John Lens

(1756-1825)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Lens, John (1756-1825), serjeant-at-law LBT ID: JoLens1825	B/BAP: 1756-01-02 DIED: 1825-08-06
SOURCES: DNB
Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he was Serjeant-at-law (1799) on the western circuit and a friend of Charles James Fox.
REFERENCES TO John Lens: Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, [25 August 1812.] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 10 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter III. 1810-1812. Found 1: ¶ 29