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 The dramatic works of Congreve were published in 1747, and his complete works, comprising Plays and Poems in 3 vols., 12mo, in London, 1753. The following is a list of his productions in order of time: Incognita, or Love and Duty reconciled, a Novel [written under the pseudonym of Cleophil]; The Mourning Muse of Alexis; Verses to Lady Gethin; The Old Bachelors, a Comedy (1693); The Double Dealer, a Play (1694); Love for Love (1695); Poem in Memory of Mary Queen of Scots (1695); The Mourning Bride (1697); The Way of the World (1698); Answer to Mr. Collier (1698); The Birth of the Muse, a Poem (1698); A Pindarique to the Queen on the Progress of her Arms under the Duke of Marlborough (1706).



Admitted 5 February, 1632-3.

Son and heir of Thomas Coningsby of North Mymms, Hertfordshire. He was descended from Sir Humphrey Coningsby, Judge of the King's Bench under Henry VIII., and his father Thomas, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, was imprisoned by the Parliamentarians in 1643. The son sold the paternal estates and devoted himself to literature, composing a life of his father and a translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, which were printed together in 1664.



Admitted 20 January, 1778.

Only son of Francis Const of St. Clement Danes parish. He was called to the Bar 7 Feb. 1783. For many years he was Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates and the Westminster Sessions, and he is remembered as a lawyer by his editions of Bott's Poor Laws (1800—7) and by a work on the duties of Constables. But he had also a taste for literature and the drama, and wrote some prologues and epilogues. He died 16 Dec. 1839.



Admitted 25 March, 1613-14.

Son and heir of Sir John Conway. He is entered in the Register as "Knight of Briell." He was knighted by the Earl of Essex at Cadiz. He afterwards served in the Netherlands and was made Governor of Brill. In 1622 he became Secretary- of State, and was created Baron Conway in 1624 and Viscount in 1627. He died in London 3 Jan. 1630-1.



Admitted 6 October, 1763.

Second son of the Right Hon. Francis, Earl of Hertford. He entered the Army at an early age, and in 1741 joined the army in Flanders. He was present at the battle of Dettingen in 1743, and at Fontenoy in 1745, as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cumberland, whom, in the same year, he accompanied to Culloden. He subsequently served in Flanders and Ireland, and in 1 754 became Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant in the latter country. At the termination of the Seven Years War he became Joint Secretary of State with the Duke of Grafton, and held office from 1765 to 1768. In 1782 he became Commander-in-Chief of the forces under Lord Rockingham's