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Admitted 9 February, 1682-3.

He is described as "James, Earl of Ossory, Ireland, Baron, of Moor Park, England, grandson and heir of Prince James, Duke of Ormonde (q.v.), with whom he was admitted on the same day. He was the son of Thomas, Earl of Ossory, and became heir to the Dukedom on his death in 1680. He served with his grandfather in Ireland. On the flight of James II. he joined the Prince of Orange, and acted as Lord High Constable at his coronation, for which service he received the Garter. He subsequently served in Ireland, in the Low Countries, and in Spain, and on Marlborough's retirement succeeded to the command of the army in Flanders. On the accession of George I. he fell from favour, and was attainted of treason, with the forfeiture of his estates, 20 Aug. 1715. He then took part in the Jacobite enterprise of that year, and afterwards in the expedition from Cadiz (1719), which failing he settled on the Continent, where he died 16 Nov. 1745.



Admitted 17 September, 1772.

Third son of the Right Hon. Edmund, Viscount Mountgarret. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1778 and made a King's Counsel in 1784. He was associated with (q.v.) as a leader of the United Irishmen. In 1793 he was summoned before the House of Lords for the publication of a paper containing a seditious libel, and imprisoned for six months, and his name was erased from the list of King's Counsel He died in London 19 May, 1797. He compiled a Digest of the Popery Laws, which was published in 1792.



Admitted 14 January, 1858.

Only son of Henry Byron, once British Consul at Port-au-Prince. He was born in Manchester, 1834. He was brought up to the medical profession, but disliked it and took to the stage, for which he forsook also the studies of the law. Between 1857 and the time of his death in 1884, he produced some hundred and fifty plays in the form of extravaganza, burlesque, farce and comedy, the best remembered of which is Our Boys, which "ran" from Jan, 1875 to April, 1879, the longest "run" on record, though Cyril's Success (1868), is generally considered to be his best play. As an Actor and a Wit he also obtained considerable reputation.

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Admitted 4 April, 1803.

Third son of George Cabbell, of Chapel Street, Lisson Green. He was educated at Westminster and Oxford, and was called to the Bar 9 Feb. 1816. In 1846 he sat for St. Albans, and in the following year was returned for Boston. He was a strong Protestant and opposed the grant to Maynooth. He was a zealous and influential Freemason, and a bountiful supporter of many charitable societies and institutions. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837. He was called to the Bench of the Inn in 1850 and appointed Reader in 1853. He died in London 9 Dec. 1874.