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Admitted 19 January, 1733-4.

Only son of William Mitchell, minister of St. Giles's, Edinburgh, where he was born 15 April, 1708. In 1730 he entered the University of Leyden, and was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1735. He was called to the Bar 12 May, 1738, and in the same year became Under Secretary of State for Scotland under the Marquis of Tweeddale, which office he held during the trying times of the rebellion of 1745. In 1747 he was elected for Aberdeenshire in the Whig interest, and from 1755 to 1761 represented the Elgin Burghs, during which period, however, he was for the most part absent on foreign service as envoy to Frederick the Great. His despatches in this capacity, and his private correspondence throw great light on the events of the Seven Years War and the character of Frederick. In 1764 he revisited England and was knighted, but returned to Berlin the following year, and died there 28 Jan. 1771.

Admitted 11 January, 1763.

Eldest son of John Mitford of Newton Boldre, Hants, and brother of the first Lord Redesdale. He early quitted the study of law for that of literature, and particularly the literature of Greece. This did not, however, monopolize his energies, for he was for some years an active Member of Parliament, and at the same time Colonel of the Hampshire Militia, the same regiment in which his fellow historian, Gibbon, held a Commission. He died in 1827.

His works were published in the following order: Inquiry into the Principles of Harmony in Languages (1774); The History of Greece (1784—1810); Considerations &hellip; on the Corn Laws &hellip; (1791); Treatise on the Military Force of this Kingdom (n. d.).

Admitted 4 August, 1669.

He is styled in the entry "Illustrissimus et excellentissimua dominus Petro Mocenigo, Embassetor (sic) Serenissime Reipublicæ Venetiæ." He was one of a family occupying the highest position at Venice, and which had given several Doges to the State. He was admitted with a number of other distinguished personages on the same day, including (q.v.),  (q.v.),  (q.v.) Jacques du Moulin,  (q.v.), and Edward Havard.

Admitted 5 January, 1610-11.

Son and heir of Reginald Mohun of Bocconnock (Boconnoc), who was created Baronet 25 Nov. 1612. He was educated at Oxford, where he graduated in 1608. In 1623 he entered Parliament for Grampound as a supporter of the Duke of Buckingham, who had previously obtained for him the Vice-Wardenship of the Stannaries. Through the same influence he was raised to the Peerage in 1628 as Baron Mohun of Okehampton. He died 28 May, 1640.