FARNBOROUGH

Sir Thomas Erskine May , 1 Baron. b. London 8 Feb. 1815; ed. at Bedford gr. sch.; a istant librarian House of Commons 1831; barrister M.T. 4 May 1838, bencher 21 May 1873; taxing master in Parliament 1847–56; clerk a istant of House of Commons 1856–71, clerk Jany. 1871 to death; member of Statute law committee 1868, chairman; C.B. 1860, K.C.B. 6 July 1866; created Baron Farnborough of Farnborough in the county of Southampton 10 May 1886; author of Constitutional history of England 1760–1860 , 2 vols. 1861–2, new ed. 3 vols. 1871; Law privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament 1844, 9 ed. 1883; Democracy in Europe 2 vols. 1877. d. Speaker’s Court, Houses of Parliament 17 May 1886. Biograph, Jany. 1882 pp. 14–20.