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Adm. (age 17) at TRINITY HALL, Dec. 23, 1799. [2nd] s. of Sir Thomas [5th Bart.] (D.C.L., Oxford, 1773) (and Penelope, dau. of Thomas Assheton Smith, of Bowdon, Cheshire). School, Eton. Migrated to Jesus, Oct. 15, 1800. ' Matric. Lent, 1801; Scholar; 1802; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Fellow of Jesus, 1808. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 4, 1799. Called to the Bar, May 11, 1804; Bencher, 1832-60; Treasurer, 1845-6. Q.C., 1840. M.P. for Banbury, 1832-59. One of the founders of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Author, Review of the Policy of the British Government in the Treatment of its Catholic Subjects. Died Aug. 20, 1860, at Margate. (Eton College Register suggests that the Jesus entrant may be William (2nd s. of Sir Thomas, 2nd Bart.) who died, 1799, in the West Indies; Boase, III. 875; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Return of M.P.s.)
| Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Tancred, Henry | 15/02/1808 | MA | Cambridge | View |