John Walpole Willis

John Walpole Willis (4 January 1793 – 10 September 1877) was an English-born judge, and a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Read more about John Walpole Willis:  Early Life, Upper Canada and British Guiana, New South Wales, Late Life, Character

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