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 Diamond (1848) [most of the foregoing were published under the pseudonym of Michael Angelo Titmarsh]; The History of Pendennis [begun in monthly parts, Nov. 1848] (1849); Rebecca and Rowena, by M. A. Titmarsh [Christmas Book] (1849); The Kickleburys on the Rhine, by M. A. Titmarsh [Christmas Book] (1850); The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852); The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century (1853); The Newcomes [begun in monthly parts, Oct. 1853] (1855); The Rose and the Ring, by Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [Christmas Book] (1854); The Virginians [begun in monthly parts, Oct. 1857] (1858—9); Lovell the Widower [from Cornhill Magazine] (1860); The Four Georges [from Cornhill Magazine] (1860); The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World [from Cornhill Magazine] (1862); Roundabout Papers [from Cornhill Magazine] (1862); Denis Duval [posthumous publication] (1864); Early and Late Papers [posthumous publication] (1867). Most of the above productions were illustrated by the author.

A collective edition of Mr. Thackeray's early writings, entitled Miscellanies in Prose and Verse was published in 4 vols. 8vo between 1855 and 1857, and a complete uniform edition of his whole works appeared in 22 vols. 8vo in 1868—9. Mr. Thackeray died 24 Dec. 1863, and a monument to his memory was uncovered in Westminster Abbey, Oct. 21, 1865.

Admitted 12 June, 1688.

Second son of Sir William Thompson, Serjeant-at-Law. He was admitted the same day as his elder brother, Stephen. He was called to the Bar 3 June, 1698. He was for some time member of Parliament for Orford, Suffolk (1708), and for Ipswich (1714). In the latter year he was made Recorder of London and knighted. In 1716 he became Solicitor-General, in 1726 Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, and in 1729 Puisne Baron and at the same time Serjeant-at-Law. Whilst member for Ipswich he took part in the impeachment of the Jacobite Earl of Wintoun, George Seton. He died at Bath, 27 Oct. 1739.

Admitted 27 January, 1668-9.

Eldest son of Sir Thomas Thynne of Richmond, Surrey. In 1 670 he succeeded to the Longleat estates in Wiltshire, and entered Parliament for that county. He became a supporter of the cause of the Duke of Monmouth and is referred to by Dryden, under the name of "Issachar," as that prince's "wealthy friend." In 1681 he entertained Monmouth at Longleat. In the same year he married Elizabeth, the widow of Lord Ogle and heiress to the Percy estates. This led to a quarrel with Count Konigsmark, a Swedish nobleman, an unsuccessful suitor to the same lady, which ended in Thynne's assassination on 12 Feb. 1682. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where there is an imposing monument to his memory. His great wealth acquired for him the sobriquet of "Tom of Ten Thousand."

Admitted 8 November, 1768.

Second son of John Tickell of New Windsor, Berks, and grandson of Thomas Tickell, the poet, and friend of Addison. He became a Commissioner in Bankruptcy, but was deprived of his place in 1778. He finally became a Commissioner in the Stamp Office. In 1778 he wrote a musical entertainment called The Camp, which was performed at Drury Lane; and in the same year