“ Thomas Robinson Leadam, of York-place, Portman-square, he was educated at Cheltenham and Merchant Taylors and at University College, Oxford, of which he was a scholar. After obtaining first classes in the two classical schools he was elected a Fellow of Brasenose in 1872, and served for some time as assistant tutor at that college and at Magdalen. In 1875 he became an inspector of schools, but resigned in the following year and was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn, joining the Midland Circuit. Mr. Leadam was a member of the committees of the Reform Club and the Cobden Club. ”