John Lyndon was the first holder of the office of Third Serjeant-at-law, which was created especially for him, apparently as a "consolation prize" for not being made a High Court judge the first time he sought that office.
16 Facts About John Lyndon
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John Lyndon was Recorder of Carrickfergus for many years, a position held by several members of the Lyndon family over the best part of a century.
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John Lyndon was born in Carrickfergus, son of Captain Roger Lyndon, Collector of Customs for the town of Carrickfergus, and his wife Jane Marten.
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John Lyndon had at least one brother, named Roger, who in 1666 married Dorothy Newburgh, daughter of Thomas Newburgh MP of Ballyhaise, County Cavan.
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John Lyndon entered Lincoln's Inn in 1657, although it seems that he was not actually called to the Bar in England, something which later caused him a good deal of difficulty when he tried to set up a legal practice in England.
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John Lyndon was appointed Recorder of Carrickfergus in 1657 and entered the King's Inn in 1663.
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John Lyndon sat in the Irish House of Commons as MP for Killybegs in the sole Irish Parliament of the reign of Charles II.
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John Lyndon frankly admitted that when he appointed Beckett as Serjeant he had forgotten that Lyndon had already received his patent of appointment to the same office.
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The desire to conciliate John Lyndon suggests that he was highly regarded by Ormonde, who was noted for loyalty to his friends.
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John Lyndon was sent regularly to Ulster as justice of assize.
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John Lyndon seems to have been in some financial difficulty at this time, as he petitioned the Crown for a licence to export wool, as a means of providing for his family.
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John Lyndon's enemies claimed that Lyndon then agreed to preside at the trials of suspected enemies of the Jacobite regime, as a bribe for the return of his property, and he did resume his position as justice of assize in Ulster for a time.
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John Lyndon continued to go regularly on assize to Ulster.
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John Lyndon remained Recorder of Carrickfergus until 1697, when he resigned; the town corporation chose his son Edward in his place.
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John Lyndon sat for Carrickfergus in the Irish House of Commons until 1727.
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The seat was next held by a younger John Lyndon, who was probably Edward's son.