[William] Ryland Adkins (1862-1925; WWW), barr.; MP (L, from 1918 National Lib) Middleton, Lancs, 1906-23; recorder, Nottingham, 1911-20, and Birmingham, 1920-5; Kt 1911, KC 1920; chairman, Northamptonshire county council, 1920-5; member, conference on electoral reform, 1917-18; a prominent free churchman, and member of the Congregational Union committee; chairman, 'nonconformist parliamentary committee', Nov. 1919, during passage of the Enabling Act; a contemporary of Henson's from Oxford - see the photograph of the founding members of the Stubbs Society in 1883 in Charles Oman, Memories of Victorian Oxford (1942), 107.

Journal references: 3

• 6 Jun 1919
• 7 Jun 1919
• 25 Jun 1919