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Admitted 21 July, 1617.

Seventh son of James Darcy of Kiltolla, Galway. He was an influential member of the Irish Parliament from 1634—1646, and at a conference in 1641, he maintained in an argument, subsequently published, that no law of the English Parliament was of force in Ireland, unless enacted by the Irish Parliament. In 1646 he was one of the Commissioners for arranging Articles of Peace with the Marquis of Ormonde (q.v.). He died in Dublin 1668.

Admitted 7 June, 1670.

Son and heir of Ralph Darnall of Lawton's Hope, Herefordshire. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1672. He was Clerk to the Parliament during the Protectorate, and was made Serjeant in 1692, and King's Serjeant in 1698, and was knighted the following year. He was engaged on a large number of State Trials of the period, including the prosecution of William Fuller, the notorious impostor and imitator of Titus Oates. He died at his house in Essex Street, Strand, 14 Dec. 1706.

Admitted 26 October, 1689.

Second son of (q.v.), one of the Masters of the Utter Bar, His elder brother Herbert was admitted at the same time. He was called to the Bar 24 May, 1695, made Serjeant-at-Law in 1714, and was knighted in 1724, when he was made Steward of the Marshalsea. Like his father he was engaged in many celebrated criminal cases, and was consulted on many points of constitutional law. He died at Petersham, September 1735.

Admitted 15 January, 1833.

Second son of Edward Darvall of York, captain, Dragoon Guards. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he graduated in 1833. He was called to the Bar 23 Nov. 1838. He practised in New South Wales for many years, and became a member of the Legislative Assembly. He was made Queen's Counsel in 1853. In 1856 he became Solicitor-General of the Colony under the first Ministry of responsible government. He returned to England in 1867, and was knighted in 1877. He died 28 Dec. 1883.

Admitted 30 May, 1844.

Third son of John Roche Dasent, of St. Vincent Island, and of the Middle Temple. He was born in St. Vincent, 22 May, 1817, and educated at Westminster School, and at Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1840, M.A. in 1843, and D.C.L. in 1852. Proceeding to Stockholm in 1840 as Secretary to the Envoy, he took up the study of the Scandinavian language and literature, the results of which appeared in his translation of The Prose or Younger