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See also:ROGER See also:NORTH (1653-1734)
, See also:English lawyer and biographer, was the See also:sixth son of the 4th See also:Baron See also:North
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He acquired a See also:good practice at the See also:bar, being helped by his See also:elder See also:brother See also:Francis, who became See also:lord See also:chancellor and was created Baron See also:Guilford (q.v.), and in 1684 he became See also:solicitor-See also:general
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But the Revolution stopped his See also:advancement, and he retired to his See also:estate of Rougham in See also:Norfolk, and increased his See also:fortune by marrying the daughter of See also:Sir See also:Robert Gayer
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He collected books, and was constantly occupied in See also:writing
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But he is best known for his Lives of the Norths, published after his See also:death, together with his own autobiography (see the edition in See also:Bohn's See also:Standard Library, 189o, by Jessopp), a classic authority for the See also:period
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He died at Rougham on the 1st of
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