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Admitted 22 June, 1713.

Second son of Richard Ryder of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Lesser, London. He was called to the Bar 8 May, 1719, and subsequently removed to Lincoln's Inn, where he was made a Bencher in 1733. In the same year he was returned for St. Germans to Parliament, and became Solicitor-General. In 1737 he was made Attorney-General, and in 1740 received the honour of knighthood. He was promoted to the King's Bench as Chief Justice 2 May, 1754. He died 25 May, 1756. At the time of his death the warrant was signed for his elevation to the Peerage. The dignity was conferred upon his son, and has descended to the present Earl of Harrowby.

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Admitted 15 May, 1767.

Third son of John, Viscount St. John, and nephew of the first Lord Bolingbroke. He was a man of ability, but whose ambition, according to Selwyn, was to figure as the most refined "macaroni" of his time. He migrated from Lincoln's Inn to the Middle Temple, and was called to the Bar 15 June, 1770. He was returned to Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, in 1773, and subsequently sat for Eye. He held the office of Surveyor-General of the Land Revenues of the Crown, and published Observations on them (1787). He also wrote a pamphlet in reply to Paine's Rights of Man, and two Tragedies, Mary Queen of Scots and The Island of St. Marguerite, both produced at Drury Lane Theatre in 1789. He died in London 8 Oct. 1793.

Admitted 2 May, 1692.

Son and heir of Samuel Salkeld of Embleton, Northumberland. Having been educated at Oxford, and entered at the Middle Temple, he was called to the Bar on 3 June, 1698. In 1713 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Great Sessions for the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan and Pembroke, and two years later was made a Serjeant-at-Law (24 Jan. 1715). He died the same year on 14 Sept.

Serjeant Salkeld had a great reputation as a reporter, and wrote Reports of Gases in the Court of King's Bench, with some special Cases in Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from 1 William and Mary to 10 Queen Anne, published first in 1717, and frequently republished, the sixth edition appearing in 1795.

Admitted 27 June, 1694.

Second son of Rev. Thomas Salmon of Mepsall, Bedford, known for his treatises on music, and brother of Nathaniel Salmon, equally well-known as an antiquary. He was baptized at Mepsall, 2 Feb. 1678-9. He seems to have had a varied career, for he accompanied Anson on his voyage in 1739—40, and at one time kept a coffee-house in Cambridge, where most of his literary productions were prepared. These are very numerous, and on a variety of