age ~31
from Hearne, TX
1754
English classical scholar
Position:Lawyer • Magistrate • Governor
He went to Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, earning his bachelor's degree in 1707, and his master's in 1711.
He then studied law, was called to the bar, and by the influence of Arthur Onslow, speaker of the British House of Commons, became a master in Court of Chancery.