Walter Baldwyn Yates

Walter Baldwyn Yates CBE (13 May 1857 – 27 April 1947) was an English barrister, member of the London County Council and Crown Umpire under the Unemployment Insurance Scheme of 1911.

Born in 1857 at Wellbank, Sandbach, Cheshire, he was the youngest son of Joseph St. John Yates, County Court Judge,[1] and his wife Emily Augusta Scott.

Initially practicing on the North Wales Circuit, he entered local government and was elected as a member of the London County Council for Tower Hamlets for three terms in 1892,[4] 1895[5] & 1898[6] for the Progressive Party, and in 1901,[7] was elected a County Alderman for a six-year term.

[3] His work made up a large volume of case law on the interpretation of the Acts and on their application.

[8] They resided at Cilcen Hall, Mold, Flintshire[2] and had three daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth, married Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 5th battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army,[9] who were the parents of Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt,[10] and grandparents of the Right Hon.