#8925, Henry (Harry) Urmston WILLINK

Elder son of William Edward WILLINK, FRIBA of Liverpool.

Educated: Eton KS; Newcastle; Fellow, 1946-56; Steward of the Courts, from 1961); Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1919; MA, 1933). Served in WWI with RA (Capt, 1916; a/Major, W. Lancs. Regt, TA (Res. of Officers) 1923-38; MC; Despatches; French Croix de Guerre avec Palme); called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1920; KC (1935); Bencher, 1942, specialised in Shipping Law; MP (Nat. Con) for North Croydon, 1940-48; a Special Commissioner for re-housing the homeless of London, 1940-43; Minister of Health, 1943-45; Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1948-66; (Hon. Fellow, from 1966); Member of the Council of the Senate, University of Cambridge, 1951-60; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1953-55; Chancellor of Dioceses of Norwich and St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1948-55; High Bailiff of Westminster, 1942-67; Dean of the Arches, Master of the Faculties, Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury and Auditor of the Chancery Court of York, 1955-..; Chairman, Royal Royal Commission on Betting, Lotteries and Gaming, 1949-51; of Departmental Committee on Medical Manpower, 1955; of Commission on Minorities in Nigeria, 1957-58; of Royal Commission on Police, 1960-62; member, Archbishops' Commission on Crown Appointments, 1962; Hon. Liveryman, Goldsmiths' Co., 1943; a Governor of Wellington College, 1955-61; Hon. Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners; Hon. ARIBA; Hon. LLD (Liverpool; Melbourne); Officier de la Legion d'Honneur; 1923-26, 2 Paper Buildings, The Temple; 1926-32, of 86 Hamilton Terrace; in need of a larger house and so moved to 102 Hamilton Terrace, London, NW8, 1932-47 (the house had earlier been lived in by Percy Morley Horder, who had built a small theatre in the garden for his daughter Joanna; 1947-65, Master's Lodge, Magdalene College.

He died at home in Cambridge.

Taken from the family records of Robert (Robin) Morley Fletcher (1935 - 2015).

Vanessa Griffith - May 2018