Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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    APPENDIX TO JUDGES THERE have been 286 Judges, according to the ‘‘ Lives of the Judges,” by Foss, between the accession of Charles II. and the year 1864. No less than 112 of them find a place in the following list. Among the Judges are ~ included the Lord Chancellors, 30 in number, and of these eminent officers no less than 24, or 80 per cent. of the whole, will be found to have eminent relations. Contractions employed in the List. The name of a Sovereign in parentheses, as (Charles II.), shows the latest reign in which each judge held office. wh. 1. B: (or Q? Bs) Chief Justice of the King’s (or Queen’s) Bench. Just. K. B. (or Q. B.) = Justice of the King’s (or Queen’s) Bench. Ch: B: Eh. Chief Baron of the Exchequer. iB. E. = Baron of the Exchequer. Curs. B. EE. = Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer. Ch.-C. P. = Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Just, Cy P. = Justice of the Common Pleas, M. R. = Master of the Rolls. Abinger, Lord. See Scarwerr. Abney, Sir Thomas; Just. C. P (Geo. IT.) U. Sir Thomas Abney, a famous Lord Mayor of London; one of the promoters of the Bank of England ; pro- tector of Dr. Isaac Watts. See Watts’ Elegy on him. [F.] Sir Edward Abney, LL.D. and M.P.,a man of import- ance in his day. Alderson, Sir Edward Hall; B. E. (Vict.) F. Recorder of Norwich, Ipswich, and Yarmouth. Us. Mrs. Opie, the novelist. - Alibone, Sir Richard; Just. K.B. (James IT.) G. Eminent Protestant divine. (F. turned Papist.)
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