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# McCaughey v. Lyall

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United States Supreme Court
224 U.S. 558
McCaughey v. Lyall
Argued: April 19, 1912. --- Decided: May 13, 1912
Messrs. Cyrus F. McNutt and William G. Griffith for plaintiffs in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 559-561 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Alexander Lyall, in propria persona, for defendants in error.
Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court:

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# McCaughn v. Hershey Chocolate Company

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# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurdon, Robert Thornhagh

​Gurdon, Robert Thornhagh, M.P., M.A. (hon.), Trin. Coll., Camb., 1852, J.P., D.L., chairman of quarter sessions Norfolk, lt.-col. 4th (vol.) batt. Norfolk regiment, M.P. South Norfolk since 1880, an Etonian, a student of Lincoln's Inn 26 March, 1852 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1856 (eldest son of Brampton Gurdon, Esq., of Letton, Norfolk, M.P.); born 18 June, 1829; married 1st, 4 Sept., 1862, Harriott Ellen, 6th dau. of Sir William Miles, Bart., M.P. (see Foster's Baronetage); she died 7 April, 1864; he married 2ndly, 29 July, 1874, Emily, dau. of late Rev. Robert Boothby Heathcote, of Chingford, Essex, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage, B. Aveland).
    Letton, Thetford; Grundisburgh Hall, Woodbridge; 5, Portman Square, W.; Brooks', United University, and National Liberal Clubs.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurner, John Augustus

​Gurner, John Augustus, LL.M. Jesus Coll., Camb., practises before the supreme court at Melbourne, a student of the Inner Temple 16 April, 1874 (then aged 18), called to the bar 13 June, 1877 (2nd son of Henry Field Gurner, of St. Kilda, Victoria, Crown solicitor); born , 1856.
    32, Temple Court, Melbourne.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurney, Rev. Archer Thompson

​Gurney, Rev. Archer Thompson, curate of Holy Trinity, Exeter, 1849-51, chaplain to the Court Chapel, Paris, 1858-71, evening lecturer Holy Trinity, Westminster, 1872-4, etc., a student of the Middle Temple 29 April, 1842, called to the bar 8 May, 1846 (eldest son of Richard Gurney, Esq., of House, Tregoney, Cornwall); born , .
    7, Keble Terrace, Oxford.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gupta, Matilal

​Gupta, Matilal, LL.B. London Univ. 1882 and a member of Convocation, matric. 1878 from Presidency Coll., Calcutta, a student of the Middle Temple 9 Nov., 1878, called to the bar 21 June, 1882 (4th son of Chunder Sekker Gupta, deputy treasurer paper currency office Calcutta); born , 1857.
    Calcutta.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurner, Henry Edward

​Gurner, Henry Edward, M.A. Trin. Coll., Camb., goes the North-eastern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 19 Jan., 1874, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1877 (eldest son of Henry Field Gurner, of Melbourne, Victoria, Crown solicitor); born , .
    16, St. Edmund's Terrace, North Gate, Regent's Park, N.W.; 7, Fig Tree Court, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Guthrie, Francis

​Guthrie, Francis, LL.B. London Univ. 1852, B.A. 1850, a student of the Middle Temple 15 March, 1851, called to the bar 30 April, 1857 (3rd son of Alexander Guthrie, of New Bond Street, London, tailor); born , .
# Men-at-the-Bar/Guthrie, Thomas Anstey

​Guthrie, Thomas Anstey, B.A., LL.B., Trin. Hall, Camb., 1879, a student of the Middle Temple 28 June, 1876, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1880 (eldest son of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, of London); born , .
    6, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, W.; 3, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gwyther, Alfred

​Gwyther, Alfred, B.A., Christ Church, Oxon, 1868, a student of the Inner Temple 21 May, 1868 (then aged 22), called to the bar 30 April, 1875 (2nd son of late Edwin Gwyther, of Edgbaston, co. Warwick); born , 1846.
    3, Albert Street, Grosvenor Place, S.W.; Windham Club, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurdon, Charles

​Gurdon, Charles, B.A. Jesus Coll., Camb., 3rd class classical tripos 1878, from Haileybury Coll., equity draftsman and conveyancer, a student of the Inner Temple 16 Nov., 1877 (then aged 21), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1881 (2nd son of late Rev. Edward Gurdon, rector of Hingham, Norfolk); born 3 Dec., 1855.
    61, Charlotte Street, Portland Place, W.; 12, New Court, Carey Street, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Gurney, Arthur Frederick

​Gurney, Arthur Frederick, matric. London Univ. 1866, a student of Lincoln's Inn 5 Nov., 1869 (then aged 21), called to the bar 30 April, 1873 (2nd son of Thomas Gurney, assistant shorthand writer to the houses of parliament); born , 1848.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Percy Ferdinand

​Wheeler, Percy Ferdinand, M.A. Oriel Coll., Oxon, 1st class B.C.L. 1881, B.A. (1st class jurisprudence) 1879, Vinerian law scholar 1882, a student of Lincoln's Inn 10 Nov., 1877 (then aged 19), studentship Hilary, 1880, scholarship Easter, 1880, certificate of honour Trin., 1881, called to the bar 29 June, 1881 (eldest son of Rev. John Wheeler, late rector of Coppenhall, Cheshire, dec.); born 24 May, 1858.
    Suffolk House, South Norwood; 7, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Thomas Whittenbury

​Wheeler, Thomas Whittenbury, M.A., Trin. Hall, Camb., 1878, B.A. 1863, a student of the Inner Temple 26 April, 1861 (then aged 21), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1865 (only son of Thomas Wheeler, LL.D., late serjeant-at-law and county court judge, dec.); born , 1840; married 15 July, 1865, Henrietta, youngest dau. of E. L. Ogle, Esq., of London.
    186, Eari's Court Road, S.W.; 4, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, George Pearson

​Wheeler, George Pearson, B.A. Trin. Coll., Dublin, a member of the Western circuit, chief clerk in the judicial department of privy council since Sept., 1876, sub-editor of Pall Mall Gazette 1870, accompanied the Prince of Wales' expedition to India and Ceylon in 1875 as special correspondent of the Central News and received a medal from His Royal Highness at the conclusion of the tour, author of The Prince of Wales' Tour in the East and Illustrated History of Dublin, a student of the Inner Temple 10 June, 1871 (then aged 23), called to the bar 6 June, 1874 (eldest son of Rev. George Wheeler, M.A., LL.D., rector of Ballysax, co. Kildare); born 22 April, 1847; unmarried.
    2, West Cromwell Road, S.W.; Privy Council, Whitehall, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Whately, Arthur Pepys

​Whately, Arthur Pepys, M.A. Christ Church, Oxon, B.A. 1851 (late student), a student of Lincoln's Inn 14 Jan., 1851 (then aged 21), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1854 (youngest son of Rev. Thomas Whately, rector of Chetwynd, Salop); born 3 Feb., 1829; married 15 Oct., 1870, Mary Frances, eldest dau. of George Rooper, Esq., of Nascott House, Herts.
    4, Southwick Crescent, W.; 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.; Athenæum Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Percy Cotterill

​Wheeler, Percy Cotterill, assistant settlement officer North-west Provinces India, a student of the Inner Temple 14 Nov., 1874 (then aged 19), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1877 (4th son of late George Wheeler, Esq., of London); born , 1855.
    Jaunpur, North-west Provinces India.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheat, James Clifton

​Wheat, James Clifton, B.A., Oriel Coll., Oxon, 1879, a student of Lincoln's Inn 26 Jan., 1878 (then aged 21), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1882 (eldest son of John James Wheat, of Sheffield, solicitor); born , 1857.
    6, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Edward Vincent Vashon

​Wheeler, Edward Vincent Vashon, LL.M., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1884, a student of Lincoln's Inn 7 Nov., 1878 (then aged 20), called to the bar 29 June, 1881 (eldest son of Edward Vincent Wheeler, Esq., of Tenbury, co. Glouc., J.P.); born 3 June, 1858.
    Kyre Wood, near Tenbury; 6, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Gerald John

​Wheeler, Gerald John, M.A., LL.B. Trin. Coll., Dublin, law reporter (for Incorporated Council) of Scotch and divorce appeals and peerage cases and reports of the same appeals by appointment of House of Lords April, 1880, author of A Treatise on Payment of Water Rates, a student of Lincoln's Inn 25 April, 1874 (then aged 24), called to the bar 25 April, 1877 (2nd son of Rev. George Bommforde Wheeler, M.A., rector of Ballysax, co. Kildare); born 24 June, 1849; married 8 Jan., 1880, Emily Frances, youngest child of Rev. George Morley, late vicar of Newton Pagnell, dec.
    17, Earl's Terrace, Kensington, W.; 13, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.; House of Lords, Room 555.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Godfrey

​Wheeler, Godfrey, B.A., Magdalen Coll., Camb., 1856, a student of the Inner Temple 7 May, 1864 (then aged 21), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1869 (eldest son of James Wheeler, Esq., of London); born , 1843.
    5, Victoria Street, Westminster.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Wheeler, Henry James William

​Wheeler, Henry James William, M.A. Christ Church, Oxon, B.A. 1862, a student of the Inner Temple 14 Jan., 1860 (then aged 19), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1865 (eldest son of Henry James Wheeler, Esq., of London); born , 1841.
    27, Hyde Park Gardens, W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, Alfred

​Romilly, Alfred, undergrad. Trin. Coll., Camb., a student of Lincoln's Inn 9 March, 1876 (aged 26), called to the bar 27 Jan., 1879 (5th son of Charles Romilly, clerk of the Crown); born , 1850 (see Foster's Peerage).
    29, Wilton Crescent, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, Edward

​Romilly, Hon. Edward, M.A., Caius Coll., Camb., 1864, a master of the supreme court since 1879, clerk of records and writs court of chancery, etc., 1873–9, secretary to Lord Justice (then Vice-Chancellor) James 1869–72, author of Romilly's Notes of Cases, a student of Gray's Inn 17 April, 1861, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1864, bencher 19 April, 1884 (2nd son of Rt. Hon. Sir John Romilly, master of the rolls, bencher of Gray's Inn); born , 1838; married 3 Aug., 1871, Edith Mary, 2nd dau. of Very Rev. Benjamin Morgan Cowie, D.D., dean of Manchester; she died 19 Oct., 1880, leaving a dau. (see Foster's Peerage).
    6, Atherstone Terrace, Gloucester Road, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, John

​Romilly, John, an examiner of the High Court of Justice 1884, secretary to Manuscript (Historical) Commission, chief secretary to master of the rolls 1871–3, secretary of causes 1873–83, a member of the Western circuit, a student of Gray's Inn 12 Jan., 1863, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1865 (eldest son of Charles Romilly Esq., clerk of the Crown); born , (see Foster's Peerage).
    29, Wilton Crescent, S.W.; 3, Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, Samuel Henry

​Romilly, Samuel Henry, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1875, from Eton, an examiner of the High Court of Justice since 1884, a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 11 April, 1870 (aged 20), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1874 (eldest son of Col. Frederick Romilly); born 4 Sept., 1849; married 7 Feb., 1878, Lady Arabella Carnegie, eldest dau. of James, 9th earl of Southesk, K.T., and has issue (see Foster's Peerage).
    17, Tedworth Square, S.W.; 3, Tanfield Court, Temple, E.C
# Men-at-the-Bar/Rondineau, Jean Theodore Paul Edmond

​Rondineau, Jean Theodore Paul Edmond, advocate of Paris, practises before the supreme court of the Mauritius, a student of the Middle Temple 7 Nov., 1865, called to the bar 6 June, 1868 (eldest son of late Paul Rondineau, Esq., of Mauritius); born .
    Mauritius.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Rooke, Henry Watts

​Rooke, Henry Watts, a student of the Middle Temple 25 Aug., 1868, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1871 (2nd son of Edward Rooke, capt. and executive engineer P.W.D. India); born , .
    Calcutta.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romaine, William Govett

​Romaine, William Govett, C.B., M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1859 (B.A. 1837), president of superior council of Egyptian finance since 1876, judge advocate of the army in the East 1854-6, secretary to the admiralty 1857-69, judge advocate-general of India 1869-73, one of the counsel of the court of the Queen's palace of Westminster, a student of the Inner Temple 9 June, 1834 (then aged 19), called to the bar 25 Jan., 1839 (2nd son of Rev. Robert Govett Romaine, vicar of Staines, Middlesex); born , 1815; married , , dau. of Henry Tennant, of Cadoxton Lodge, co. Glamorgan.
    The Priory, Old Windsor; Travellers' and University Clubs.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, Lord (William Romilly)

​Romilly, Lord (William Romilly), clerk of enrolments in chancery 187‒, matric. Trin. Coll., Camb., late lieut. 23rd royal Welsh fusiliers, auditor Univ. Coll., London, 1874–5, a student of Gray's Inn 5 Nov., 1851, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1864 (eldest son of Rt. Hon. Sir John Romilly, Knt., master of the rolls); born 12 April, 1835; married twice and has an only son (see Foster's Peerage).
    Porthkerry, Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan; 2, Ovington Gardens, S.W.; Brooks' Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romer, Robert

​Romer, Robert, Q.C., M.A., Trin. Hall, Camb., 1866, a member of the South-eastern circuit and member of the Bar Committee since Dec., 1883, examiner in civil law Camb. Univ. 1869-70, a student of Lincoln's Inn 17 April, 1863 (then aged 22), called to the bar 11 June, 1867, Q.C. 25 April, 1881, bencher 30 June, 1884 (2nd son of Frank Romer, Esq., of Kilburn, Middlesex); born , 1841; married , 1864, , dau. of late Mark Lemon, editor of Punch.
    5, Grenville Place, Cornwall Gardens, S.W.; 16, Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Romilly, Charles

​Romilly, Charles, clerk to the Crown in chancery 185‒–1880, principal secretary to Earl of Cottenham (lord chancellor) 1846–50, a student of the Inner Temple 19 June, 1827, called to the bar 29 Jan., 1836 (5th son of late Sir Samuel Romilly, solicitor-general, dec.); born , 1808; married 13 Jan., 1842, Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Russell, eldest dau. of John, 6th duke of Bedford; she died 22 March, 1867, leaving issue (see Foster's Peerage).
    29, Wilton Crescent, S.W.
# Matters v. Ryan

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United States Supreme Court
249 U.S. 375
Matters v. Ryan
Argued: Jan. 16, 1919. --- Decided: April 14, 1919
Messrs. Horace Kent Tenney, Roger Sherman, and Harry A. Parkin, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
Mr. Chief Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Heneage Finch

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Sir Heneage Finch,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
Was the son of Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell, where he was probably born. He studied law at the Inner Temple, and was called to the Bar in 1606. In the following year he entered Parliament, where he took an active part in the Debates and Proceedings of the House, and was elected Speaker in the year 1625. Two years before that he was knighted and advanced to the Degree of Sergeant-at-Law. He died Dec. 5, 1631. He left a work in MS. on the Jurisdiction of Bishops.
[See Manning's "Lives of the Speakers."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Eliab Harvey

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Sir Eliab Harvey,
NAVAL OFFICER,
Was another member of the same distinguished family, and, like the preceding, one of England's honoured naval heroes. He entered the naval service in 1771, and served under Lord Howe, Sir Hyde Parker, and Nelson. He was present under the latter at the battle of Trafalgar, where he had the command of the Téméraire, the next ship astern of the Victory, bearing Lord Nelson's flag. For his services that day he was advanced to the rank of rear-Admiral. He subsequently commanded the Tonnant under Lord St. Vincent, but a serious misunderstanding occurring between him and Lord Gambler, he was tried and dismissed the service. In spite of this, so unimpeachable was his character, he was restored and raised to the rank of Admiral and a G.C.B. in 1825. He twice represented Maldon in Parliament. He died in 1830.
[See "Gentleman' Magazine," 1830.]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir George Wheler

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Sir George Wheler,
TRAVELLER AND SCHOLAR,
Was the son of Colonel Wheler, of Charing, and though actually born at Breda, in Holland (in 1650) where his parents were in exile as royalists, must be included in the catalogue of Kentish men. He was educated at Oxford, but, before taking a degree, commenced a course of travels into Greece and the East, with a view of studying the antiquities of those countries. On his return he presented to Lincoln College a valuable collection of Greek MSS. he had collected, upon which the University conferred upon him the degree of M.A. He then took orders, and was presented to the livings of Basingstoke and ​Houghton-le-Spring, and became a prebend in the Cathedral of Durham. He died in 1724, and was buried in Durham Cathedral. In 1682, he published an account of his journey into Greece, in company with Dr. Spon, of Lyons, and in 1689, "An Account of Early Christian Churches in the East," and other writings. Sir George Wheler's name is preserved in London, where he built a chapel at Spitalfields, still known as Wheler's Chapel.
[See Wood's "Athenæ Oxon." and "Biographia Britannica."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir George Ent

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Sir George Ent
PHYSICIAN,
Was born at Sandwich in 1604, and educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He had great practice as a ​physician, and became President of the College of Physicians, and was knighted by Charles II. He was a great friend of his fellow countryman Harvey, and published a work in defence of that physician's great discovery, entitled "Apologia pro Circulatione Sanguinis contra Æmilianum Parisanum," 1641. His whole works were published at Leyden, 1687. He died in 1689.
[See Munk's "College of Physicians," "Harvey's Works," by Willis.]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Francis Barnham

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SIR FRANCIS BARNHAM,
Scholar and Politician,
Was the son of Martin Barnham, of Hollingbourne. His mother was Judith, daughter of Sir Martin Calthorpe, of London, and he was a nephew of Benedict Barnham, of London, who re-built the front of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford. He was knighted by James I. on that monarch's accession and represented Grampound in Parliament in 1603 and 1614; and was subsequently five times elected for Maidstone in the Parliamentarian interest. In 1613 he succeeded to the estate of Boughton Monchelsea, where he died in 1646. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert, who was made a Baronet in 1663. He was a friend of Sir Henry Wotton and Sir Roger Twysden, ​and one of the eighty-four persons selected to form a Royal Academy of Literature in 1617.
[See "Hasted's Kent," "Burke's Extinct Baronetage," and Biographical Dictionaries."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Francis Walsingham

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Sir Francis Walsingham,
STATESMAN,
Was born at Chiselhurst, in 1536, of an ancient family, long settled in that place. He was educated at Cambridge and abroad, where he acquired such a knowledge of languages as commended him to Sir William Cecil, who employed him on several embassies to the Court of France. In 1573 he was appointed one of the Secretaries of State and knighted. He was subsequently Ambassador to James VI., in Scotland, and one of the Commissioners on the trial of Mary Queen of Scots. He died 6th April, 1590, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His only daughter, Frances, was married first to Sir Philip Sidney, ​secondly to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and thirdly to Richard, Earl of Clanricard and St. Albans. Many of Sir Francis's letters are preserved in the writings of Sir Dudley Digges and others, but it is doubtful whether any of his writings were otherwise published. He was a man of deep policy, and strongly tinctured with puritanical principles.
[See "Biographia Britannica," Lloyd's '"State Worthies," Melvil's "Memoirs," and Histories of the Period.]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Edward Poynings

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Sir Edward Poynings,
STATESMAN,
Was the son of Robert de Poynings of Loveland, who was slain at the siege of Orleans 1447. He was a person much in favour with Kings Henry VII. and Henry VIII., being Governor of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Knight of the Garter. By the former of those Kings he was sent to Ireland, where he displayed great courage, firmness, and wisdom, repressing the rebellions of Lord Desmond and Kildare, establishing a Parliament and enacting salutary laws. The now-famous enactment known as "Poynings' Law," by which all legislation in the Irish Parliament was confined to matters first approved by the King and Council in England, was passed in 1494, and continued in force till 1782. By Henry VIII., Sir Henry was made a Privy Counsellor, and appointed Governor of Tournay in Flanders. He died in 1523.
[See "Fuller's Worthies," "Hasted's Kent," and Bagwell's "Ireland under the Tudors."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Francis Nethersole

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Sir Francis Nethersole,
Was the son of Thomas Nethersole, of Nethersole House, Wingham. He was a royalist, and according to Camden, public orator at Cambridge. During the civil wars he retired to Polesworth, in Warwickshire, where he married Lucy, daughter of John Henry Goodiere, by whose persuasion he built and endowed the free Grammar School of Polesworth. He died at Polesworth in 1659.
[See "Hasted's Kent," "Camden's Britannia," and "Dugdale's Warwickshire."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir Edward Osburne

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Sir Edward Osburne,
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON IN 1583,
Was a native of Ashford. He belonged to the Clothworkers' Company, and served the office of Sheriff in 1575. He died in 1591, and was buried in St. Dionis Backchurch, where there is a monument to his memory.
[See Fuller's Worthies," and "Stow's Survey of London."]
# Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir George Rooke

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Sir George Rooke,
ADMIRAL,
Was the eldest son of Sir William Rooke, of the Priory of St. Lawrence, Canterbury, where he was born in 1650, After entering the navy, his first services were on the coast of Ireland, where he prevented the intercourse of James II. with Scotland. By William the Third he was advanced to the rank of Admiral, in which capacity he served with great distinction, being present at the battles off Beachy Head and La Hogue. On the latter occasion he burnt ten French ships of the line, with the loss of only ten men on his side. For this exploit he was made Vice-Admiral of the Red, and knighted. In the war of the Spanish Succession he destroyed seventeen of the enemy's ships off Vigo, and in conjunction with Sir Cloudesley Shovel, captured the Rock and Fortress of Gibraltar, 22nd July, 1704, which has ever since remained in possession of the English Crown. In the same year he fought a desperate but undecided action with the whole French fleet off Malaga. For these services he was received with ​distinction by Queen Anne, but through disagreement with the Government, he resigned his appointments and retired to St. Lawrence, where he spent the rest of his life in retirement. He died 24th January, 1709, leaving behind him a fortune so moderate that, on making his will, he remarked of it—" I do not leave much; but what I leave was honestly gotten; it never cost a sailor a tear, nor the nation a farthing."
[See "Biographia Britannica."]