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Admitted 11 May, 1667.

Eldest son of William Trumbull of the Middle Temple (admitted 19 Jan. 1625), and Easthampstead, where he was baptized 11 Sept. 1639. He was educated at Oxford, where he was elected a Fellow of All Souls' in 1657. In 1667 he received the degree of D.C.L. He was admitted an advocate of Doctors' Commons in 1668, and became Chancellor of the diocese of Rochester. In 1683 he accompanied Lord Dartmouth to Tangier as Judge- Advocate of the Fleet, and on his return to England was knighted, and sent as Ambassador to Paris, where he was when the Edict of Nantes was signed. He next represented his Government at the Porte, and on his return became a Lord of the Treasury, and in 1695 Secretary of State. He was a friend of Dryden, and is said to have suggested to Pope, who dedicated his first Pastoral to him, his translation of the Iliad. He died 14 Dec. 1716, and was buried in Easthampstead Church, where there is a handsome monument to him, with an epitaph by Pope.

Admitted 27 June, 1626.

Eldest son of Christopher Turnor of Milton Erneys, Bedfordshire, where he was born on 6 Dec. 1607. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1633, and became a Bencher of the Inn 3 Feb. 1653-4. On 7 July, 1660, he was advanced to the Judicial Bench as third Baron of the Exchequer. He died in 1675.

Admitted 30 October, 1633.

Eldest son of Arthur Turnor of Parndon Parva, Essex, and a Bencher of the Middle Temple. He was born in Threadneedle Street, London, in 1617. He was called to the Bar 19 June, 1640, made a Bencher of the Inn, 29 June, 1660, and was Treasurer in 1662. During the Commonwealth he represented Essex in Parliament, but supported the royal party at the Restoration, when he was knighted. He was King's Counsel during the trial of the regicides, and in the first Parliament of Charles II. acted as Speaker of the House of Commons for twelve years. From this office he retired on his appointment to the Judicial Bench as Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 23 May, 1671. He died on 4 March, 1676.

Sir Edward Turnor published Two Speeches, A.D. 1661; Speech to the King, 29 May, 1662.

Admitted 19 March, 1753.

Eldest son of Jonathan Tyers of Denbys, Surrey (proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens). He was educated at Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1742, On 9 May following his admission he passed to the Inner Temple. At his father's death he became joint manager, with his brother, of the celebrated Gardens, and composed songs for the entertainments there. He was a friend of Dr. Johnson, who admired his vivacious character, and depicted him in the Idler as "Tom Restless." He had a fund of wit and amusing anecdote, and his publications throw much light on the personages and events of the day. They are entitled Political Conferences between several Great Men in the Past and