (later Paterson, Snow, and Bloxam), the London agents of the Shrewsbury solicitor George Moultrie Salt, from 1866.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/1159/135/39)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 4 February 2020)

Law list

Surrey, England, Church of England baptisms, 1813–1917 (Ancestry.com, accessed 4 February 2020)

Bibliography

Law list: Clarkes’ new law list; being a list of the judges and officers of the different courts of justice … and a variety of other useful matter. London: W. Clarke. 1816–40. The law list; comprising the judges and officers of the different courts of justice: counsel, special pleaders, draftsmen, conveyancers, attorneys, notaries, &c., in England and Wales … and a variety of other useful matter. London: V. & R. Stevens & G. S. Norton [and others]. 1841–1969.

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