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David Philip Miller
Barrington, Daines (1727/8–1800), judge, antiquary, and naturalist, was born at Becket in the parish of Shrivenham in Berkshire, the fourth son and fourth of nine children of John Shute Barrington, first Viscount Barrington (1678–1734), barrister and politician, and his wife, Anne (d...
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A. J. A. Morris
Cox, Homersham (1821–1897), judge, mathematician, and author, was born on 19 June 1821 at Newington, Surrey, the fourth son of Edward Treslove Cox (1780-1863), proprietor of houses, and his wife Sarah née Homersham (1784-1859). He was educated at Tonbridge School (1830–39) and at ...
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Peter G. B. McNeill
Erskine, Sir George, of Innerteil, Lord Innerteil (c. 1567–1646), judge and supposed alchemist, was the third son of Sir Alexander Erskine (c.1521–1588×92) of Gogar, Stirlingshire, and Margaret Home (d. in or after 1586), daughter of George Home, fourth Lord Home...
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Fry, Sir Edward (1827–1918), judge and zoologist, was born in Union Street, Bristol on 4 November 1827, the second son of Joseph Fry (1795–1879) and Mary Ann, née Swaine. Both his parents were Quakers. His father, a manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa, was a man with strong religious and philanthropic interests. A supporter of free trade, he continued the family tradition in business. ...
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Iwan Rhys Morus
Grove, Sir William Robert (1811–1896), natural philosopher and judge, was born in Swansea on 11 July 1811, the only son of John Grove, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Glamorgan and his wife, Anne Bevan. Educated by a succession of private tutors, he entered ...
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Hargreave, Charles James (1820–1866), judge and mathematician, was born at Wortley, near Leeds, Yorkshire, in December 1820, the eldest son of James Hargreave, woollen manufacturer, and his wife, of whom little is known. He was educated at Bramham College, near Leeds, and at ...
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A. Spokes Symonds
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Herschel, Sir William James, second baronet (1833–1917), developer of fingerprinting and judge, was born on 9 January 1833, probably in Slough, the eldest child of the three sons and nine daughters of Sir John Herschel, first baronet (1792–1871), astronomer and chemist, and his wife, ...