1689, April 17, Sir John | 1754, April 20, Sir Dudley Holt; died March 5, 1710. 1710, March 16, Sir Thomas Parker, afterwards created Lord Parker and Earl of Macclesfield; appointed Lord Chancellor May 12, 1718. 1718, May 19, Sir John Pratt, father of the first Earl Camden; died February 24, 1724. 1724, February 28, Sir Ro bert Raymond, afterwards created first Lord Raymond; died 1732. 1733, October 27, Sir Philip Yorke, afterwards Earl of 1737, June 14, Sir William Lee; appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer March 9, 1754. Ryder, father of the first Baron Harrowby; died, just previous to the completion of his patent of peerage, May 25, 1756. 1756, October 24, William Murray, Lord Mansfield (created an Earl 1776); resigned June 3, 1788, and died March 20, 1793. 1788, June 9, Lloyd, first Lord Kenyon; died April 4,1802. 1802, April 17, Edward Law, first Lord Ellenborough ; resigned October, 1818, and died December 13, 1818. 1818, November 2, Sir Charles Abbot, created in 1827 first Baron Tenterden; died November 4, 1832. 1832, November 8, Sir Thomas Denman, who was created Baron Denman in 1834. MASTERS OF THE ROLLS. 1689, March 13, Henry Powle. 1692, January 13, Sir John Trevor (who had represented Yarmouth, and was Speaker in 1689). 1717, July 13, Sir Joseph Jekyll; died 1738. 1738, September 29, Hon. John Verney. a 1741, November 7, William Fortescue, previously Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas. 1750, January 13, Sir John Strange, who was Solicitor General from 1736 to 1742; died May, 1754. 1754, May 25, Sir Thomas Clarke; died November 13, 1764. 1764, December 4, Sir Thomas Sewell, died March 6, 1784. 1784, March 27, Sir Lloyd Kenyon, Bart., afterwards raised to the peerage; appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, June 9, 1788. 1788, June 18, Sir Richard Pepper Arden, previously Attorney General; raised to the peerage as Baron Alvanley; appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, May 30, 1801. 1801, May 30, Sir William Grant, previously Solicitor General; resigned January, 1818; died 1832. 1818, January 7, Sir Thomas Plumer, previously ViceChancellor; died March 25, 1824. 1824, April 28, Robert, first Lord Gifford, previously Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; died September 4, 1826. 1826, September, Sir John Singleton Copley, afterwards created Baron Lynd hurst ; appointed Lord Chancellor April, 1827. 1827, April, Sir John Leach, previously Vice-Chancellor ; died September 14, 1834. 1834, September, Sir Charles Christopher Pepys, previously Solicitor General; appointed Lord Chancellor January, 1836, and created Baron Cottenham. 1836, January, Henry, first Baron Langdale. VICE CHANCELLORS. The following is a list of all who have been "Vice Chancellors of England," from the permanent establishment of that judicial office to the present time : 1813, April 28, Sir Thomas | 1827, Right Hon. Sir AnPlumer, previously Attorney General; appointed Master of the Rolls January 7, 1818. 1818, January 7, Right Hon. Sir John Leach; appointed Master of the Rolls in 1827. thony Hart; appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, November, 1827. 1827, November, Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell. The following “first and second Vice Chancellors” were appointed jointly under Act 5 Vict. cap. 5:— CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE COMMON PLEAS 1689, May 6, Sir Henry Pol- | 1714, October 26, Sir Peter lexfen, previously Attorney General; died 1692. 1692, April 30, Sir George Treby, previously Attorney General; resigned 1701; died 1702. 1701, July 5, Sir Thomas Trevor (afterwards Lord Trevor), previously Attorney General; resigned 1714. King, afterwards Lord King; appointed Lord Keeper June 1, 1725. 1725, June 1,Sir Robert Eyre, previously Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 1736, January 31, Sir Thomas Reeve, previously Puisne Justice Common Pleas. 1737, January 29, Sir John Willes, previously Attorney | 1801, May 30, Richard Pepper 1762, January 23, Sir Charles 1771, January 25, Sir William Arden, first Baron Alvanley, previously Master of the Rolls; died March 19, 1804. 1804, May 8, Sir James Mans field, who was Solicitor General in 1780 and 1783. 1813, November 29, Sir Vicary Gibbs, previously Puisne Justice Common Pleas ; resigned October 1818, and died in 1820. 1818, November 5, Sir Robert 1824, April 28, Sir William CHIEF BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER. 1689, April 17, Sir Robert Atkyns, K. B.; resigned 1695, died 1709. 1695, June 10, Sir Edward Ward, previously Attorney General. 1716, June 10, Sir Thomas Bury, previously a Puisne Justice Common Pleas. 1722, May 4, Sir James Montagu, previously a Puisne Baron of the Exchequer. 1723, November 16, Sir Robert Eyre; appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, June 1, 1725. 1725, June 1, Sir Jeffrey Gilbert, previously a Puisne Baron of the Exchequer; died 1726. 1726, October 22, Sir Thomas Pengelly. 1730, April 28, Sir James Reynolds, previously a Puisne Justice King's Bench. 1738, July 6, Sir John Co myns, previously a Puisne Justice Common Pleas. 1740, November 28, Sir Edmund Probyn, previously a Puisne Justice King's Bench. 1742, December 4, Sir Thomas Parker, cousin of the first Earl of Macclesfield, and previously a Puisne Justice Common Pleas ; resigned October 23, 1772. 1772, October 28, Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, previously a Puisne Baron of the Exchequer; resigned November, 1777. 1777, November 29, Sir John Skynner; resigned 1787, died November 26, 1805. 1787, January 26, Sir James Eyre, previously Puisne Baron; appointed Chief Justice Common Pleas February 11, 1793. 1793, February 14, Sir Archibald McDonald, previously Attorney-General. 1814, Sir Alexander Thompson, previously a Puisne Baron; died April 15, 1817. 1817, April 22, Sir Richard Richards, previously a Puisne Baron; died November 11, 1823. 1824, January 31, Sir William Alexander, previously a Master in Chancery; resigned 1831. 1831, John, first Baron Lyndhurst; appointed Lord Chancellor a second time in 1834. 1834, December, Sir James Scarlett, subsequently created Baron Abinger. |