“ By an able defence of his friend, James Annesley, 5th earl of Anglesey, in a suit brought against him by his wife before the House of Lords in 1701, he gained a legal reputation which he did nothing further to advance. He was sent to Ireland in 1701 to be judge of the high court of admiralty, and later became sole commissioner of the prizes, keeper of the records in the Bermingham Tower of Dublin Castle, and vicar-general to the primate. ”

“ After the Ingenious Method of that made by Dr Martin Lister to Paris, in the same Year . . . (1699) , which was considered by the author to be his best work; Adversaria, or Occasional Remarks on Men and Manners, a selection from his critical note-book, which shows wide and varied reading; Rufinus, or An Historical Essay on the Favourite Ministry (1712) , a satire on the duke of Marlborough. His chief poems are: The Art of Cookery: in imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry. With some Letters to Dr Lister and Others (1708) , one of his most amusing works; The Art of Love ”