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Admitted 5 May, 1848.

The eldest son of (q.v.). Though called to the Bar 17 Nov. 1852, he devoted himself almost entirely to writing for the Stage, and produced a series of burlesques and extravaganzas, which were very popular at the time, the last of which was The Miller and His Men, produced at the Strand Theatre in 1860. He died at Mentone two years later at the early age of 34.

Admitted 5 May, 1813.

Eldest son of Edward Talfourd of North End, near Fulham. He was born at Reading 26 May, 1795, and educated at the Grammar School there under the learned Dr. Valpy. On leaving school he became a pupil of the eminent special pleader, Mr. {q.v.), and supported himself in London for some time as a newspaper proprietor. He was called to the Bar 9 Feb. 1821. He took the degree of Serjeant in 1833, and two years later was returned to Parliament for his native town. Here he sat, with a short intermission, till he became a judge of the Common Pleas in 1849 with the honour of knighthood. He died suddenly whilst delivering his charge to the jury at Stafford 13 March, 1854.

In Parliament Sir Thomas Talfourd was the proposer of the Custody of Infants Act and the Copyright Act. His contributions to periodical literature are too numerous to be mentioned; but the following is a list of his treatises published separately: Poems on Various Subjects [published anonymously] (1811); An Attempt to Estimate the Poetical Talent of the Present Age (1815); Ion, a Tragedy [privately printed] (1835); The Athenian Captive, a Tragedy (1838); Glencoe &hellip; a Tragedy (1840); The Castilian, an Historical Tragedy (1854); Observations on the Law of Copyright (1838); Three Speeches on Copyright (1840); Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps; Vacation Rambles and Thoughts (1844); Supplement to Vacation Rambles (1864); Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1842).

Admitted 11 April, 1770.

Second son of John Tarleton of Liverpool (merchant and mayor of that city in 1764). He was educated at Liverpool and Oxford. Five years after entering the Inn, he joined the Army and accompanied Lord Cornwallis as a volunteer to North America, and served with distinction in the campaigns there till the capitulation of Yorktown in 1782, being in command of the cavalry in most of the principal engagements. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel in 1782, Colonel in 1790, Lieutenant-General 1 Jan. 1801, General 21 Jan. 1812, and created a Baronet 6 Nov. 1815. He died 25 Jan. 1833, with the reputation of a born cavalry leader, of unequalled dash amongst his contemporaries.

He left behind him a History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in North America, in which he somewhat ungraciously criticises his commander, Lord Cornwallis.

Admitted 2 June, 1579.

Second son of Bartholomew Tate of Coventry. He was born at Gayton. He is spoken of by Wood as a "noted counsellor," who, having laid "a foundation of learning at Magdalen College, Oxford, for a greater structure