MIDDLE TEMPLE, AND GRAY'S INN

MIDDLE TEMPLE, AND GRAY'S INN. Refer to those several names.

[There is really no authority for this style of Honourable, which is self given. As a mere adjective one hopes it is deserved, though the lay person has often questioned it, but as a formal style one would have looked to find some official sanction from the quarter from which rank, dignities, and styles are usually derived.]

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