12. ERLE, Right Hon. Sir William,
3rd s. of the late Rev. Christopher Erle, of Gillingham, Dorset. B. 1793; m. 1834, eldest dau. of the Rev. David Williams, D.C.L. Educated at Winchester, and New College, Oxford; c. to the bar (Middle Temple) 1819; western circuit; Queen’s Counsel, 1834; M.P. for Oxford city, 1837–41; puisne judge Common Pleas, 1845 (when knighted); Queen’s Bench 1846; Lord Chief Justice Common Pleas, and a privy councillor, since 1859 (Bramshott Grange, Liphook, Hants).