Sir John Wither AWDRY of Notton House WIL [11965]

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Audrey John Wither, s John, of Swindon, Wilts, arm. Christ Church, matric, 22 Oct, 1812, aged 17,
BA 1817; fellow Oriel College, 1819 - 31, MA 1820, created DCL 20 June 1844, chief justice Supreme Court of Bombay 1839 - 41, knighted by patent 22 July 1830, died 31 May 1878.
Oxford University Alumna.

Sir John Wither Awdry DL (21 October 1795 - 31 May 1878) was an English-born Indian judge.

Born at Swindon, he was the second and oldest surviving son of John Awdry and his wife Jane, the second daughter of Lovelace Bigg. Awdry was educated at Westminster School and then at Christ Church, Oxford. He was first in classics in 1816 and graduated with a Master of Arts ten years later. In 1844, Awdry received a Doctorate of Civil Law by the University of Oxford.

Awdry was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1822 and became a bencher in 1830, on whose occasion he was created a Knight Bachelor. He was puisne judge and commissioner of the Insolvent Debtor's Court in Bombay. In 1839, he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay, resigning from this post after three years. After his return to England, Awdry served as chairman of the Quarter Sessions in Wiltshire and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant from 1852.

On 29 June 1830, he married firstly Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of Jonathan Awdry, and had by her two sons and a daughter. After her death, he married Frances Ellen, second daughter of Thomas Carr on 24 July 1839. By his second wife, he had eight sons and four daughters. Awdry died at his home at Notton House. His sons included William, an Anglican bishop, and Charles, senior partner of W. H. Smith. He was the grandfather of the writer and clergyman Wilbert Awdry.
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John Wither Awdrey Family Image.
Left to right: Mrs. Frances Ellen Awdry, nee Carr; Frederick D' Austini Cremer, Mary Awdry, another Awdry daughter, possibly Priscilla "Prilly" & Mr. John Wither Awdry.
Ref: Courtesy http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Wiltshire/Notton/pictures/1131576

Ancestry
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  Other Records

1. John Awdry: Family and Notton House, 1848.

John married Sarah Maria AWDRY [11964] [MRIN: 4021], daughter of Rev Jeremiah AWDRY J.P. [9937] and Maria Emilia MAY [9938], on 29 Jun 1830 in Pottern. (Sarah Maria AWDRY [11964] was born in 1800 in Swindon and died on 22 Jul 1834 in Bombay India..)

John next married Frances Ellen CARR [11991] [MRIN: 4030] on 28 Jul 1839. (Frances Ellen CARR [11991] died in 1900.)