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 SAINT LEONARDS — SAINT LEV AN. 12 Feb. 1781; Barrister (Line. Inn) 1807, practising Bret as a Conveyancer, and subsequently (1S17) in the Court of Chancery ; King's (.'nmtsel and Beneh>T of Line. Inn, 1822 ; M.P. (in the Conservative interest) fur Weymouth, 1826-31 ; for St. Mawes, 1831-32 ; and for Ripnn, 1837-11 ; Solicitor General 1829-30, beinit Knighted 4 Jan. 1829; l'.C. 1S34; Hon. LL.ll. of Cambridge, 1835; L.-Cii. i'ki.i.»k ok Ireland, Jan. to April 1835, and again 1841-46; [.-CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BKITAtN(*) '-'7 Feb. 1852 for ten months, resigning 28 Dec. following, having been rained to the peeragt, as above, a few days after taking office ; D.C.L. of Oxford, 7 June 1853; High Steward of Kingston-on-Thames. He in. 23 Dee. 1808, Winifred, only child of John KnaIT. She d. 19 M.iv 1S61, aged SO, at. Boyle farm, in Kingston-on- Thames. He d. there, 29 Jan. 1875, in his 94th year.; 1 ') Will pr. Nov. 1S75 ;( c ) personalty under £60,000. IT. 1875. S, Edward Burtexshaw (Sodden), IUron Saint Leonards op Si.aigham, grandson and h.. being 1st s. and b. of the Hon. Henry SooDBN, Registrar of the Court of Chancery [I.], by Marianne, 2d da. of Lieut.-Gol. James Cookson, of Neasham Hall, co. Durham, which Henry, who d. v.p. 20 Dec. 1S66, aged 55, was 1st s. and h. ap. of the late Lord. He was b. 12 Aug. 1847, and sue. to thl pet rape, 29 Jan. 1S75. He »i. 5 Dec. 1876, Marianne Caroline, only da. of George Astley Charles DaSHWOOD, by Harriet Anne, da. of William (Uateman-Hanhukt), 1st Bauon Batkman ok Shobdok. She obtained a judicial separation from him, 3 Feb. 1883. family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 1,304 acres iu Kent : 1,273 in Hants ; 1,067 in Cambridgeshire ; 774 in Berks : 84 in Surrey, and Ii7 iu Sussex. Total 4,569 acres, worth .£5,128 a year. Principal Residence (of the Brat Lord): Boyle farm, iu Kingston-on-Thames, co. Surrey. SAINT LEVAN OF SAINT MICHAEL'S MOUNT. Barony 1. Sir John St. AtJBYN, Burt., of St. Michael's Mount, T 1887 cn - Cornwall, 1st s. and h. of Sir Edward( d ) St. Al'BYN, Bnrt. (so er. 31 July 1866), by Emma, da. of Gen. William Knollvs (claimant of the Earldom of Banbury), was b. 23 Get. 1829 atClowance, co. Corn- wall ; ed. at Eton and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; B.A., 1S52 ; M.P. for West Corn- wall, 1858-85, and for St. Ives division 1885-87 ; sue. his father as second Baronet, 30 Nov. 1872, and was cr. 4 July 1887 (°) BARON SAINT LEVAN OE SAINT MICHAEL'S MOUNT.O Co. Cornwall ; Dep. Warden of the Stannaries ; Hon. Col. 3d batt. of the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry militia. He m. 15 July 1856, at St. Geo. Han. Sq., Elizabeth Clementina, 2d da. of John (Townshend), 4th MaBOUIBS Townshend, by Elizabeth Jane, da. of Lord George Stuakt. She was *. 26 July 1834=j= (») He is the first person who held the great Seal successively both in Ireland and Great Britain, which was subsequently done by Lord Campbell, who held that high office in 1841 in Ireland, and iu 1859 in Great Britain. ( b ) An able, most acute, and most profound lawyer, his legal works being of the greatest value, e.g., " The Law of Vendors and Purchasers " (written before he was 21), " The Tieatisc on Powers " (1808), " The handy booh on Property Law," &c. (°) The will and some eight or more codicils were proved from parole evidence (chiefly of the Hon. Charlotte Sugdeu, a da. of the deceased) of their existence, it being held that the testator had in no way sanctioned their destruction. A full account of this remarkable trial is in the Aii'i. Peg. for 1875, pp. 183 194. ( d ) He was b. 6 Nov. 1799, being an illegit. son of Sir John St. Anbyn, 5th Bart., by Juliana Vinicombe who afterwards (1 July 1822) were married. This Sir John </. s.p. legit. 10 Aug. 1839, when the Baronetcy (er. 11 Dec. 1671) became extinct. (°) This is one of the eight "Jubilee " Baronies, as to which see vol. ii, p. 238, note " a," sub " Cheylesmore." (f) It seems a curious anomaly that when this gentleman, the son of a bastard, was