Samuel Woolf Magnus [SEP] date of death
Samuel Woolf Magnus
Samuel Woolf Magnus (30 September 1910 – 28 February 1992), was a judge and politician in both Britain and Zambia.
Background.
He was the son of Samuel Woolf Magnus. He was educated at University College, London where he received a BA Honors in 1931. He married, in 1938, Anna Gertrude Shane. They had one daughter.
Professional career.
Called to Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1937. Served War of 1939–45, Army. Practised in London, 1937–59
which Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson, Thorfinn's successors as earls, submitted to Harald. Woolf has also proposed that Magnus may have played some part in the war in Scotland in 1057–1058, perhaps supporting Máel Coluim mac Donnchada against Lulach.
Kingship and death.
Magnus accompanied his father in Harald's campaign against Denmark in 1062. On his way to Denmark, Harald's fleet clashed with the fleet of Danish king Sweyn Estridsson in a major naval battle at Niså that resulted in Norwegian victory. In 1066, after concluding peace