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Admitted 27 June, 1783.

Third son of Charles McCormick of Rathkeal, Limerick. He was educated at Oxford where he graduated B.C.L. in 1794. Abandoning law for literature he published ''History of England from the Death of George II. to the Peace of 1783'', as a continuation of Hume and Smollett. Also The Secret History of the Court and Reign of Charles II. (1792), and a Life of Edmund Burke (1797). He also published anonymously a work entitled Light Reading for Leisure Hours, and a continuation of Rapin's History of England. He died 29 July, 1807.

Admitted 8 August, 1843.

Eldest son of John Mackay of Inverness, silversmith. He was born in Scotland in 1808. He began life as a journalist in Canada, and on returning to England was engaged on the Morning Chronicle, in which paper he published letters on the Oregon question. He was called to the Bar 7 May, 1847. In 1851 he visited India to report on the cultivation of cotton for the Manchester and other Chambers of Commerce. He died on his voyage back from this expedition 15 April, 1852.

His Report on his Indian experiences was published after his death. This and his work entitled The Western World, up to its date (1849) the most complete account of the United States of America, form his principal claim, to remembrance, though he published others.

Admitted 9 May, 1758.

Son of William McKean of Chester, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1734. He became a Member of Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1777 he was made President of Delaware, of which State he compiled the Constitution. In the same year he was elected Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and in 1799 Governour of that State. He died at Philadelphia 24 June, 1817.

Admitted 10 June, 1675.

Second son of Thomas Mackworth of Betton, Shropshire. He was called to the Bar 26 May, 1682, and knighted at Whitehall in the following January as "Comptroller of the Temple." In March, 1684 (see London Gazette of that date) he is represented as presenting an address to King James on his accession from "The Barristers and Students of the Middle Temple in parliament assembled," congratulating him especially on his continuance of the Customs for the "maintenance of the Navy for the defence of the realm." He acquired by marriage great estates in South Wales, where he developed the colliery and copper-smelting industries, and for this purpose formed a company, of which he became "Deputy Governour." In this capacity he was charged by his enemies with peculation, but the proceedings fell through. In 1703 he was appointed Constable of Neath Castle, and elected to Parliament