Thomas Green was the Bishop of Ely and was elected vice-chancellor of Cambridge University in 1699.
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Rebecca Louise Warner, Green, Thomas (bap. 1658, d. 1738), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11401, accessed 14 Aug 2013].
William Cockburn was a physician who wrote works on the diseases of seamen and published in the Philosophical Transactions. He had a large medical practice and claimed to have a secret remedy for dysentery.
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Charles Creighton, ‘Cockburn, William (1669-1739)’, rev. Anita Guerrini, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5777 [accessed 5 July 2013]).
Thomas Tenison was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 to his death in 1715. A staunch anti-Catholic, he devoted much time to promoting the Church of England and establishing it as the sole religious institution in England.
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William Marshall, Tenison, Thomas (16361715), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27130, accessed 25 May 2011].
John Macky (d. 1726) was a writer and spy.
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J. D. Alsop, ‘Macky, John (d. 1726)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17632, accessed 17 June 2015].
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John Somers was a lawyer and politician was an important figure involved in the union of England and Scotland as well as the Hanoverian succession.
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Stuart Handley, “Somers, John, Baron Somers (1651-1716)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26002, accessed 2 June 2011].
Horatio Walpole was a politician, diplomat, and younger brother of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He worked closely with his brother and represented several constituencies throughout his career as an MP including Great Yarmouth and Norwich.
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Philip Woodfine, ‘Walpole, Horatio , first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28595 [accessed 8 Aug 2013]).
George Mackenzie (1630-1714), 1st Earl of Cromarty, was involved in many intellectual pursuits including natural philosophy, geography, history, and theology. He fought on behalf of Charles II, and with the defeat spent time in the highlands of Scotland and on the continent. He returned to England after the Restoration.
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Colin Kidd, Mackenzie, George, first earl of Cromarty (16301714), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17580, accessed 7 June 2011].
Sir Henry Newton was a diplomat who worked extensively in the Italian states. He published several works in Latin while in Italy and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1709.
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Stuart Handley, “Newton, Sir Henry (1650-1715)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20058, accessed 15 June 2011].
Wotton was a child prodigy, having received his BA from Oxford at the age of nine. He mastered several languages and fields of inquiry and became a member of the Royal Society in 1687 as well as being ordained in 1689. He published many works on history, theology, culture, and politics and contributed to the Philosophical Transactions
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David Stoker, Wotton, William (16661727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30005, accessed 14 June 2011].
William Nicolson was an Irish clergyman and antiquary noted for his language skills. He became Bishop of Derry in 1718.
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D. W. Hayton, Nicolson, William (16551727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20186, accessed 13 June 2011].