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4. Peel, Right Hon. Sir Laurence

1st cousin of the late Sir Robert Peel; b. 1799; educ. at St. John’s College, Cambridge; a member of Lincoln’s Inn; c. to the Bar, 1824; went the Northern Circuit; M.P. for Cockermouth, 1827–30; advocate general in Bengal, 1840–2; chief justice at Calcutta (when knighted) 1842–55; vice president of the Madras Legislative Council, 1854–55; a director of the East India Company, 1857; a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn; a governor of Guy’s Hospital (Athenæum and Windham Clubs; Bonchurch, Ventnor, Isle of Wight).

8. Abbott, William, Esq.

A draughtsman in the Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commission Office (3, St. James’s-square, S.W.)

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