W. H. Adams, Esq., (formerly member for Boston), Chief Justice of Hong-Kong, 1860. 'It is no longer necessary that a man should be a descendant of a proud ancestry in order that he may achieve greatness or attain completing his school [Mr. Adams] took to the business of a compositor in a printing establishment in 1834 he removed to Boston to take the management of the Lincolnshire Herald, a Conservative was elected a member of the Town Council, and eventually twice filled the responsible post of was called to the Bar in
W. H. Adams, Esq., (formerly member for Boston), Chief Justice of Hong-Kong, 1860. 'It is no longer necessary that a man should be a descendant of a proud ancestry in order that he may achieve greatness or attain completing his school [Mr. Adams] took to the business of a compositor in a printing establishment in 1834 he removed to Boston to take the management of the Lincolnshire Herald, a Conservative was elected a member of the Town Council, and eventually twice filled the responsible post of was called to the Bar in eloquence in this capacity led to his appointment to the Recordership for 1856 he was appointed Poor-law Auditor for the Lincoln, Nottingham, and Rutland [in April 1857]...he was returned, without opposition, as the fellow-representative of Herbert Ingram of Boston in die British House of the early part of 1859 [he was appointed] to the high and responsible position of Attorney-General of then he has been further promoted to the office of Chief Justice'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.
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