SKINNER, MATTHEW, third son of Robert Skinner, Welton, Northants, Judge of the Marshalsea Court, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Buckby, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Daventry; b. 22 Oct 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716; Oxford Circuit; one of the four Common Pleaders, City of London 1719-22; Recorder of Oxford from 30 May 1721; Serjeant-at-Law 1 Feb 1724; one of King’s Serjeants 11 Jun 1728; King’s Prime Serjeant 12 May 1734; MP Oxford 1734 – Nov 1738; Chief Justice of Chester from 26 Nov 1738; m. 8 Sep 1719 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Whitfield, Watford Place, Herts.; d. 21 Oct 1749. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.
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