Life
1703-1777; ed. TCD, BA 1722; Middle Temple, 1728; Irish bar, 1733; TCD MA, 1739-76 [sic]; Armagh, 1776; succeeded f. as registrar of court of chancery, 1742; judge of prerogative court, 1745; sol.-gen., 1751; attorney-gen., 1760; principal sec. of state and manager of House of Commons, 1763; d. in Belgium. ODNB
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