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Admitted 7 November, 1750.

Son and heir of Lloyd Kenyon of Gredington, Flintshire, where he was born 5 Oct. 1732. He was called to the Bar 9 Feb. 1756. In the notice of his Life, which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine at the time of his death (1802), he is said to have been of Lincoln's Inn, and this is true, but he was not admitted there till 1779. He was elected a Bencher in 1780, and was Lent Reader in 1787. In the following year he became Serjeant-at-Law, and succeeded Lord Mansfield as Chief Justice of the King^s Bench. Previously to this he had held the appointment of Master of the Rolls (1784—88). In 1780 he conducted the defence of the celebrated Lord Geoi^e Gordon; but he was more renowned for his learning as a lawyer and his inflexible impartiality as a Judge than his ability as an advocate, and the chief honours of that defence fell to his junior, Mr. Erskine. In the same year he entered Parliament, and acted as Attorne^'-General for the Govtrnment till his appointment as Master of the Rolls. He held the office of Chief Justice of the King's Bench for nearly fourteen years, and died 2 April, 1802. He wrote Notes of Cases in the Court of King's Bench &hellip; 1753—59, published with Notes, etc., by Job Walden Hanmer (1819— 25). He was succeeded in the barony by his son George, who was also a member of the Inn, holding the office of Reader in 1815 and of Treasurer in 1822.

Admitted 3 November, 1838.

Eldest son of Robert Dow Ker, of Greenock. After practising some time at the Bar, to which he was called 25 Nov. 1842, he went out to the West Indies in 1850, where he became Attorney-General for the Island of Antigua from 1851 to 1854, when he was appointed Chief Justice of Nevis, and two years later of Dominica. In 1861 he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Jamaica, where he died 29 March, 1885.

Admitted 2 June, 1842.

Fifth son of Thomas Kettle, merchant, of Birmingham, and of Huguenot descent. Having been called to the Bar 6 June, 1845, he practised on the Oxford circuit, and in 1859 was appointed Judge of the Worcestershire County Courts. He took a deep interest in industrial matters, and was President of the Midland Iron Trade Wages Board, and acted as arbitrator in many great trade disputes, for which public service he was knighted in 1880. In 1882 he became a Bencher of the Inn. He died in 1894, having previously resigned his office of County Court Judge.

He has left behind him many tracts and pamphlets relating to industrial and trade questions, particularly one on Strikes and Arbitrations (1866).

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