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 was chaplain in Paris from 1858 to 1871. After his return he combined literary with clerical work in various parts of England and Wales, and died at Bath in 1887.

He was a large contributor to periodical literature, and published many volumes of poems and theological works, some of which obtained large popularity as his Words of Faith and Cheer (1874), and his Hymn, published in Schaff's Christ in Song (1870), "Come ye lofty, come ye lowly."

Admitted 31 March, 1696.

Son and heir of William Gwavas, late one of the ancient Masters of the Utter Bar. He was born in Suffolk 6 Dec. 1676. He was originally articled to a solicitor in Lyon's Inn. Settling in Cornwall, he devoted himself to the study of its ancient language, and was instrumental in compiling the Cornish Vocabulary for Tonkin's projected History of Cornhill. Some of Gwavas's Manuscripts are preserved at the British Museum.

Admitted 22 June, 1697.

Son and heir of Greorge Gwinnett of Great Sharington (Shurdington), Gloucestershire. He was educated at Christ's Church, Oxford. He never practised at the Bar, but presents the singular spectacle of a whole life spent in a correspondence arising out of a love attachment between himself and Elizabeth Thomas, the "Corinna" of Dryden and Curll, subsequently published in two volumes under the title of Pylades and Corinna, or Memoirs of the Lives, Amours, and Writings of R. G. and Mrs. E. Thomas, jun. It is melancholy to think that all this correspondence ended in disappointment. No wedding ever came of it, and Gwinnet died of consumption 16 April, 1717. The second volume of the Correspondence contains a play by Gwinnet, entitled The Country Squire, or a Christinas Gambol.

Admitted 20 May, 1667.

Son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire. Born in Somersetshire 1648. Preferring politics to law, he was returned to Parliament, in which he represented various constituencies between 1673 and 1727. In 1679 he became Clerk of the Council, and he was twice Under Secretary of State. In 1701 he was made a Privy Councillor, and in 1713—14 was Secretary at War. His only legal appointments were the Recordership of Totnes and the Stewardship of Brecknock. He died 2 June, 1734, at Ford Abbey, his splendid seat in Dorset. He was known as "Rochester's Gwyn" from ma close friendship with that nobleman.

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HAILES, LORD. See.