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|Dates=1760-1826
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|Marriage=Louisa
|Issue=James, Louisa, Caroline Diana
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Became a king's scholar at Westminster School (1760) and elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford (1764). Graduated BA (1768) and MA in 1772. Entered Lincoln's Inn (1765) and called to the bar (1770). Maintained a moderate, private practice. Made attorney-general, and knighted June 1788.
Elected to House of Commons for borough of Hindon, Wiltshire (1777). Followed politics of his father-in-law.
Died at his home in Duke Street, Westminster (1826) and buried at Kensington Church.

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