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Chris Scott
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Found this info today:
Portland Year Book 1905
COUNTY COURT
County Court
Judge: His Honour Judge Philbrick, K.C. residence: Westfield House, Wimborne
Registrar and High Bailiff: Mr George Andrews, Clenary, Spa Road, Radipole.
Registrar's Clerk: Mr C. Gefeall
Courts: Monthly, second or third Friday and Saturday in the month, at the Guildhall, Weymouth County Court Office 69, St. Thomas Street, Weymouth

Note Judge Philbrick's address - Westfield House, Wimborne. This was the family home of the Druitts in Wimborne where Montague would have spent much time. The Judge presumable took over from the Druitts.

Apparently Philbrick was an internationally known philatelist and I found the following obituary for him from 1911 in the Philatelist magazine:

page 19 - (Obituary - Judge Frederick Philbrick - Philatelist - London Philatelic Society)
DEATH OF JUDGE PHILBRICK.
With the deepest regret we have to record the death of His Honour Judge Frederick Adolphus Philbrick, K. C., which took place at Colchester on Dec. 25, at the age of seventy-five. This sad news will be received throughout the entire philatelic world with the most profound sorrow and appreciation of the great services rendered to philately by Judge Philbrick.
The sad intimation of his death having only reached us on the point of publication, we are compelled to defer until our next issue a full appreciation of the important role played by Judge Philbrick in British philately. As the first Vice President and second President of the London Philatelic Society, and as the acknowledged leader of the pursuit for many years in this country, Judge Philbrick's name will always be honoured and remembered as one of the greatest in the history of philately. - London Philatelist.
Judge Philbrick was one of the veterans of our hobby. Born in 1836, the eldest son of Frederick B. Philbrick, of Colchester, he was educated at London University, became a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1860, and "took silk" in 1874. He became Recorder of his native town of Colchester, and ultimately, after a busy career at the Bar, he was appointed to a County Court judgeship in 1895.
As a philatelist, Judge Philbrick's name will live in the annals of our hobby as that of the joint author of "Philbrick & Westoby." He made many fine collections, and he had had through his hands, at one time or another, nearly all the great rarities known to the catalogue. By reason of his strong personality, his past association with the London Philatelic Society, and his connection as a lawyer with more than one of the causes celèbres of the stamp world, he will not readily be forgotten by the philatelic fraternity.

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Chris Scott
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below is an aerial view of the centre of Wimborne - the red line shows Redcotts Lane on which the Druitt house was located. This road was a cul de sac as shown by this line
Chris

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Natalie Severn
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Thanks for this Chris-fascinating!
Natali

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