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 Justice of that island, with the honour of knighthood. Ill-health compelled him to resign, and he retired to England and became a Magistrate in Buckinghamshire. In 1826 he was returned to Parliament for St. Mawes, and in 1836 was appointed Reader at the Inn. He died at Exmouth in 1849.

In 1819 he published An Inquiry into the Law Relative to Public Assemblies, and a Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham on the Condition of Prisons.



Admitted 19 October, 1751.

Eldest son of Charles Carroll, M.D., of Annapolis, Maryland, where he was born 20 Sept. 1737. He was descended from Charles Carroll, Secretary to Lord Powis, who emigrated to America in 1688, and became agent to Lord Baltimore. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1754, and returned to America in the following year. He was one of the most ardent opponents of the taxation of the Colonists, and one of the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. In 1788 he was elected to the United States Senate. He died 14 Nov. 1832, at the great age of 95. He is commonly known as "Carroll of Carollton," to distinguish him from another Charles Carroll, a contemporary.



Admitted 21 May, 1683.

Son and heir of Thomas Carthew of St. Issey, Cornwall, born 6 April, 1657. Though called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on 14 June, 1686, he passed ad eundem to the Inner 23 Nov. 1698, and was made a Bencher there in 1700, and created a Serjeant-at-Law the same year. He acquired considerable reputation as a lawyer, and is known as the author of ''Reports in the King's Bench from 3 Jac. II. to 12 Will. III., published by his son in 1728; also of A Reading on the Law of Uses'', delivered at New Inn, when he was Deputy Reader at the Middle Temple. He died in 1704, and was buried in the Temple Church 12 July.



There is no record of his admission, but he was Lent Reader at the Inn in 1556. He became Serjeant-at-Law in 1559, and was appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench in 1566. His name frequently occurs in Dyer's and Plowden's Reports, but not after 1570. He probably died in 1572, another judge being appointed in that year.

[Under date 3 Nov. 1558, there is an entry in the Register, "Thomas Cams, son and heir of Thomas Carus of the Middle Temple, Master of the Bench."]



Admitted 24 October, 1811.

Only son of Stephen Cassan of Sheffield Hall, Queen's County, and of the Middle Temple. He was born at Calcutta in 1789, where his father was Sheriff. He was educated at Oxford, and on graduating entered Deacon's Orders 26 March, 1815, and Priest's next year. When Curate of Frome, Somerset, he ran away with the Vicar's daughter, an event which led to much scandal. In 1831 he was presented to the living of Bruton, Wiltshire, which he held till his death 19 July, 1841. 