Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor PC (8 March 1658 – 19 June 1730) was knight

Knight

A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

ed in 1692 as Solicitor General

Solicitor General for England and Wales

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 and in 1695 became Attorney-General.

In 1701 he was appointed chief justice of the common pleas

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

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, and in 1712 he was created a peer

Peerage

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 as Baron Trevor of Bromham

Baron Trevor

Baron Trevor is a title that has been created three times. It was created first in 1662 in the Peerage of Ireland along with the viscountcy of Dungannon...

. On the accession of George I in 1714 he was deprived of the justiceship, but from 1726 to 1730 he was Lord Privy Seal

Lord Privy Seal

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. Three of his sons succeeded in turn to his barony, and a fourth son, Richard Trevor

Richard Trevor (bishop)

Richard Trevor was an English prelate, Bishop of St David's from 1744 to 1752 and Bishop of Durham from 1752 until his death.-Life:...

 (1707–1771), was bishop of St Davids from 1744 to 1752, and then bishop of Durham.