Phillipps-Wolley, Edward Clive Oldnall Long

PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, Edward Clive Oldnall Long, sportsman, writer (b 1854, Dorsetshire, England; d 1918, Duncan). An English military officer and diplomat, he inherited a country estate in 1876, whereupon he resigned his commission and took up a career in the law. Big-game hunting was his passion, however, and in 1890 he was attracted to BC by its sporting potential. With his wife and 4 children he settled in OAK BAY, where he built a large mansion, Woodhall, on 6.5 ha of land. Later the family...

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