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 WYNFORD. 207 1724-26, and L. -Chancellor [I.], 1726-89., being 8 times one of the Lorda Jatticea ol that Kinffdom. He waa er. 18 Sept 1781, BARON WTNDHAM OF FINGLASS, oo. Dublin [I.], and waa introduced 5 Get following. He d, unm. 14 Not. 1745, aged 68, and waa bur. in Saliabnry Cathedral, when the HUe became extinet,{*) M.I. Will dat 29 July to Sep. 1745, pr. 24 I>ea following. WYNFORD OF WYNFORD EAGLE. Barony. 7. Thb Rt. Hon. Bib William Drapsb Bbst, Chief T 1fi2Q Juatioe of the Common Pleaa, waa cr,, 5 June 1829, BARON ^" WYNFORD OF WYNFORD-EAGLE, oo. Doiaet. He waa 8d eon of Thomaa Bkst, of Haslebury Plucknett, oo. Somenet (who d. 1700, by (— ). aaid to be a da.(^) of Sir William Drapbo, K.B.. the antaeoniat of '* Junius**; waa 6. 18 Dec. 1767, nt Haslebury; ed. at Crewkeme School, and at Wadham Coll., Oxford ; matric. 81 Oct 1782, aged 14 ; Barriater (Mid. Temple), 1789, joining the Home circuit; Serjeant at law, 1800; M.P. (in the Whig interest) for Petersfield, 1802-06 ; and (in the Conserv. interest) for Bridpori. 1812-17, and for Giiildford, 181819 ; liecorder of Guildford, 1806 ; King'a Serjeant, 1806 ; Sol. Gen. to the Prince of Walea, 1818-16, and Attorney Gen. to that Prince, 1816 ; Ch. Justice of Chester, 1818 ; one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, 1S1824, being hnighud, 12 June, 1819; P.C., 1824 ; Ch. Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1824-29, being, on his resignation, raited to the peeragej{^) 5 June 1829, aa above mentioned, and becoming "Deputy Speaker" of the House of Lords.(<>) He was er. D.C.L. of Oxfonl, 11 June 1834. He m., 6 May 1794, Mary Anne, 2d da. of Jerome Knafp, Clerk to the Haberdasher's Company, She dL 6 March 1840, at Leeaons, near Chislehurst, aged 72, and was 6ttr. at St. Panl'a Cray, 00. Kent. He d, 8 March 1845, aged 77, at Leeaons afad. Will pr. April 1845. 11. 1845. S. William Samukl (Bbst), Babon Wtnfobd of Wtmford Eaoli, let surv. s. and h.,(*) b, 19 Feb. 1798; ed. at Braaenose Coll., Oxford ; matric. 28 Oct. 1814 ; B.A., 1818 ; M. A., 1821 ; Barriater (Inner Temple), 1823 ; M.P. for St. MichaePa 1831-82 ; sue. to the peerage^ 8 March 1845. He m,, 21 July 1821, at St. Geo., Han. sq., Jane (then a minor), da. of William Thotts, of Sulhampatead, Berks (then deceased), by Jane, da. of Allan Nrwman, of Weat Bergholt Hall and Bixwk House, oo. Essex. He d. 28 Feb. 1869, aged 71, at 7 Park place, St. James. His widow d, 28 Feb. 1895, aged 92. i*) The monument, one of great beauty, is by Rysbrach. (*>) It waa supposed that thus only he waa induced to retire to make room for Tindul, then Solicitor General. A full (but perhapa aomewhat prejudiced) account of the matter is in Carpenter's Peerage. There certainly seems to have been some motive (other thau merit) for the conferring of this Peerage. {^) This office he obtained and held for many years, the' he had retired (see note '* c above) with a pension granted under an Act which required that he ahould be disabled by permanent bodily infirmity from the due execution of his office. " Very early in his career he had the good fortune to extract a flattering eulogium from Lord Kenyon ... he consequently soon received ample employment. Tho' superficial in legal knowledge, his readiness of comprehension and fluency of speech . . . and hia increase of business wnrranted him in accepting the degree of the Coif in 1800. Hiit servicea were in great requisition . . . and hesomtimes appeared on important criminal trials." From his " hasty and questionsble opinions " and from hia " summing up so much on one side," he was nicknamed the Judge- Advocate, [Foes's Judges'], A sarcastic alluBion to his judicial abilities is made by the well known Mr. Chitty, who, in one of his law indexes, placea " Brst, Mr. Justice, his great mind " ; the reference to which being that, when, during a trial, at which he presided, a considerable disturbance took place, he said that he had " a great mind " to order the Court to be cleared. [See Solly'a " What is an Index,*' pp. 44-45]. («) William Chappie, the eldest son, 6. 7 July 1795, d, an infant
 * >) Foaa'a Judges, She waa more likelv a nieoe or conain.