Sir Lyman avait entretenu son auditoire au sujet du Conseil privé et des grands avocats qui étaient devenus députés, hommes publics, grands chanceliers et juges, particulièrement sir George Bessel, solliciteur général sous le premier ministre libéral William Gladstone au XIXe siècle.
Sir Lyman had been talking about the Privy Council and the great lawyers who had been members of Parliament, public men, and who became Lord Chancellors and judges, particularly Sir George Jessel, Britain's 19th century solicitor general under Liberal Prime Minister William Gladstone.