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Admitted 4 August, 1691.

Son and heir of John Rowe, one of the Masters of the Utter Bar. He was born at Little Barford in Bedfordshire, and educated at Westminster School. He was called to the Bar 22 May, 1696, but soon afterwards relinquished the study of the law, for which he had little taste, and gave himself up to poetry and polite literature. At the age of twenty-four he produced his first Tragedy, which was succeeded by others which met with much applause, and on the accession of George I. he was made Poet Laureate. In 1709 he edited an edition of Shakespeare's works in 6 vols., 8vo. His own works were published in a collected form in 1720. His productions appeared separately in the following order: The Ambitious Step-mother, a Tragedy (1698); Tamerlane, a Tragedy (1703); The Fair Penitent, a Tragedy (1706); Ulysses, a Tragedy (1706); The Royal Convert, a Tragedy (1710); Jane Shore, a Tragedy (1710); Translation of Quillet's Callipædia (1710); Lady Jane Grey, a Tragedy (1715); The Biter, a Comedy (1716); Ode to the New Year (1716); Translation of Lucan's Pharsalia (1720). Rowe died in Dec. 1718, and was interred in Westminster Abby.

His father, John Rowe, son and heir of Nicholas Rowe of Lamerton, Co. Devon, was a lawyer of some distinction. He was admitted 2 May, 1669, called to the Bar 29 May, 1674, and became Serjeant-at-Law. He edited the Reports of Benloe and Dalison, published in folio in 1689. He died 30 April, 1692, and was buried in the Temple Church.

Admitted 31 August, 1820.

Youngest son of Rev. John Rowland of Shrewsbury, where he was born 11 July, 1778. He was educated at Shrewsbury and devoted himself to literature and the fine arts. He settled at Frant in Sussex, and was High-Sheriff of that county in 1824. He died at Clifton 20 Oct. 1859. He was a liberal contributor to works of charity and built and endowed the Hospital of Holy Cross at Shrewsbury in 1853. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and printed in 1830 for private circulation An Historical Account of the Noble Family of Nevill. He also edited Blakeway's Sheriffs of Shropshire (1831).

Admitted 29 October, 1842.

Eldest son of Francis Roxburgh of Upper Stamford Street. He was called to the Bar 7 Nov. 1845, and was also a member of Lincoln's Inn. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1866 and a Bencher of the Inn in 1867. He was Reader in 1874, and Treasurer of the Inn in 1882. He was appointed Recorder of Aldeburgh in 1878, a County Court Judge in 1881. The year of his Treasurership was signalized by the opening of the Law Courts, on which occasion he received the honour of knighthood from the Queen, He died in London 19 March, 1891.

Admitted 18 April, 1590.

"Third son of James Rudierde of Winchfield," co. Hants, where he was born 26 Dec. 1572. He was admitted from New Inn, and called to the Bar 24 Oct. 1600; but, according to (q.v.), who was his