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Admitted 17 May, 1750.

Son and heir of Thomas Ewin, of Cambridge. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1753, M.A. in 1756, and LL.D. in 1766. At his father's death he inherited a large fortune, acquired in a brewing business, a fortune which he increased by usurious transactions amongst minors and others at the University. For these transactions he was deprived of his degrees, and expelled the University. It was decided, however, that in this the Vice-Chancellor's Court had exceeded its jurisdiction, and his degree of LL.D. was restored. He subsequently retired to Brentford where he died 29 Dec. 1804. His personal appearance seems to have been as eccentric as his character, and obtained for him the sobriquet of Dr. Squintum.

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Admitted 18 December, 1667.

He appears on the Register as "Francis Fane, Knight of the Bath, son and heir of Francis Fane, K.B." (second son of the first Earl of Westmorland). Francis, junior, became a K.B. at the coronation of Charles II. He was the author of Love in the Dark, or the Man of Business, a Comedy dedicated to the Earl of Rochester (1675). Also of A Masque (1685); and The Sacrifice, a Tragedy (1686). They are said to be not destitute of merit.

Admitted 12 February, 1772.

"Son and heir of the Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Westmoreland." He was born 1 June, 1759, and succeeded his father in the Earldom in 1774, two years after his entry at the Temple. He was educated at Cambridge, where he formed a friendship with William Pitt, which continued through life. In 1790 he became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, but being opposed to Catholic emancipation, was recalled in 1795, and made Lord Privy Seal, an office he held for nearly thirty years. He became a K.G. in 1793. He died 15 Dec. 1841. His elopement with the daughter and heiress of Mr. Child, the London Banker, in 1782, is remembered as the great social "sensation" of the time.

Admitted 23 January, 1570-1.

He is described in the Register as "Thomas Fanshawe, of London, Esq., Remorator of Her Majesty's Exchequer." He was the son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate, Dronfield, Derbyshire, where he was born about 1530. He is stated to have entered the Inn from Jesus College, Cambridge. He succeeded his uncle, Thomas Fanshawe, in 1568 as Remembrancer in the Exchequer. He represented Arundel in Parliament in 1572, and Wenlock in 1597. He served on a Commission against the Jesuits in 1593, and on other ecclesiastical commissions. He died 29 Feb. 1600-1, and was buried at Ware, where he had large estates. He is known as the author of a work on The Practice of the Exchequer Court (1658), and some smaller writings. He founded the Free Grammar School at Dronfield, 1579.