William Rowley Elliston
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William Rowley Elliston OBE, (1 February 1869 – 12 February 1954), was a British judge and Liberal Party politician.
Elliston was born in Manor House, Ipswich, the eldest son of W.A. Elliston. He was educated at Ipswich School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was a Pemberton Scholar, at Ipswich School in 1885. He was elected simultaneously in 1887 to Open Classical Demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford and Open Classical Scholarship at Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1898 he married Ethel Mary Walton, niece of Sir Frederick Wilson. They had one son and two daughters. He was awarded the OBE in the 1951 Birthday Honours for public services in Suffolk.[1]