1822. Graduated as B.A.
1824. Degree of M.A. Elected Fellow. First public speech.
1825. First contribution to the Edinburgh Review: essay on Milton.
1826. Called to the bar.
1828. Commissioner of Bankruptcy.
1830. Member of Parliament for Calne. First speech in Parliament.
1831. Speeches on the Reform Bill. Essay on Boswell's Life of Johnson.
1833. Member of Parliament for Leeds. Essay on Horace Walpole.
1834. Essay on William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Sailed for India as legal adviser to the Supreme Council.
1837. Penal Code finished.