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Admitted 19 June, 1813.

Fifth son of the Rev. Thomas Abdy Abdy, of Coopersale, near Epping, Essex. His maternal grandfather was James Hayes, a Bencher of the Middle Temple. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1813, and obtained a Fellowship. He died at Bath 12 Oct. 1846, and is remembered for a work upon America, entitled Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States (1833—1834), published in 1835; also for a treatise on The Water Cure, translated from the German of Von Falkenstein (1842).



Admitted 3 July, 1688.

Second son of Edmund Fortescue, of London (who took the name of Aland on his marriage), and a descendant of Sir John Fortescue, Lord Chancellor under Henry VI. He was born 7 March, 1670. He was called to the Bar 13 May, 1695. Subsequently he joined the Inner Temple, where he was Reader and Treasurer in 1716. On 22 Oct. 1714, he was appointed Solicitor-General to the Prince of Wales, and on 21 Dec. 1715, Solicitor-General to the King. On 24 Jan. 1717, he was made a Baron of the Exchequer and next year transferred to the King's Bench. He finally (in 1728) became a judge in the Common Pleas, from which position he retired in 1746, and died the same year, 19 Dec.

Lord Fortescue edited a work of his great ancestor, entitled. The Difference between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy, prefixing a preface, and after his death a collection of reports taken by him was published, entitled, Reports of Select Cases in all the Courts of Westminster Hall; also the Opinion of all the Judges of England relating to the Grandest Prerogative of the Royal Family, and some Observations relating to the Prerogative of a Queen Consort. Folio. In the Savoy. 1748.



This ever-to-be-lamented prince, heir prospective to the throne, whose unfortunate death occurred the 14 Jan. 1892, was admitted to the Inn 10 June, 1885, and called to the Bar and to the Bench the same day, in accordance with the precedent of his royal father, now his Majesty King Edward VII., then Prince of Wales, who was admitted, called and elected to the Bench, 31 Oct. 1861. He was born at Frogmore, 8 Jan. 1864, and baptized 10 March following in Buckingham Palace chapel. At the time of his admission he was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he entered Oct. 1883. He was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 20 Jan. 1892.



Admitted 3 May, 1771.

Son and heir of William Alexander, of Edinburgh, where he was born in the year 1754. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1782. After practising in the Court of Chancery with high reputation as an equity and real property lawyer for nearly twenty years, he was rewarded with a silk gown in 1800. He became one of the Masters in Chancery in the year 1809, and Chief Baron