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Admitted 24 November, 1629.

Eldest son of German Ireton of Attenborough, near Nottingham. Previous to his admission he had taken one degree in Arts at Oxford, where, according to Wood, he had the character of a "stubborn and saucy fellow," whose company was not at all "wanting." At the Middle Temple "he learned some grounds of the common law and became a man of a working and laborious train." The principal circumstances of his life are too well known to be more than referred to here. When the Rebellion broke out he took up arms against the King, and about the same time married one of the daughters of Oliver Cromwell. He distinguished himself at Naseby, and on the establishment of the Commonwealth he was sent into Ireland, and subsequently made Lord Deputy. He died of the plague before Limerick on 15 Nov. 1651.

He was one of the most able and determined enemies of the King, and may be said to have been the chief cause of Charles's trial and execution. He was commonly known as the Scribe, from his skill in drawing up declarations, petitions, etc., a skill he probably acquired in a great measure by his training at the Inns of Court. Wood further asserts of him that he was "absolutely the best prayer-maker and preacher in the army," a qualification he must have acquired elsewhere.

Admitted 11 October, 1628.

Only son of Sir John Isham of Lamport, co. Northampton, and of the Middle Temple, who was created a Baronet 20 May, 1627. He was a man of learning and culture, and the founder of the present Library at Lamport Hall, but he is chiefly remembered as one of the suitors of the celebrated Dorothy Osborne, afterwards Lady Temple. He was a Royalist, and suffered loss in the Civil War. At the Restoration he was elected to Parliament for Northamptonshire. He died at Oxford 2 March, 1674.

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Admitted 1 January, 1785.

Third son of Samuel Jackson of Paddington. He was called to the Bar 9 Feb. 1793, became a Bencher in 1828, and was Reader in 1834. He obtained his earlier education at Oxford, where he matriculated M.A. in 1793. He acquired a great reputation at the Bar, especially as Parliamentary Counsel for the East India Company. He died at Brixton in 1837. His Speeches before Parliamentary Committees on East India subjects and several other Papers have l)een printed. He was also a member of Lincoln's Inn.

Admitted 17 April, 1817.

Only son of David B. Jardine, Unitarian Minister at Bath. On 7 Feb. 1823, he was called to the Bar, and in 1839 appointed Stipendiary Magistrate at Bow Street. He died at Weybridge in 1860.

He was the author or compiler of the following works: An Index to Howell's State Trials (1828); A Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot (1857); A