sentences:  His father, Anthony Wilkinson, also played first-class cricket.He was born at Elvet Hill, County Durham, England and was educated at Blundell's School.During his time as Registrar of the Probate and Divorce Registry, he was joint editor of the Seventh Edition of William Rayden's "Practice and law in the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice and on appeal therefrom", published in 1958 by Butterworth.