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March 20, 1793, the two Earldoms of Mansfield were inherited respectively by David, Viscount Stormont, and the Viscountess his wife. She became a widow by the death of the Earl, Sept. 1, 1796; and married, secondly, Oct. 19, 1797, her cousin-german, the Right Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, third son of Francis, first Earl of Warwick (by Elizabeth daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton), and uncle to the present Earl. He died April 27, 1824.

12. At Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, in his 72d year, John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, esq. He was the son and heir of John Sawrey Morritt, esq., of the same place (eldest son of Bacon Morritt, esq., of Cawood, and of Anne Sawrey, of Plimpton in Furness,) by Anne, daughter of Henry Pierse, esq., of Bedale. His father died in 1791; his mother in 1809. The estate of Rokeby was purchased by the former in 1769, of the family of Robinson, one of whom, the Archbishop of Armagh, was raised to the peerage of Ireland, by the title of Lord Rokeby. In 1813 Walter Scott rendered the name immeasurably more popular by his poem of Rokeby. Mr. Morritt was of St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1794, M.A. 1798. He was one of the earliest and most extensive Greek travellers of the present generation, and, after two years spent in the interesting countries of the East, he returned with a mind replete with classical information, and a taste for every liberal art. It was during his residence abroad, that Bryant promulgated his fanciful theories on the site of Troy. On his return, Mr. Morritt, with Chevalier and others, entered keenly into the Trojan controversy, and became one of the most successful supporters of Homer. He published also translations from the minor Greek poets, and was author of articles in the Quarterly Review, and of pamphlets called forth by the passing events of the day. His attachment to Church and State placed him always forward and conspicuous in the ranks of the Conservative politicians, and while in Parliament, as the Member for Beverley, Northallerton, and Shaftesbury, he was the steady supporter of those principles. He was first elected for Beverley, on a vacancy in 1799, polling 512 to 369 given for John Wharton, esq.; but in 1802 he was defeated by that

Parliament for the same borough. As As a member of the Dilettanti Society, he was distinguished by his taste and knowledge in painting and sculpture, and he edited some of their latter most important productions. His literary and scientific acquirements, however, constituted the least of his worth, as he was a man of high principle and sterling honour, and exemplary in every relation in life. His large fortune he always regarded as an important trust committed for a time to his keeping for the benefit of others, as well as for his own gratification, and he was liberal, charitable, and benevolent. Such qualities recommended him as a friend to most of the literary characters of the day. Among these may be enumerated, more especially, Wilberforce, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Humphry Davy, Sir W. Gell, Southey, Lockhart, W. Stewart Rose, Payne Knight, and the late Earl of Harewood, a friend who loved him as a brother. Mr. Morritt's anecdotes of Scott, particularly of his reception and conduct in London in 1809, form very valuable contributions to Mr. Lockhart's pages. In 1830, Scott "had great pleasure in again finding himself at Rokeby, and recollecting a hundred passages of past time.-Morritt looks well, and easy in his mind, which I am delighted to see. He is now one of my oldest, and, I believe, one of my most sincere friends; a man unequalled in the mixture of sound good sense, high literary cultivation, and the kindest and sweetest temper that ever graced a human bosom."Sir W. Scott's Diary.-He married in 1803 Miss Stanley, sister of Colonel Stanley, of Crosshall, formerly Member for the county of Lancaster, and nearly allied to the illustrious house of Derby, but had been for many years a widower.

13. At Glasgow, Mr. John Dougherty, at the advanced age of 100 years in June last. His wife is still alive, and was born in the same year as her husband. They had lived together seventy-six years.

At Knightsbridge, the Hon. Augustus Algernon Villiers, R.N.; in his 27th year.

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At Edinburgh, aged 77, the Right Hon. George Boyle, fourth Earl of Glasgow, Viscount of Kelburne, Lord Boyle of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwich, Largo, and Dalry (1703), Lord Boyle of

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of Scotland: Baron Ross, of Hawkhead, co. Renfrew (1815), in the peerage of the United Kingdom: G.C.H.; Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland, F.R.S. and F.S.A. His lordship was born March 26, 1766, the second but only surviving son of John the third Earl, by Elizabeth, second daughter of George, twelfth Lord Ross, and, at length, sole heir to her brother William, thirteenth Lord Ross, who died in 1754. Whilst still under age, he succeeded his father March 7th, 1775. He was a Captain in the West Lowland fencible regiment in 1793; afterwards Major of the Angus fencibles; Lieutenant-Colonel of the Rothsay and Caithness fencibles; and Colonel, first of the Ayr and Renfrew, afterwards of the Renfrewshire militia, which he resigned in 1806. He was constituted Lord Lieutenant of the county of Renfrew, April 28th, 1810; and was chosen one of the sixteen representatives of the Scottish peerage at the general election 1790. He was rechosen in 1796, 1802, 1806, 1807 and 1812. On the 18th of July, 1815, he received the title of Baron Ross in the peerage of the United Kingdom, conferred in commemoration of his maternal descent. His lordship married first, August 4, 1788, Lady Augusta Hay, third daughter of James fourteenth Earl of Errol, by Isabella, daughter of Sir William Carr, of Etal, in Northumber land, Bart. The Countess succeeded to the estate of Etal in 1806, on the death of her nephew William Holwell Carr, only child of her eldest sister Lady Charlotte, by the Rev. William Holwell, (who also assumed the name of Carr, and was the well-known benefactor to the Na

tional Gallery.) Her Ladyship died July 23, 1822, having had issue three sons and three daughters. The late Earl of Glasgow married secondly, Nov. 13th, 1824, Julia, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue one son and one daughter.

14. Captain Jenkin Jones, R.N., and Captain Richard Drew, F.R.S., elder Brethren of the Trinity House, who were accidentally drowned off Padstow whilst engaged on a survey in the Bristol Channel.

15. At Woodend, Chichester, Lady Mary Louisa Lennox, sister to the late, and aunt to the present Duke of Rich mond, in her 83rd year.

Cheshire, William Astley, esq., late of Dukinfield Lodge, Dukinfield; in his 40th year.

At Santa Fe da Bogota, Spain, in his 37th year, Robert Steuart, esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul General at that place, VicePresident of the Highland Society of London, and late M.P.for the Haddington district of burghs. He was the descendant of an ancient family seated at Alderston, in Haddingtonshire, of which county he was a magistrate and a Commissioner of Supply. He was first elected for the Haddington burghs in 1831: but in the following session of Parliament was unseated on petition. He was, however, again returned in 1832 for the same constituency, and continued to re present it in Parliament until the general election in 1841, when he was defeated by Mr. Maitland Balfour, by a majority of nine votes, the numbers being for Mr. Balfour 273, and for Mr. Steuart 264. The deceased gentleman was of Whig principles, inclining to Radicalism, and held office as a Lord of the Treasury, under Lord Melbourne's administration, from April, 1835, to May, 1840. He declared himself to be "in favour of the expulsion of the bishops from the House of Lords, and of the ballot and free trade." He was appointed to the Consulship of Santa Fé da Bagota in August, 1841, and had only arrived in the country a few weeks when he was seized with a severe attack of ague and fever, which threatened for some time to terminate fatally. He however rallied, and had recovered in a great measure his accustomed strength and spirits, when he was seized by a second attack of a similar nature, but after an illness of long duration had again quite recruited, when in July last he fell a victim to a third attack, in the prime of life, and after a very short illness. He married, in 1827, Maria, third daughter of the late Lieut-Colonel Samuel Dalrymple, C.B.

16. At Hill Side, King's Langley, Anne Augusta, wife of Henry Tuffnell, esq., M.P., and eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir R. Willmot Horton, Bart.

17. Venetia Theresa, second daughter of Mr. and Lady Theresa Digby.

In Clarges Street, Andrew Baird, esq., M.D., F.R.S., late Inspector of Naval Hospitals, and Senior Physician of Her Majesty's Fleet, in his 86th year.

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Finchley, George, youngest son of Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, in his 8th year. At Monkstown, near Dublin, William Dillon, esq., late Lieutenant in the 19th Regiment, son of the late Sir Charles Dillon, Bart., of Lismullen, Meath.

20. At Broke Hal!, Sarah Louisa, widow of the late Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart., and daughter of the late Sir William Fowle Middleton, of Shrubland Park, Suffolk.

22. At Cheltenham, aged 57, Sir Edward Synge, the second Bart. of Kiltrough, co. Meath (1801). He was born April 6, 1786, the eldest son of Sir Robert the first Baronet (grandson of Dr. Nicholas Synge, Lord Bishop of Killaloe, and great grandson of Dr. Edward Synge, Archbishop of Tuam,) by Margaret, daughter of Theobald Wolfe, esq., of Newtown, co. Dublin, and cousin german to Chief Justice Arthur Wolfe, Lord Viscount Kilwarden. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, in 1804; and married January 19, 1809, Mary Helena, eldest daughter of Robert Welsh, esq., barrister-at-law, of Dublin, and niece to Noah Hill Neale, of Gloucester, esq., by whom he had issue six sons.

23. At North Bank, Regent's Park, Robert Walters, esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law; in his 55th year.

Aged 59, the Rev. Thomas Knox, D.D. He was, during many years, Master of the Grammar School at Tunbridge, and Rector of Runwell and Ramsden Grays in Essex; in all of which he succeeded his father, Dr. Vicesimus Knox. He was educated at Tunbridge School, under his father, and was of Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated. Although he did not possess the literary celebrity of his father, yet he trod closely in his steps. He ever displayed the same disinterestedness and independence. He was a sound divine, an eloquent preacher, and an eminent scholar. Like him also, he was a steady and consistent Whig. He took a prominent part in the promotion of the Reform of Parliament; but, when that measure was accomplished, withdrew from politics. He united to the utmost kindness of nature singular energy of character, and exhibited remarkable perseverance in his pursuits. To his exertions was principally owing the appropriation, by a decree of the

portion of the present ample funds of Tunbridge School to the uses of the foundation. His death was awfully sudden. He had preached in the morning in Tunbridge Church, with his accustomed power, and was to have preached again in the afternoon. He had scarcely entered the vestry for that purpose, when he sank down and instantly expired. It was ascertained that the sad event was caused by an enlargement of the heart; but so insidious was the disease, that not a single premonitory symptom had excited the slightest suspicion of its presence. The touching demonstration of sorrow and respect that took place at his funeral showed how duly his virtues and labours were appreciated, and the high estimation in which he was personally holden. Nearly two hundred of his neighbours assembled in mourning, and, standing uncovered, formed a lane, through which his remains were borne to the grave. He married Frances, the second daughter of the late William Francis Woodgate, of Somer Hill, near Tunbridge, esq. She died in 1831.

24. At Shotley, Suffolk, in his 91st year, the Rev. Samuel Forster, D.D. Rector of that parish and of Quarrington, Lincolnshire. He was the second son of the Rev. Thomas Forster, Rector of Halesworth cum Chediston, Suffolk; and was educated at Eton, from whence he went to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. 1776, M.A. 1779, and D.D. 1791. He was a distinguished classical scholar, and obtained the Chancellor's Medal in 1776, when the celebrated Gilbert Wakefield was his opponent. He was formerly rector of Wainfleet in Lincolnshire, to which he was presented by Lord Chancellor Thurlow; but resigned it in 1809 for Great and Little Chesterford, on the presentation of the Marquess of Bristol. In 1816 he was presented to the living of Shotley, and in 1826 to Quarrington, by the same patron; both which preferments he held to the time of his decease. Dr. Forster was head master of the Free School at Norwich from 1785 to 1811. His talents and scholarship were particularly adapted to the instruction of youth, and his miid and gentlemanly manners justly endeared him to those who were placed under his care. latter years were passed in the retirement of his parish, where, being incapa

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the duties of the church, his charity and benevolence rendered him highly esteemed and beloved, and his death most deeply lamented. A portrait of Dr. Forster, painted by Opie at the request of his pupils, is placed in the library of St. John's College, of which he was the oldest surviving member. He married early in life Miss Turenne, a lady of French extraction, by whom he has left a son, and a daughter, the widow of Admiral Sir Edward Berry, Bart., who distinguished himself by his gallant conduct under Lord Nelson, in the battle of the Nile.

25. At his residence, Dodington Grove, Kennington, in his 73rd year, Mr. William Savage, author of the "Dictionary of the Art of Printing." Mr. Savage was a native of Howden, in the East Riding of the county of York, and was the younger son of Mr. James Savage, of that place, an eminent clockmaker, who was well versed in the higher branches of the Mathematics, and who had been for many years employed by the late celebrated Henry Hindley, of York, in the making of spring or table clocks, for the nobility and principal gentry in the North of England. Mr. Savage was descended from a younger branch of the ancient and noble family of Savage, of Rock Savage, in the county of Chester.

He received his education at the churchschool, in Howden, and was well grounded in geometry and mechanics. In 1790 he commenced business as a printer and bookseller in his native town, in partnership with his elder brother, Mr. James Savage, now living in Somersetshire, the author of the "History of Taunton," &c. In 1797, he removed to London, and about two years afterwards was appointed, under the express recommendation of the late Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham and Count Rumford, Printer to the Royal Institution, in Albemarle-street, London, and was for ten years Assistant Secretary to the Board of Managers of that Establishment (the Secretary being an honorary officer), and also Secretary to the Patrons of the Library, Secretary to the Committee of Chemistry, and Superintendent of their Printing-office. About the year 1803, Mr. Savage commenced the printing business in London, on his own account, but still retaining his offi

At Halsted, Essex, John Sewell, esq., in his 88th year.

26. In George-street, Portman-square Lieut-Gen. Sir Arthur Brooke,K.C.B., Col. of the 86th Regt. of Foot, in his 71st year. Sir Arthur Brooke was uncle to Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke, of Colebrook, Bart., now M.P. for the co. Fermanagh. He was the third son of Francis Brooke, esq., an officer in the army, by Hannah, daughter of Henry Prittie, esq., of Dunally, and sister to the first Lord Dunally. He entered the service in 1792, as an Ensign in the 44th foot; in 1793 he obtained a Lieutenancy; and the 19th Sept. 1795, a company in the same corps. He served on the Continent from May 1794, with the army under the Duke of York. In Dec. 1795 he went to the West Indies with the army under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and was present at the reduction of St. Lucie, in 1796, and in an action on the 3rd May in the same year. He next accompanied the army in the expedition to Egypt, and was in the actions of the 13th and 21st of March, 1801. In 1802 he succeeded to a majority in his regiment: and the 15th June 1804, to a Lieut.Colonelcy. From 1804 to 1808 he served in Malta, and subsequently in Sicily and Spain. The 14th of June, 1813, he received the brevet of Colonel in the army. In 1813 he went to the Peninsula, and commanded a Brigade as a Colonel on the Staff, in the army under Lord William Bentinck. The 1st June, 1814, he embarked from Bordeaux, second in command, with the army under Major-Gen. Ross. At the battle of Bladensburg, which led to the capture of Washington, his brigade turned both flanks of the American army, for which he was publicly thanked by the Major-General, and particularly mentioned by him in his despatch to Lord Bathurst. On the death of General Ross he attacked and defeated the enemy near Baltimore, on the 12th Sept. 1814. He was also present, under Šir Edward Pakenham, in the sanguinary actions near New Orleans. He received the brevet of Major-General in 1819, and that of Lieut.-General in 1837. He was rewarded with the military Governorship of Yarmouth; and with the rank of a Companion of the Bath; and was advanced to be a Knight-Commander of that most hon. order in 1833. was appointed to the Colonelcy of the

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anne, daughter of the Rev. William Sneyd, of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, by whom he had issue.

At Newington, near Edinburgh, aged 64, Lieut.-Gen. Mark Napier. He was born Feb. 14, 1779, the second son of Major-Gen. the Hon. Mark Napier (fifth son of Francis, fifth Lord Napier), by his second wife Margaret, daughter of Alexander Symson, of Coneraig, co. Aberdeen. He was appointed Ensign in the Royal in 1793, Lieut. in the 90th Foot, 13th March, 1794; Capt. 26th Jan. 1796; Major 2nd Aug. 1804; Lieut.-Col. in the same corps 29th March, 1810; Colonel by brevet 1819; Major- Gen. 1830; and Lieut.-Gen. 1841. He was employed on the coast of France in 1793 and 1794; and subsequently served six years in the Mediterranean, at Minorca, in Egypt, and in the West Indies. He commanded the 90th Regt., at the capture of Guadaloupe, in 1810, for which he had the honour of wearing a medal. He was unmarried.

27. At Chiselhurst, Kent, Mary, wife of John Martin, esq., M.P.

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dlestone, esq., of Stibbington Hall, Cambridgeshire, for many years an eminent attorney at Wisbech, and formerly Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the isle of Ely, upon his retirement from which office, in 1826, the chief justice, acting magistrates, and barristers of the isle of Ely, presented to him a piece of plate inscribed, "As an unanimous expression of respect for his very able and faithful discharge of the duties of Deputy Clerk of Assize and of the Peace for the Isle, during twenty-five years."

9. In Montagu-square, Major General Sir Donald Macleod, K.C.B. of the Bengal army. This officer was the son of Donald Macleod, of Berneray, co. Inverness, esq., who was grandson of Donald, fifth son of Sir Roderick Macleod, of Macleod ; and brother to Lieut.Gen. Sir John Macleod, K.C.H. Colonel of the 77th Foot. Sir Donald joined the Bengal establishment as a Cadet, in 1781; was appointed Ensign in the 3rd European regiment in March that year, Lieut. in 1783; removed to the 29th Native Infantry in 1785; to the 6th European regiment in 1786; and to the 13th battalion Native Inf. in 1790. He served during the whole of the war with Tippoo Sultan in 1789-92, and in that with the Rohilla chieftains in 1794. In the severe battle of Oct. 26, 1794, in which the British troops were ultimately victorious, but with very great loss, the 13th battalion, from its situation in the reserve, suffered more than any other corps. Five officers out of eight, including the commandant, were killed, and Lieut. Macleod had four sabre wounds, three of which were slight and one severe. In 1799 he was appointed Adjutant to the 2nd battalion 11th Native Infantry; in 1795 he became brevet Captain; and in Aug. 1830, after serving twenty years and four months, he was made regimental Captain. In the war against the Mahratta states, in 1803, his battalion formed part of a detachment sent into the Bundlekund country; where he received a severe matchloek wound before the fort of Culpee. On the capture of Gwalior, the second battalion formed part of the gar rison placed in that fortress. He afterwards took an active part in the siege of several forts on the river Jumna; and at the siege of Gobud, in Dec. 1805, he was placed in command of the reserve which carried the breach. Of the 800

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