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majesty's secretary of legation at to be lord lieutenant of the East Ri. that court.

ding of the county of York. 27. Hon. William Wellesley 22. Ilarford Jones, esq. of Boul. Pole, appointed by the lords com. tibrooke, co. llereford, created a missioners' of the admiralty, their baronet. first secretary, rice William Mars. Sept. 5. Sir John Stuart, bart. to den, esq. rerired.

be one of the barons of his majesty's July 11. Right rev. Dr. George court of Exchequer in Scotland, dice Pelham, bishop of Bristol, transla. Sir John Dalrymple, bart. resigned. ted to the see of Exeter, rice Dr. 15. His grace William Henry Fisher, promoted to that of Salis- Carendish, duke of Portland, K. G. bury.

the right hon. Spencer 21. Hon. Cropley Ashley Cooper, val; the right hon, John Foster,

. , to be clerk of the ordnance of the chancellor of his majesty's excheunited kingdom ; and Thomas Tho. quer of Ireland; the hon. William roton, esq. clerk of deliveries of the Eliot; William Sturges Bourne, ordnance,

esq.; and the hon. Richard Ryder, Aug. 4. Rev. Edward Christo.

appointed commissioners for execil. pher Dowdeswell, D.D.and rector of ting the office of treasurer of his Standford-Rivers, co. Essex, to the majesty's exchequer. rectory of Langham, in the said 15. A. M. Holdsworth, esq. to county, void by the translatiors of be governor of Dartmouth castle, Dr. Fisher, bishop of Exeter, to the vice Arthur Bloldsworth, esq. dec. see of Salisbury

16. George Collier, esq. u. Right 'hon. James earl of captain in the royal navy, knighted. Malmesbury, K. B. to be lord-liente- 22. Gen. Gerard lord Lake, to pant of the county of Southampton, be governor of Plymouth, rive the and of the town of Southampton earl of Chatham, promoted to the and county of the same ; and James government of Jersey, vice mar. Edward Harris, esq.(commonly cal. quis Townshend, dec. led viscount Fitz-Harris), to be go. Lieut.-gen. William Loftus, of i vernor and captain of the Isle of the 24tb light dragoons, to be go. Wight, and governor of Carisbrook

of Dumbarton, vice lord castle, in the said isle, all vice lord Lake. Bolton, dec.

Oct. 2. Captains John Hunter, 15. Rev. John Luxmore, D. D. esq.; Francis Pender, esq.; William dean of Gloucester, recommended, Albany Otway, esq.; George Lums. by congé d'élire, to be elected bishop daine, csq.; sir Samuel Hood, K. B.; of Bristol, vice bp. Pelham, transla- Henry Nichols, esq. Herbert Sawyer, ted to the see of Exeter.

esq., Davidge Gould, esq.; and 'Ri19. Lieut.-gen. sir James Henry chard Goodwin Keats, esq.; to be

, Craig, K. B. to be captain.general rear-admirals of the blue squadron of and governor-in-chief of the pro. his majesty's fleet. vinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 3. Joseph-Charles Mellish, esq. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and to be his majesty's secretary of lethe islands of Prince Edward and gation at the court of his Sicilian Cape Breton.

majesty: Right hon. Henry lord Mulgrave, 6. William Lechmere and Thomas

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Foley, esqrs. to be colonels of his majesty's royal marine forces, vice sir Samuel Hood, K. B. and Richard Goodwin Keats, esq. appointed flagofficers of his majesty's fleet.

31. Right hon. Gerard baron Lake, general of his majesty's forces, created viscount Lake, of Del, hi and Laswary, and of Aston Clinton, co. Buckingham,

Nov. 3. Right hon. William baron Cathcart, K. T. and lieutenant- general of his majesty's forces, created baron Greenock of Greenock, co. Renfrew, and viscount Cath cart, of Cathcart in the said county. James Gambier, esq. admiral of the blue, created baron Gambier, of Iver, co. Buckingham.

Harry Burrard, of Lymington, co. Southampton, esq. lieutenant. general of his majesty's forces; Henry Edwin Stanhope, of Stanwell, co. Middlesex, esq. vice-admiral of the blue; and Thomas Blomefield, of Attleborough, co. Norfolk, esq. major-general of his majesty's for ces; created baronets.

12. Dr. John Hunter, of Hill. street, Berkeley square, appointed, by the prince of Wales, one of his royal highness's physicians extraor dinary, vice Dr. William Fraser, dec.

25. Right hon. George earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, K. G. to be governor of the island of Guernsey, vice earl Grey, dec.

27. Hon. William Hill, to be his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of Sardinia; and Joseph Smith, esq. to be secretary of legation at that court.

28. His grace William Henry Cavendish, duke of Portland, K.G.; right hon. Spencer Perceval; right hon. John Foster, chancellor

of his majesty's exchequer of Ire. land; hon. William Eliot ; and William Sturges Bourne, esq.; to be commissioners for executing the of fice of treasurer of his majesty's exchequer.

Right hon. Richard Ryder, appointed advocate-general or judge marshal of his majesty's forces, vice N. Bond, esq. resigned.

Lord Henry Moore (vice the marquis of Drogheda, resigned), and William Bagwell, esq. to be mus, termaster general of Ireland.

Dec. 1. Right rev. Edward Venables Vernon, D. D. bishop of Carlisle, recommended by congé d'élire, to be elected archbishop of York, vice Markham, dec.

9. Lieut.-colonel George Smith, of his majesty's 82d regiment of foot, knighted.

9. Right hon. lord Glenbervie, to be surveyor-general of the woods and forests.

9. Right hon. Gerard viscount Lake, appointed by the prince of Wales, receiver-general of the reve nues of his royal highness's duchy of Cornwall, vice Sheridan, resigned,

16. Edward Thornton, esq. to be his majesty's envoy.extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of Sweden; and Charles Oake. ly, esq. to be secretary of legation at that court.

19. Osborn Markham, John Fisher, and Alexander Loraine, esqrs. to be commissioners for the general superintendance and management of the barrack department.

26. Lord viscount Strangford, to be his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of her most faithful majesty the queen of Portugal.

DEATHS

DEATHS in the Year 1807.

Jan. 1. In his 77th year, John Moffat, esq. one of the oldest direc. tors of the Sun Fire-office.

Mr. John Thomas, solicitor, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street,

The Rev. Matthew Powley, M. A. upwards of 29 years vicar of Dews. bury, Yorkshire.

At Woodstock, Joseph Brooks,

esq.

2. His grace the duke of Rich mond, at his seat at Goodwood, in Sussex, in the 73d year of his age, being born on the 22d of February, 1734-For many years he took an active part in the politics of the na tion. In the early part of Mr. Pitt's first administration, he was appointed master-general of the ordnance, in which situation he continued for several years. As a senator, his abilities, though not of a brilliant de cription, were deemed respectable, and he was always

heard with attention.

His grace was of royal extraction, being descended from Charles Lenox, natural son of king Charles II. by lady Louisa Renne de Penencourt, a French lady, who came to England with the duchess of Or. leans, the king's sister; and whom his majesty not only created duchess of Portsmouth, countess of Farnham, and baroness Petersfield, in England, but prevailed on Lewis XIV. to confer on her the title of duchess of Aubigny in France. The late duke was the third in succession, and possessed the titles conferred on his grandfather in the reign of Charles II. vjz, duke of Richmond in England, duke of Aubigny in France (confirmed and registered by the parliament of Paris), duke of Le. nox in Scotland, earl of March in England, and Darnley in Scotland,

baron of Settrington in England, and Turbolton and Methuen in Scot land; besides which, he was created by his present majesty a knight of the garter. He was also a field marshal of Great Britain, and a colonel of the royal regiment of horseguards blue. He bore the arms of king Charles II. and his motto was "En la rose je fleurie.” — In the rose, 1 flourish,-He married April 1, 1757, Mary, eldest daughter and coheiress of the late earl of Ayles. bury. His grace is succeeded in his titles and estates by his nephew, the hon. general Lenox, representative for the county of. Sussex.

The duke of Richmond, it is said, has left 50,000l. to each of his three daughters, by his house-keeper, for whom he has provided in the same proportion. His grace never had any male issue by that lady.

Of an inveterate cancer, in her 44th year, Mrs Elizabeth Davies, wife of Mr. Daniel Davies, of Bloomsbury-square.

Mrs. Palmer, wife of John Palmer, esq. M. P. for Bath.

Aged 71, Joseph Brooks, esq. alderman of Woodstock.

3. John Laird, esq., formerly chief surgeon, and president of the medical board on the Bengal establishment.

The rev. William Gilbank, rector of St. Ethelburg, London.

Mrs. Anguish, mother of the du chess dowager of Leeds.

4. At Maldonado, captain Francis Rundell, of the 54th regiment.

5. At his chambers, in Staple-inn, Isaac Reed, esq. a gentleman well known for his extensive acquaintance with English literature, especially the dramatic works of the black-letter period. This rendered him peculiarly fit for the superin. tendance of those editions of Shak

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speare which the London booksel. William Tendent, esq. of Stanlers confided to his care. His-anno. more, Middlesex. tations on these editions

are his

10. Suddenly, in Dublin, aged principal works. lle published in 72, the earl of Miltown. 1782 the " Biographia Dramatica ;" 12. At Ackworth, near Ponte. in which the diligence of his fract, Anthony Surtees, esq. many

, enquiries were eminently useful. years lieutenant-colonel of. the 2d

He also edited Dodsley's collec- West York militia. tion of old plays, 12 vols. 8vo. Louis Balan, esq. aged 38, late 1780. He was, during many years, his Prussian majesty's counsellor of Editor of the European Magazine, legation. but parted with his property in Edward Eyton, esq. of Eyton that work, after Mr. Sewell the Hall, near Wrexham. bookseller's death. His collection Sir Stephen Lushington, bart. of English books was perhaps the many years a member of the East. most extensive of any ever possessed India Direction. by a privatciodividual. Mr. Roed Mrs. Dolben, wife of John En. was of simple manners, of great glish Dolben, esq. at Pentonville. equanimity of temper, of good mo. At Blackheath, Robert Bell, esq. rals, friendly, and ready to assist the aged 84. literary undertakings of others. At Southampton, major-general

His writings manifest his candour, Stewart, of the royal artillery. while his strictures display sound 12. In the island of St. Croix, criticism and correct taste.

John Barker Barnes, esq. 6. In Sloane-square, col. Francis 13. At Bush Hill, Edmonton, Robson, F. S. A. late lieutenant. Stephen Briggs, esq. governor of St. Helena, aged 70. Peter Harrison, esq. of Sand

In Sloane-strect, Mrs. Pownail, wich, Kent. widow of the late governor Pownall. The earl of Gosford, governor of

At Chislehurst, in Kent, of a ty- Armagh. phus fever, Andrew Stonc, esq. in Colonel W. R. Hepburn, of

Rickerton, Kincardineshire. William Newdick, esq. of Ches. Lady Hesketh, relict of sir Tho. hunt.

mas Hesketh, bart. 7. Peggen Ilale, esq., banker, Peter Harrison, esq. of Sandwich, Bond-street.

Kent, Dowager. lady Head, relict of sir 14. Mayow Wynell Mayow, esq. Edmund Head, bart.

solicitor of excise. 8. Jane the wife of Clement 15. Suddenly, at his house at Ri. Wrintersley, esq.

vicc-lieutenant viere, while reading prayers to his for the county of Leicester. She family, John Edwards, esq. aged was eldest daughter of sir Thomas 70. Parkins, of Burney in the county of 16. Captain John Larmour, Nottingham, and sister to the late R. N. lord Radcliffe.

James Preston, esq. of Houns. Mr. Samuel Chiffney, many years low, aged 78. a well known jockey on the turf, The rev. Baptist Proby, dean of and author of a work called “ Ge. Lichfield, and upwards of 55 years nius Genuine."

rector of Doddington, in the Isle

of

his 20th year.

of Ely, which is said to be the At Yarmouth, the lady of ad. most valuable rectory in the king- miral Edgar. dom.

27. In Charles-square, Hoxton, Mr. Julius Leuchte, · leader of Mrs. Lush, the wife of Charles the band of the gentlemen's concert Lush, esq. an eminent attorney, at Manchester.

one of the clerks of the court of 17. At Tobago, James Pigott, requests for the Tower Hamlets, esq. attorney-general of that island, and deputy lieutenant for the Tower and brother of sir Arthur Pigott. Royalty.

Francis Goold, esq. one of the lo Lansdowo-place, Thomas San proprietors and manager of the ville, jun. esq. King's Theatre.

In his 59th year, Mr. Robert In Lincoln's_inn, Wentworth Cooper, master of the Ship tavern, Brinley, esq.

Woolwich. At Leicester, aged 85, Mr. al- 28. At Nestor, in Bedfordshire, derman Price.

suddenly, Thomas Bond, esy. 18. At Edinburgh, lieut. col. 29. Suddenly, in his bed, at Monypenny, of the 73d regiment. Shepperton, Fletcher Read, esq.

20. Aged 89, the rev. J. Carless, in his 40th year, well known for vicar of Stratford, Herefordshire, his patronage of the professors of &c.

the pugilistic art. 21. At his house, London Style, James Law, esq. aged. 60, for. near Kew bridge, Luke Wetten, merly a major in the East-India esq. in his 68ih year.

Company's service. At Lewisham Hill, aged 54, the 30. At Bath, the wife of Wynd. rev. John Thornhill, rector of Hor. ham Knatchbull, esq. of Russel. ton, Gloucestershire.

place. Thomas Strettell, esq.

Mr. Alexander Crawford, many 22. Aged near 84, the rev. James years of the London Assurance Wilmot, D.D. 27 years rector of office. Barton on the Heath, Warwick. Aged 74, the rev. J. M. Bingham,

rector of Birchanger and of Run. Mr. William Cooper, formerly a well, in Essex. bookseller on the Market Hill, 31. At East Hill, Wandsworth, Cambridge.

William Walker, esą. At Southampton, in his 67th At Oxford, aged 68, sir John year, Arthur Hammond, esq. a Treacher, knight. magistrate, and late one of the sur. Aged 75, Mr. Thomas Millis, veyors-general of the customs in

many years beadle of the Stationerse London,

company. At Saxe-Weimar, Charles Gore, Lately, near Wooler, Northum. esq. maternal grandfather of earl berland, aged 87, sir P. C. Ewins, Cowper.

bart. who formerly married signora 25. At Bath, Mrs. Smith, mo. Centuci, a Neapolitan lady, by ther of Mrs. Fitzherbert.

whom he had issue an only son, Aged 68, the reverend Humphrey born at Eagle-hall, Somerset. This Hyde, vicar of Bourri, in Lincoln. son marrying without his father's shire.

consent, the latter disposed of all

shire.

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