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 produced, under the title of Anticipation, a satirical forecast of the speeches at the opening of Parliament, which created great entertainment. In 1781 he produced an Opera entitled The Carnival of Venice, with Linley's music; and in 1789 The Gentle Shepherd, both successes. He married Mary Linley, the sister of Mrs. Sheridan, who procured him rooms in Hampton Court Palace, from a window of which he threw himself 4 Nov. 1793.

Besides the works mentioned above, he produced The Wreath of Fashion (1778); The Project, a Poem (1778); The Green Box (1779), an adaptation from the French.

Admitted 8 May, 1723.

Son and heir of Richard Tisdal of Dublin, Registrar of the Irish Court of Chancery. He was educated at the school kept by Thomas Sheridan, the friend of Swift, in Dublin, and at Trinity College. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1733, and practised there with great success. He became a Serjeant-at-Law and a Bencher of the King's Inns in 1741, and represented Dublin University from 1739 to 1776. In 1751 he was made Solicitor-General, and in 1760 Attorney-General. In 1763 he was advanced to the dignity of Secretary of State, and Keeper of the Seal, with the lead of the Irish House of Commons. He was the subject of much satire on the part of political opponents, and was commonly spoken of as "Black Phil." He died at Spa 11 Sept. 1777.

Admitted 16 October, 1639.

Son and heir of Silius Titus of London. He took up arms for the Parliament in the Civil War, but subsequently became an ardent Royalist, and, after the king's condemnation, contrived schemes for his escape. He assisted in the negociations carried on at Breda between Charles II. and the Scots. He is supposed to have had a hand in the composition of the Tract entitled Killing no Murder. In 1660 he was returned to Parliament, in which he became a vigorous speaker. He lost some of his popularity by approving of the repeal of the penal laws by James II., who placed him on the Privy Council. He died in December 1704, and was buried at Bushey.

Admitted 3 February, 1787.

Eldest son of Peter Tone of Black Hall, co. Kildare. He was born in Dublin 20 June, 1763, and was entered at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1787. Whilst a student, or rather a resident, in the Temple (for he confesses that he seldom opened a book) he had chambers in Hare Court, chambers which he shared with his brother, who was out of employment. In 1789 he returned to Dublin, where he succeeded in obtaining the degree of LL.B., and was called to the Irish Bar. He then turned his attention to politics, and published a pamphlet on the conduct of the administration, which attracted some attention; but it was not till after the breaking out of the French Revolution that he became prominent as a political leader by the formation of the society known as the Club of the United Irishmen, the object of which was to "unite Irishmen of every religious persuasion to obtain a complete reform of the legislature." This