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Admitted 25 October, 1793.

Second son of James Scully of Kilfeacle, co. Tipperary, where he was born 4 May, 1773. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1796, but did little practice on account of delicate health, and took to political writing. In 1812 he published a Statement of the Penal Laws, which ran through several editions, but resulted in the fine and imprisonment of the printer, Hugh Fitzpatrick. He had previously published a pamphlet, entitled An Irish Catholic's Advice to his Brethren on their Present Situation (1803), and during his life he contributed able articles to the Dublin Post. He died at Kilfeacle 25 Oct. 1830.

Admitted 19 November, 1829.

Third son of Thomas Sealy of Clifton, co. Gloucester. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1833, was Solicitor-General of Barbados 1841-46, Attorney-General 1846—74 and member of the House of Assembly. For two periods, from 1858—76 and again from 1882—84, he was a member of the Executive Council. In 1869 he was created C.M.G. and in 1874 K.C.M.G. From 1876—84 he was Chancellor of the Diocese and took the degree of D.D. (Durham) in 1876. He died in Barbados 13 Feb. 1898.

Admitted 18 June, 1827.

Eldest son of Thomas Sewell of Newport, I.W. He was educated at Oxford, where he graduated 1826, and where he won the Newdigate Prize, and became D.C.L. in 1840. After his call to the Bar 25 June, 1830, he became well known as a special pleader, but later in life emigrated to Australia, where he was appointed Reader in Law at the University of Melbourne, and where he died 9 Nov. 1864.

He was the author of many learned works, legal and otherwise, including Collectanea Parliamentaria (1831); Vincliciæ Ecclesiasticæ, or a Legal and Historical Argument against the Abolition of Bishops' Courts (1839); a treatise on the Law of Sheriffs (1842) and of Coroners (1843); Sacro-Politica, or The Bights of the Anglican Church (1848); on Legal Education (1857); and he edited for the English Historical Society the Gesta Stephani (1846).

Admitted 6 June, 1729.

Son and heir of Thomas Sewell of West Ham, Essex. Called to the Bar 24 May, 1734, he was made a King's Counsel when of twenty years' standing. On 3 May, 1754, he was elected a Bencher, appointed Lent Reader in 1762, and Treasurer in 1765. In 1758 he represented Harwich in Parliament, Winchelsea in 1761 and again in 1765, but, losing his seat at the general election in March, 1768, he retired from parliamentary life. At the end of 1764 he was knighted, advanced to the Mastership of the Rolls, a dignity he held till his death on 6 March, 1784, and sworn of the Privy Council.