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Admitted 9 February, 1730-1.

Son and heir of John Hussey, Town Clerk of Truro. He was called to the Bar 2 July, 1742. After the accession of George III. he became a King's Counsel, and was made Attorney-General to the Queen. He was chosen a Bencher of the Inn 25 April, 1760. In 1761 he sat in Parliament for St. Mawes in Cornwall, for which he continued to sit till he was elected for East Looe in 1768, which he represented till his death. As a member he distinguished himself in the debates on Mr. Wilkes, and on the questions which led up to the American War of Independence, and was greatly respected in the House. He resigned his Attorneyship in 1770, and died the same year.

Admitted 1 February, 1625-6.

Son and heir of Henry Hyde of Purton, Wiltshire. He was born 18 Feb. 1608-9. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1633. The rest of his life may be said to be bound up with English history, and must be sought in the records of his times, of which his own writings form so important a part.

Besides his History of the Rebellion, first published in 1702, the following works of Lord Clarendon have been edited: Speeches, Arguments, etc. (1641); Character of Robert, Earl of Essex, and George, Duke of Buckingham [pub. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ] (1641); Narrative of the Settlement of Ireland (1668); Animadversions on a Book called Fanaticism (1674); Brief View of Hobbes's Leviathan (1676); History of the Rebellion in Ireland (1720); Collection of Tracts (1727); Vindication of Himself (1747); State Papers from 1621—1674 (1767—86); Miscellaneous Works (1751); An Account of his wn Life (1759).

Admitted 8 August, 1661.

Eldest son of, the first Earl (q.v.). He was born 2 June, 1638. His name appears on the Register as Henry, Lord Cornbury. His early life was spent on the Continent, where he acted as his father's secretary. In 1661 he was elected for Wiltshire, which he continued to represent till his father's death in 1674. In 1680 he was made a Privy Councillor. On the accession of James II. he was appointed to the office of the Great Seal, and when that was put in commission in 1685 he was nominated Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. From this office he was recalled the following year, when he retired into private life. He was loyal to King James, whose restoration he was charged with plotting in 1689, on which charge he was for some time committed to the Tower. He died 31 Oct. 1709.

His State Letters during his government of Ireland and his Diary, were printed in 1763; and An Account of the Cathedral Church of Winchester written by him, was published in Gale's history of that church.

Admitted 30 May, 1660.

Second son of, first Earl of Clarendon (q.v.). He was born in March, 1641. His youth was spent in banishment with his father. On his return he represented Oxford in Parliament, and was employed in