[Born in Devonshire, 1798. Died in London, 1845. Aged 46.]
The most celebrated advocate of his time. Remarkable for the lucidity of
his intellect, for his extensive and accurate legal knowledge, for his
acute discrimination, his intuitive sagacity, and for his power of
rapidly transferring his whole attention to anything that might be
brought before it. His reasoning faculties were of the highest order,
and his memory was singularly quick and retentive. His manner calm,
dignified, and graceful, and his temper serene and unruffled. His
labours at the bar were excessive, and prosecuted in the midst of pain
and sickness. He died comparatively early, worn out by disease and work.
He had served Her Majesty as Solicitor-General, and, had he lived, would
inevitably have taken the highest position open to his profession.
[By W. Behnes.]