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Acherley, Roger (bap. 1662?, d. 1740), political writer and lawyer  

Matthew Kilburn

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Acherley, Roger (bap. 1662?, d. 1740), political writer and lawyer, was the son of John Acherley of Stanwardine, in the parish of Baschurch, Shropshire; he may have been Roger Atcherley, son of John and Mary Atcherley, who was baptized at Baschurch on 23 December 1662. He entered the ...

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Adair, James (1743?–1798), judge and serjeant-at-law  

Michael T. Davis

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Adair, James (1743?–1798), judge and serjeant-at-law, whose place of birth remains unknown and whose date of birth is unconfirmed, was the first son of James Adair, a Belfast merchant, and Margaret Maxwell of co. Down where the younger Adair later inherited estates. While his early years remain somewhat obscure it is known that ...

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Adam, William (1751–1839)  

Maker: Sir Henry Raeburn

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William Adam (1751–1839) by Sir Henry Raeburn photograph by courtesy Sotheby's Picture Library, London

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Adam, William (1751–1839), politician and advocate  

David Wilkinson

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23 September 2004
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Adam, William (1751–1839), politician and advocate, was born on 2 August 1751, the son of John Adam (1721–1792), architect, of Blair Adam, Kinross-shire, and Jean (1721–1795), daughter of John Ramsay of Woodstone, Kincardineshire; he was the nephew of the architects Robert and James Adam...

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Adams, William (1772–1851), lawyer and diplomatist  

T. F. Henderson

revised by Jonathan Harris

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Adams, William (1772–1851), lawyer and diplomatist, the youngest son of Patience Thomas Adams, filazer of the court of king's bench, and Martha, daughter of Thomas Marsh, was born at 39 Hatton Garden, London, on 13 January 1772. On his father's side he was connected with an old ...

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Addison, Charles Greenstreet (bap. 1812, d. 1866), barrister and legal writer  

Michael Lobban

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23 September 2004
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Addison, Charles Greenstreet (bap. 1812, d. 1866), barrister and legal writer, was baptized on 1 April 1812, the youngest son of William Dering Addison of Newark House, Maidstone, the descendant of an old Kentish family, and his wife, Susan Whiting. Addison was called to the bar at the ...

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Adolphus, John (1768–1845), barrister and historian  

Francis Espinasse

revised by Jonathan Harris

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Adolphus, John (1768–1845), barrister and historian, was born in London on 7 August 1768; he was of German-Jewish descent. His grandfather was domestic physician to Frederick the Great, and wrote a French romance, Histoire des diables modernes (1763), which is sometimes wrongly ascribed to ...

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Adolphus, John Leycester (bap. 1794, d. 1862), barrister and writer  

Francis Espinasse

revised by Richard Maxwell

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Adolphus, John Leycester (bap. 1794, d. 1862), barrister and writer, was baptized on 28 August 1794 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, the son of John Adolphus (1768–1845), barrister and historian, and Martha Elizabeth, née Leycester (d. 1843). He had a sister, Emily, later Henderson...

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Alexander, David Lindo (1842–1922), lawyer and Jewish community leader  

Sharman Kadish

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Alexander, David Lindo (1842–1922), lawyer and Jewish community leader, was born at 6 South Street, London, on 5 October 1842, second son in the large family of solicitor Joshua Alexander and his wife, Jemima (b. 1819), one of eighteen children of David Abarbanel Lindo...

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Alexander, James (1691–1756), lawyer and politician  

Paul David Nelson

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Alexander, James (1691–1756), lawyer and politician, was born on 27 May 1691 at Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of David Alexander. His mother's name is unknown. His grandfather was a descendant of the first earl of Stirling, but his father had no claim to be counted among the nobility. ...

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Alexander, Robert Scott [Bob], Baron Alexander of Weedon (1936–2005), barrister and banker  

Michael Beloff

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07 March 2013
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08 January 2009

Alexander, Robert Scott [Bob], Baron Alexander of Weedon (1936–2005), barrister and banker, was born on 5 September 1936 at 12B Kingsway West, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, the son of Samuel James Alexander, motor engineer and garage proprietor, and his wife, Hannah May, née...

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Alford, Francis (c. 1530–1592), civil lawyer and member of parliament  

T. E. Hartley

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23 September 2004
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Alford, Francis (c. 1530–1592), civil lawyer and member of parliament, was the second son of Robert Alford (d. 1546) and his wife, Anne Brydges. He gained a BA degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1549 and was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford...

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Alison, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1792–1867)  

Maker: Sir John Watson-Gordon

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Sir Archibald Alison, first baronet (1792–1867) by Sir John Watson-Gordon, 1839 unknown collection / Christie's; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Alison, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1792–1867), historian and lawyer  

Michael Fry

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Alison, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1792–1867), historian and lawyer, was born on 29 December 1792 at Kenley, Shropshire, in the parsonage of his father, Archibald Alison (1757–1839), son of Patrick Alison, lord provost of Edinburgh. The elder Archibald married in 1784 Dorothea (...

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Allan, Robert (1806–1863), advocate and banker  

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Allan, Thomas (fl. 1800–1840), lawyer and political adviser to the Wesleyan Methodists  

W. R. Ward

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Allan, Thomas (fl. 1800–1840), lawyer and political adviser to the Wesleyan Methodists, was one of the most important laymen of his generation, but his biographical details remain unknown. When in 1799–1800 parliamentary attempts were made to exclude itinerant preaching and Sunday schools from the protection of the ...

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Allen, Anthony (1685–1754), barrister and antiquary  

Stuart Handley

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23 September 2004
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Allen, Anthony (1685–1754), barrister and antiquary, was born on 3 June 1685 and baptized at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, two days later, the fourth surviving son of William Allen (d. 1698), of Much Hadham, and his wife, Bridget James. After attending Bishop's Stortford School...

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Allen, Edward Heron- (1861–1943), lawyer and scholar  

Brian W. Harvey

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23 September 2004
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Allen, Edward Heron- (1861–1943), lawyer and scholar, was born in London on 17 December 1861, the fourth child of George Allen (1823–1911), head of the firm of Allen & Son, Solicitors, Soho, London, and his wife, Catherine Herring or Heron (b. 1830)...

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Amy, Sir John (d. 1621), civil lawyer  

Brian P. Levack

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23 September 2004
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Amy, Sir John (d. 1621), civil lawyer, was the sixth son of John Amye (d. 1589), yeoman, of Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, and Joan, daughter of Nicholas Smith of Walden, Essex. He matriculated at Clare College, Cambridge, as a pensioner in 1564 and received the degrees of BA in 1568, MA in 1571, and LLD in 1583. He was admitted as an advocate in the ...

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Amyot, Thomas (1775–1850), lawyer and antiquary  

J. M. Blatchly

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23 September 2004

Amyot, Thomas (1775–1850), lawyer and antiquary, was the eldest of the six sons and one daughter of Peter Amyot (c.1736–1799), a watch- and clock-maker, and his wife, Susannah Garrett. His great-grandfather Thomas, the eldest son of a physician to Louis XIII...