Master in Chancery; but, succeeding to his father's baronetcy, he retired into Herefordshire, which he represented in Parliament from 1684 to 1687. His tastes, however, were for philosophical pursuits, which he followed with success, and he was elected President of the Royal Society in 1682 in succession to Sir Christopher Wren. He was a friend of John Evelyn (q.v.), John Aubrey, and most of the leading scholars of the time. He died 12 Sept. 1705, at his seat in Herefordshire.
His eldest son, Bennet, who became third baronet, was admitted 13 Feb. 1692-3; and the second son, Hungerford, who was fourth baronet, with his younger brother Gabriel, on 30 May, 1701. Hungerford died in 1766.
Admitted 20 January, 1753.
Fourth son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, of Westminster. He was born 5 Aug. 1737. He was called to the Bar 26 May, 1758. In 1768 he entered Parliament for the borough of Wigan, and sat for that constituency till his elevation to the Bench of the Exchequer in 1775, when he was made a Serjeant-at-Law and a knight. In 1783 he was sworn a Commissioner of the Great Seal. He resigned his judgeship in 1805, and in 1813 succeeded his brother as Baron Hotham in the peerage of Ireland. He died at Hampton 4 March, 1814.
Admitted 25 January, 1640-1.
Third son of John Hotham, of Scarborough, co. York, knt. and baronet. His father was executed by the Parliament in 1645, and the son was involved in his father's misfortunes, and after his father's death retired into Yorkshire and devoted himself to scientific studies. He wrote a Life of Jacob Boehme, which was published in 1654, and a translation of his brother Charles's treatise. Ad Philosophiam Teutonicam Manuductio.
Admitted 2 February, 1603-4.
Second son of Lord Henry Howard, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and of his Majesty's Privy Council—the famous Earl of Surrey, who was beheaded on Tower Hill 19 Jan. 1547. The son was born at Shottesham, Norfolk, 25 Feb. 1539-40. During Elizabeth's reign he lived in retirement, but on the accession of James I. he rose rapidly to honour. He was made a Privy Councillor, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Governor of Dover Castle, and on March 18, 1604, elevated to the Peerage with the title of Earl of Northampton. The following year he became Earl Marshal and a Knight of the Garter, and in 1608 Lord Privy Seal, He died 15 June, 1614, at the mansion built by himself at Charing Cross, called Northumberland House, but now removed to form Northumberland Avenue.
Admitted 21 December, 1853.
Eldest son of John Howard, solicitor, of Swansea, where he was born 1836. He was called to the Bar 30 April, 1858, became a Queen's Counsel in 1874 and a Bencher of the Inn in 1877. In 1875 he was made Recorder of
