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Admitted 25 January, 1855.

Only son of Edward Clive Bayley, merchant, of St. Petersburg. He was educated at Haileybury, entered the Bengal Civil Service, became Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab in 1849, and, later, Under Secretary to the Indian Government. He was called to the Bar 12 June, 1857. He subsequently held other important offices, and finally became a Member of the Supreme Council, in which he served till his retirement in 1878. He was learned in the history and antiquities of India, and contributed several papers to the Journals of the Bengal Asiatic Society and the Royal Asiatic Society, besides assisting his friend, Sir H. Elliot, in the compilation of his History of India. He was knighted with the Star of India in 1877. He died 30 April, 1884.



Admitted 11 November, 1796.

Second son of John Bailey, of Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire. His admission was ad eundem from Gray's Inn, where he was then a member of thirteen years standing, and where he was called to the Bar 22 June, 1792. He was born at Elton, Hunts, 3 Aug. 1763, and educated at Eton. He became Sergeant-at-Law in 1799, and in 1808 a Judge of the King's Bench, whence he was transferred in 1830 to the Exchequer. Resigning his seat four years afterwards, he was created a Baronet and a Member of the Privy Council. He had previously been knighted in 1808. He died at Sevenoaks, 10 Oct. 1841. He was the author of a work on Bills of Exchange (1789), and of an edition of Lord Raymond's Reports in 1790. He also published The Book of Common Prayer, with Notes on the Epistles (1813), and (under the signature of "A Layman") The Prophecies of Christ and Christian Times (1828).



Admitted 24 February, 1590-1.

His parentage is not given in the Register, but he was the son of a Dorsetshire squire. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford, where he was appointed Professor of Physic in 1561. He became Physician to Elizabeth, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1581. He died in 1592, the year following his admission to the Inn. He was the author of a treatise on Eyesight. His son William became a member of the Inn.



Admitted 24 November. 1565.

"Son and heir of Hugh Beynes, of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, Gent." There is no record of his call, and, becoming a Roman Catholic, he entered the English College at Rheims, 4 July, 1579. In the same year he became Secretary to Cardinal Allen, whom he accompanied to Rome, where he resided till his death, 9 Oct. 1623, and where, in the English College, there is a monument to his memory in which he is styled "Nobilis Anglus."

He left behind him two works, the first entitled. Praise of Solitarinesse, published in London 1577, and The Baynes of Aquisgrane, treating of Profit, Pleasure, Honour, published at Augusta, 1617. Both works are very scarce. There is a copy of the latter in the British Museum.