...Council in Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin. His lordship was brought up to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in June 1776, raised to the bench in March 1792, and in 1803, on the death of Lord Kilwarden, was appointed...

...same place ; and grandson of the right rev. Dive Downes, bishop of Cork and Ross. He was educated to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in June 177C; w.ie raised to the bench in March 1792, and appointed lord chief justice of the King's-beneh,...

...same place ; and grandson of the right rev. Dive Downes, bishop of Cork and Ross. He was educated to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in June 1776; was raised to the bench in March 1792, and appointed lord chief justice of the Kin^'s-bench,...

...same place ; and grandson of the right rev. Dive Downes, bishop of Cork and Ross. He was educated to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in June 1778 ; was raised to the bench in March 1792, and appointed lord chief justice of the King's-bench,...

...Whewell, the present Master of the College, one of his oldest and closest friends. He applied himself to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1824. He intended to practise this profession, but was partly prevented, it is supposed, by a tendency...

...Whewell, the present Master of the College, one of his oldest and closest friends. He applied himself to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1824. He intended to practise this profession, but was partly prevented, it is supposed, by a tendency...

...declared that this was a purely diplomatic move. Quitting college at thea ge of seventeen, he entered on the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1811 or 1812. In 1817 he was elected Speaker of the Lower Canada Assembly, a situation which he continued...

...assisted in running through his little fortune by the desperate project of speculating in the Haymarkct Theatre, which completed the ruin of his affairs....controversy. In numerous pamphlets and articles for journal; ha maintained liberal and anti-jacobite principles; and it was aboul this period of his life...

...Massachusetts, and was educated at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, where he graduated in 1807. He entered upon the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1813 ; but his time and thoughts continued to be mainly given to literature, and in 1815 he finally...

...desperate project of speculating in the Haymarket Theatie, which completed the ruin of his aft'airs. He then resumed the study of the Law, and was called...and articles for journals he maintained liberal and anti-jicobite principles; and it was about this period of his life (1742) that he struck out that vein...