- Nicholas Bacon
Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-February 20, 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and as the father of philosopher/statesman Sir Francis Bacon. He was born at Chislehurst, Kent, the second son of Robert Bacon (1479 - 1548) of Drinkstone, Suffolk. He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1527 and, after a period in Paris, he entered Gray's Inn, being called to the bar in 1533. - William Smith
Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor. In his spare time he taught himself classics, and when he entered University College London he carried off both the Greek and Latin prizes. He was entered at Gray's Inn in 1830, but gave up his legal studies for a post at University College School, … - Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion, (sometimes Campian) (February 12, 1567 - March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. Campion was born in London and studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree. He later entered Gray's Inn to study law in 1586. However, he left in 1595 without having been called to the bar. On February 10 1605 he received his medical degree from the University of Caen. - John George
John George (1804 - 15 December 1871) was an Irish politician and judge. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated with an MA in 1826, he became a barrister at the King's Inns in the same year and at Gray's Inn in 1827. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1844. He served as a Member of Parliament for County Wexford from 1852-7 and from 1859-66. He served in government as Solicitor-General for Ireland under Lord Derby from June 1859. - Michael Hart
Sir Michael Christopher Campbell Hart (7 May 1948 - 20 February 2007) was a British High Court judge in the Chancery Division. Hart was born in London. He was educated at Winchester College, where he was cox of the rowing eight, and read law at Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated with a first-class degree in 1966, and then studied for the Bachelor of Civil Law. He took a second first, winning the Vinerian Prize and Scholarship for the best exam performance. - George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne (c. 1525 - October 7, 1577) was an English poet. He was the eldest son of Sir John Gascoigne of Cardington, Bedfordshire. - John Bell
John Bell (1764-February 6, 1836) was an English barrister and equity lawyer. Born in Kendal, Westmoreland, Bell was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating senior wrangler in 1786 and becoming a fellow. He entered Gray's Inn in 1789, a pupil of Samuel Romilly, and was called to the bar in 1792. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1797, became a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1813 and became King's Counsel in 1816. - Max Mosley
Max Rufus Mosley is currently serving his fourth term as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Mosley is the second son of the British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a degree in physics in 1961. During his time at Oxford he was Secretary of the Oxford Union. He studied law at Gray's Inn in London and qualified as a barrister in 1964. - John Suckling
Sir John Suckling (February 10, 1609-June 1, 1642) was an English Cavalier poet whose best known poem may be "Ballad Upon a Wedding". He was born at Whitton, in the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex, and baptized there on February 10, 1609. His father was Sir John Suckling, a courtier and his mother was Elizabeth Cranfield, sister of Sir Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex. The poet inherited his father's estate at the age of eighteen. - Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry (October 18, 1662 - June 22, 1714), was an English non-conformist clergyman. He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected by the Act of Uniformity. Unlike most of his fellow-sufferers, Philip possessed some private means, and was thus able to give his son a good education. Matthew went first to a school at Islington, and then to Gray's Inn. - Mary Arden
Mary Howarth Mance, Baroness Mance, DBE, PC (born 23 January 1947), known by her maiden name as Dame Mary Arden and styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Arden, is a British judge. She was born in Liverpool. Her grandfather was a partner in Gamon Arden and Co, a Liverpool firm of solicitors. Her father Eric and brother Roger also joined the family firm. She was brought up in south Liverpool and educated at Huyton College. - John Winthrop
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8-26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their governor on April 8, 1630. Between 1631 and 1648 he was voted out of governorship and re-elected a total of 12 times. Although Winthrop was a respected political figure, he was criticized for his obstinacy regarding the formation of a general assembly in 1634 - John Cooke
John Cooke (1608 -1660) (sometimes spelt John Cook) was the Solicitor General and the leading prosecutor at the trial of Charles I. He was the son of a Leicestershire farmer, educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and at Gray's Inn. Prior to his appointment as prosecutor, he had established a reputation as a radical lawyer and an Independent. In his recent biography, Geoffrey Robertson (2005) has argued that Cooke was a highly original and progressive lawyer, … - Liza Picard
Liza Picard is an English historian specialising in the history of London. After reading law at the London School of Economics she was called to the bar by Gray's Inn when she was 21. She did not practice as a barrister, although she did write a book called "Questions and Answers on Private International Law" for which she was paid £25. She worked for the office of the Solicitor of Inland Revenue until her retirement in 1987. - Abraham Fraunce
Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558 - 1633), was an English poet. A native of Shropshire, he was born between 1558 and 1560. His name appears in a list of pupils of Shrewsbury School in January 1571, and he joined St John's College, Cambridge, in 1576, becoming a fellow in 1580/1. His Latin comedy, "Victoria", dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney, was probably written at Cambridge, where he remained until he had taken his M.A. degree in 1583. - David Edward
Professor Sir David Alexander Ogilvy Edward, KCMG, QC, FRSE, (b 1934) is a Scottish lawyer and academic and sat as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities between 1992 and 2004. Sir David read Classics at Oxford and Law at Edinburgh University. After National Service in the Royal Navy he was called to the Scottish Bar in 1962 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974. - William Fulbecke
William Fullbecke (1560-1603?) was an English playwright, historian, lawyer and legal scholar, who did pioneering work in international law. He described himself as "maister of Artes, and student of the lawes of England." Fulbeck was a "bencher" at Gray's Inn, in London. Fulbeck's "Direction..." (1600), discussed study methods for law students, techniques for arguing a case, and suggestions for further reading. - Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes was an English dramatist, a native of Cheshire, entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1571. He graduated and became a fellow of his college in 1576, and was afterwards a member of Gray's Inn. He wrote "The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes", which was performed at Greenwich in Queen Elizabeth I's presence on the February 28, 1588. - David Pannick
David Pannick QC (born 7 March 1956) is a leading barrister in the United Kingdom. He practices mainly in the areas of public law and human rights. He has argued more than 75 cases in the House of Lords, more than 25 cases in the European Court of Justice, and more than 30 cases in the European Court of Human Rights. - Samuel Romilly
Sir Samuel Romilly, was an English legal reformer. Samuel Romilly was born in Frith Street, Soho, London, the second son of Peter Romilly, a watchmaker and jeweller. His grandfather had emigrated from Montpellier after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and had married Margaret Garnault, a Huguenot refugee like himself, but of a far wealthier family. Samuel served for a time in his father's shop; he was well-educated, … - Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke of Marlborough, Colley Cibber, and those who rose in opposition to Queen Anne's Tory ministry of 1710 - 1714. Johnson claimed to be trained in the law, but there is no evidence of his membership in any of the inns of court. At the same time, it is possible that he was a lawyer, as his first two published works, … - Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (born March 1672 in Basildon, Berkshire; died 21 February 1741 in Shalbourne, Berkshire (now Wiltshire)) was an English agricultural pioneer during the Industrial Revolution and the Agricultural Revolution. Tull was born in Basildon, Berkshire to Dorothy Buckridge and Jethro Tull. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford and Gray's Inn. - James Eyre
Sir James Eyre (1734 - 1 July 1799) was an English judge, the son of the Rev. Thomas Eyre, of Wells, Somerset. He was educated at Winchester College and at St John's College, Oxford, which he left without taking a degree. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1755, and commenced practice in the lord mayors and sheriffs courts, having become by purchase one of the four counsel to the corporation of London. He was appointed Recorder of London in 1763. - Stuart Bell
Sir Stuart Bell (born May 16, 1938) is a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough. Bell was born in County Durham in 1938, the son of a miner. He attended the Hookergate Grammar School in Rowlands Gill. He joined the Labour Party in 1964, and was Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1970. He worked as an international lawyer in Paris until 1977, representing large multi-national companies such as GM and HP. - Thomas May
Thomas May was a poet and historian. May was born in Mayfield, the son of Sir Thomas May. He went to Cambridge, and then to Gray's Inn, but discarded law for literature. In 1622 he produced his first comedy, "The Heir", and also a translation of Virgil's "Georgics". Six years later, in 1627, appeared his translation of "Lucan", which gained him the favour of Charles I at whose command he wrote two poems, "The Reigne of King Henry II", … - James Hunt
Sir Patrick James Hunt (26 January 1943 - 8 November 2006) was an English barrister and High Court judge. Hunt was born in Coalville in Leicestershire, where his father was a solicitor. He was educated at the Boys' Grammar School in Ashby de la Zouch, and read modern history at Keble College, Oxford. He did not concentrate on his studies, spending his energies on extracurricular activities, and graduated with a fourth class degree. - William Hone
William Hone (June 3, 1780 - November 6, 1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom. He was born at Bath, and had a strict religious upbringing. The only education he received was to be taught to read from the Bible. His father moved to London in 1783, and in 1790 Hone was placed in an attorney's office. - Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (6 October 1576 - 26 June 1612) was the son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland. He married Elizabeth Sidney (daughter of Sir Philip Sidney and step-daughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex), on 5 March 1599. He died in 1612, aged 35 and his titles passed to his brother, Francis Manners. He was a student at Oxford and Cambridge, Gray's Inn, and University of Padua, Italy. - Edmund Dudley
Edmund Dudley (c. 1462 - August 17, 1510), minister of Henry VII of England, was a grandson of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley. After studying at Oxford and at Gray's Inn, Dudley came under the notice of Henry VII, and is said to have been made a privy councillor at the early age of twenty-three. In 1492 he helped to negotiate the Peace of Etaples with France and soon became prominent in assisting the king to check the lawlessness of the barons. - Tassos Papadopoulos
Tassos Nikolaou Papadopoulos. In the late 1950s, Papadopoulos was active in PEKA, the political section of EOKA. He took part in the London Conference in 1959 and was one of the two delegates (besides the AKEL delegates) who voted against the signing of the London and Zurich Agreements. He was also one of the four representatives of the Greek Cypriot side at the Constitutional Commission which drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. - John Holt
Sir John Holt (1642-1710) was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 17 April 1689 to 11 March 1710. He was born in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the son of Thomas Holt, MP for that town, and was educated at Abingdon School, Gray's Inn and Oriel College, Oxford. He purchased Redgrave Manor in Suffolk, which had been the seat of the Bacon family in 1702, when debts forced the fifth baronet, Sir Robert Bacon, to sell the estate. - Thomas Rymer
Thomas Rymer (c. 1643 - December 13, 1713), English historiographer royal, was the younger son of Ralph Rymer, lord of the manor of Brafferton in Yorkshire, described by Clarendon as possessed of a good estate, and executed for his share in the Presbyterian rising of 1663. The place and date of Thomas Rymer's birth are not certainly known. The record of his admission to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, dated April 29, 1659, states he was sixteen years old. - Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil (d. 1552) was a resident of Burghley (Burleigh) in the parish of Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire. His father David, rose in favour under King Henry VIII of England, becoming high sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1530, and died in 1541. Richard too was a courtier. In 1517 he was a royal page; in 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he rose to be groom of the robes and constable of Warwick Castle. He was high sheriff of Rutland in 1539, … - Eric James
Canon Eric James (b. 1925) is an Anglican clergyman, Chaplain Extraordinary to HM the Queen and for many years a regular on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day programme. He has been associated for some years with St Albans Cathedral. He left school in Dagenham, Essex, at fourteen, when the Second World War broke out, and worked for seven years at a riverside wharf on the Thames where the Globe Theatre now stands. After ordination, he became chaplain of Trinity College, … - James M. Beck
James M. Beck (1861-1936), was a United States Solicitor General, author, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In 1900 we was appointed Assistant to the Attorney General and served until 1903. In 1914 he was elected a bencher of Gray's Inn, to argue a case for the U.S. before the Privy Council. No foreign barrister in 600 years had been permitted to do so before. - Vera Baird
Vera Baird QC MP (born February 13, 1951) British politician, author and barrister, Member of Parliament for Redcar, and a Queen's Counsel. She is a member of the Labour Party and is Solicitor General for England and Wales. She was born in 1951 in Oldham, Lancashire, and was educated at the Chadderton Grammar School; Newcastle Polytechnic; the Open University; the University of London; and the University of Teesside. - David Jenkins
David Jenkins (1582 - 1663) was a Welsh judge and Royalist during the English Civil War. Jenkins was born at Pendeulwyn (English: Pendoylan), Glamorgan, son of a well-established gentry family. He was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, admitted to Gray's Inn on 5 November 1602 and called to the bar in 1609. In March 1643 he was appointed, against his will, as pucine judge of the Carmarthen circuit of the court of great sessions. - Roger Twysden
Sir Roger Twysden (August 21, 1597 to June 27, 1672) was an English antiquary and royalist pamphleteer. He belonged to an ancient Kentish family. His mother, Anne, was the daughter of Sir Moule Finch, and his father, Sir William Twysden, was a courtier and scholar who shared in some of the voyages against Spain in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was well known at the court of King James I. He was one of the first baronets. Roger Twysden was educated at St Paul's School, … - Henry Robinson
Henry Robinson (c.1553-1616) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1598 to 1616. He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he was elected fellow in 1575 and received his DD in 1590. He was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1576-1581, and then Provost of The Queen's College, 1581-1598. He was also a member of Gray's Inn from 1601 and took part in the Hampton Court Conference of 1603. - Rose Heilbron
Dame Rose Heilbron, DBE, QC, (19 August 1914 - 8 December 2005) was one of the outstanding defence barristers of the post-war period in the UK, whose career included many 'firsts' for a woman - she was the first woman to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, the first woman to be appointed King's Counsel, the first to lead in a murder case, the first woman Recorder, the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey and the first woman Treasurer of Gray's Inn.
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