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Plymouth with grand military honours.

At Madrid, aged 80, the duke de Crillon Mahon, captain-general of the Spanish armies. It is cal-culated that he had been in 68 different engagements. He commanded the Spanish armies with the greatest fuccefs in the war of 1780, against the English, and in that war took the island of Minorca from them. After having ferved long in France, his native country, at the conclufion of the feven years war he paffed, with the approbation of the French government, into the fervice of Spain, where he acquired the first military rank. Not having taken any part in the last war of the Spaniards against the French, he had a very active fhare in the conclufion of the peace which terminated it. The title of duke of Mahon, deftined to perpetuate the remembrance of his victories, has paffed to the youngest of his fons by a third marriage. The two eldeft fons of the duke de Crillon were both members of the conftituent affembly of France.

At Donauschiz, in his 39th year, the reigning prince of Furftenberg.

11. At Madrid, much lamented, the right hon. countess of Traquaire, daughter of the late George Ravenfcroft, efq. of Spalding, co.

Lincoln.

16. At his houfe in Grofvenorfquare, after a long and painful illnefs, fincerely regretted by all his friends, and particularly by thofe of the profeffion he belonged to, for which he had always stood forward a zealous advocate and fincere friend, field-mar fhal the rt. hon. fir George Howard, k. b. one of his majesty's most honorable privy

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council, colonel of the first or king's regiment of dragoon-guards, governor of Jersey, and M. P. for Stamford.

16. In Upper Brook-ftreet, in his 69th year, the right hon. William Gerrard Hamilton, formerly fecretary in Ireland. By his death there lapfes an Irish pension of 2000l. a year; and the bulk of his fortune goes to William Hamilton, efq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields. He was ufually denominated fingle fpeech Hamilton.

At his feat at Kentchurch, co. Hereford, in his 68th year, John Scudamore, efq. a few weeks before elected, for the fixth time, to represent the city of Hereford in parliament, by the unanimous voice of the citizens. His death was occafioned by a cold, caught, after hunting in his park, by the too fudden check of perspiration; every effort of the ableft of the faculty to preferve his life was inetfe&tual.

At Paris, the duke de Chatelet. This unfortuate peer, after securing fome part of his property in England, returned to France with the hope of refcuing more; but, before he could attain his object, was difcovered, and arrefted by the deputy on miffion in the department de la Somme. He had, however, taken fuch precautions, that his emigration could not be traced; and might, perhaps, have efcaped, had not a Jacobin, whose brother was cook in an English nobleman's family, produced a letter, which stated the duke's having dined with lord

on a particu

lar day, and even the other company who were prefent, and the converfation which paffed at table. Monf. de Chatelet, furprized, un

prepared

prepared for fuch evidence, and unable to refute it, was fent to Paris, and guillotined; and in his fate were involved feveral innocent people, one of them a young English lady, becaufe the happened to be in a house where the duke ilept one night.

Auguft 2. After a long and painful illuefs, in his 77th year, at his feat at Patfhull, co. Staff. General fir Robert Pigot, bart. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldeft fon, lieut. col. George Pigot. 5. At Little Chelfea, lady Gordon, daughter of Thomas Alfop, of Loughborough, gent. and fecond wife of Samuel Philips, of Gerendon-hall, co. Leic. efq. Mr. Philips, who concluded the too fhortlived race of a moft refpectable and worthy family, March 16, 1774, at the age of 65, left his noble manfion at Gerendon, with an income of 7000l. a year, to his widow; who was afterwards married to Sir Will. Gordon, K. B.; but, on the death of this lady, the eftates defcend, agreeably to the will of Mr. Philips, to Thomas March, efq. of More Critchell, co. Dorfet, his maternal coufin, who has just obtained the royal licence to affume the furname and arms of Philips, in addition to those of March.

Wm. Johnson Temple, LL. B. of Trinity-hall, Cambridge, 1766, formerly rector of Mamhead, co. Devon, to which he was prefented by the earl of Lisburne, and exchanged it for St. Gluvias. He published "An Effay on the Clergy, their Studies, Recreations, Doctrines, Influence, &c. 1774," 8vo; and wrote the character of Gray, which has had the honour to he adopted both by Mr. Mason and

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Dr. Johnfon in their accounts of that poet.

After a long illnefs, at the Bell inn, Northfield, being then on his way to Abergavenny, in Wales, Sir Jofeph Brooke, bart. of Seaton, in Yorkshire. His brother, Samuel Brooke, efq. of the city of Dublin, fucceeds to the title and eftate. Sir Richard, the late baronet, died in his 38th year, at Norton priory, in Chefhire, March 11, 1795.

At his houfe in Grofvenor-fquare, Wm. Drake, of Shardcloes, co. Bucks, efq. lord of the borough, and patron of the rectory of Agmondefham, or Amersham, in that county, LL. D. (William Drake appears as member for that borough in 1661.) He married, Feb. y, 1747, Mifs Raworth, of Sambroke-court, Bafinghall-ftreet, with Ico,000l. She died many years fince. They had iffue, 1. Wm. Drake, LL. D. M. P. for Amerfham, who died May 19, 1795. He married, Feb. 17, 1778, the fole daughter and heiress of William Hutley, efq. M. P. for Salisbury, by his wife, daughter and co-heirefs (with the wife of Mr. Alderman Kirkman) of Robert Marsh, efq. fome time governor of the bank. She died in about a year, aged 20, without iffue. He married, 2dly, Aug. 21, 1781, Rachael, fole daughter and heirefs of Jeremiah Ives, efq. alderman of Norwich, with 100,000l. She died in a few years, leaving two daughters. 2. Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt, efq. fucceeded his brother as member in the last parliament for Amerfham, and is now re-chofen. He married Miss Wickham, by whom he has 11 children, and now poffeffes Shardeloes. 3. Rev. John Drake, LL. D. rector of Amerf

ham,

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ham, married Miss Wickham, fifter to the former. 4. Charles Drake Gerrard, efq. chofen with his brother, at the last election, M. P. for Amersham. 5. A daughter, married to the Rev. Mr. Francke, of Suffolk. 6. A daughter, unmarried, Sept. 1. At Brighthelmftone, in the 68th year of his age, the Right Hon. David Murray, earl of Mansfield, prefident of the council, juftice-general of Scotland, keeper of Scone, chancellor of Marefchalcollege, Aberdeen, joint clerk of the court of king's bench, LL. D. and K. T. and formerly a member of the univerfity of Oxford. His lordship was the only fon of lord vifcount Stormont (elder brother 10 that diftinguished character the firft earl of Mansfield), and bore that title till his late uncle's death, when he fucceeded to his fortune and the earldom. He had refigned the office of lord juftice general of Scotland, on being appointed lord prefident of the council. His eftates in Scotland do not exceed 6ocol. a year; but the property he inherited from the great earl, and the accumulations arifing from rigid œconomy in his own expences, are immenfe. A green ribband becomes vacant by his death; who was, except the duke of Queensberry, the oldeft knight of the most antient order of the thifile. He was educated at Weftminster school, and from the college there was elected, in 1744, ftudent of Chrift Church, Oxford. His proficiency in claffical knowledge at both those feminaries of learning, and his diftinguished reputation as a fcholar, are well known to his contemporaries. Many of his Latin compofitions fill remain, and prove his tafte and VOL. XXXVIII.

He

maftery in that language. continued through life, notwithftanding his conttant employment in bufinefs, to cultivate at his leifure hours the learned languages, and with fuch diligence, that it is thought he has left few better, or more critical, Greek fcholars behind him. Upon the death of his father, in 1748, which happened not very long after he had finished his ftudies at Oxford, he travelled abroad for.feveral years; and, foon after his return, was elected one of the fixteen peers for Scotland. In 1756, he was appointed envoy to the court of Drefden, and remained at that court during its refidence at Wariaw, and till he was named one of the three ambassadors for the intended congrefs of Augfbourg. He returned to England in 1762, and the next year was appointed ambaffador to the court of Vienna, where he continued till 1772. In 1772, he was appointed ambaffador to the court of France, where he continued till the war. In 1779, his majetty was graciously pleated to name him fecretary of ftate for the Northern department. He held the feals till the change of adminiftration in 1782; and in 1783 returned into office, with a part of the adminiftration he had acted with before, as prefident of the council. He quitted, with his friends, at the end of the fame year, and again returned with them into power in 1784, in his former fituation of prefident of the council.

His remains were brought in funeral state, and, on the 9th, according to his own exprefs defire, privately interred in the fame vault with his uncle and aunt, the late earl and countefs of Mansfield, in F

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the north aifle of Weftminfter-
abbey. Ilis heart is carried to
Kumlington, the family feat of
his lordship, in the county of Dum
fries. On the arrival of the caval-
cade at the church, two of the
bearers having got the coffin on
their fhoulders, the horfes of the
hearfe took fright by the preffure
of the multitude; by which means,
the other men not being prepared,
the weight became too preponde-
rant for those in front, and the
coffin fell with great violence on
the ground; the foot part of which
bilged, part fell out with a number
of the nails and embellishments,
and the concution was fo great
that the leaded receptacle was much
thattered, and a quantity of water
iffued from it.-His lordfhip was
twice married; first to a Saxon
lady, Henrietta, counters of Bunan,
at Warlaw, in 1759, by whom
there is now no iffue living but lady
Elizabeth, married to Geo. Finch
Hatton, efq. in 1785; fecondly,
to Louita, third daughter to the late,
ford Cathcart, in 1776, by whom
he has left four fons and a daugh-

ter.

fle is fucceeded in his honours and eftates by his eldest fon, David-William, born March 7, 1777, the pretent earl, who but lately let out on his travels, and is now at the univerfity of Leiptic.

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17. Mr. J. W. Dodd, of DruryJane theatre, an excellent actor. He began his theatrical career in the North of England, afterwards was the principal performer on the Norwich ftage, and on 3d October, 1765, appeared the first time at Drury-lane, in the character of Faddle, in The Foundling. Since that period he had uniformly been engaged at the fame theatre.

21. At Bath, Sir John Danvers,

of Swithland, in the county of Leicester, bart. He has bequeathed his immenfe landed estates and perfonal property to his only child, the Hon. Mrs. Butler, wife of the Hon. Auguftus Butler (fecond fon of the countefs of Lanesborough) who has taken the name of Danvers. Sir John's real eftates in Leicefterfhire and other counties, amount in old rents to near 10,000l. per ann. in which the property of timber is immenfe: the perfonal eftate confits of near 200,cool. in funded money, cath. and bank bills. By a former will, the family of the male branch of the Danvers were made fole heirs; but this was lately revoked foon after the birth of his daughter's fon.

22. At Fareham, the Right Hon. James Lord Cranston. His Lord

thip was lately appointed governor of Grenada, and was preparing to take his departure for his government.

Rev. and right hon. John, earl of Glencairn.

27. At Edinburgh, in his 76th year, Mr. John Medina, liminer, grandfon to fir John Medina, an eminent hiftorical and portrait painter of Scotland, in the laft and beginning of this century. His peculiar talent was the refcuing from decay and ruin fome of the beft collections of pictures in Scotland; a recent inftance of which was afforded in the collection of kings in the palace of Holyrood-houfe, the renovation of which will long appear a monument of his merit, if it be meritcrious to reftore fictitious likenesses.

Oct. 6. After a long and fevere illness, lady Dafhw od, the lady of: fir Henry Dathwood, bart. of Kirtlington park, co. Oxford, lady of

the

the bed-chamber to the princeffes, and governess of the royal nursery, Carlton-house. She was the eldeft daughter of the late Mr. Graham, formerly a member of the council in Bengal, and niece to the late lord Newhaven; and married at Gatton-park, July 17, 1780, Sir Henry Dash wood, by whom the had feveral children, of whom the eldeft was appointed a page at

court.

10. Juliana Maria, dowager queen of Denmark.

14. In a very advanced age, fir John Hopkins, knt. alderman of the ward of Cattle-Baynard. Having formerly been in the common council, he was the father of the corporation. He was elected alderman in 1782; fheriff in 1784; lord mayor in 1792.

20. At Edinburgh, John, 5th lord Ballenden, heritable uther of the court of Exchequer in Scotland. He was prefumptive heir to the dukedom of Roxburgh, and the extenfive poffeffions belonging to his grace the prefent duke, who has no iffue. Lord Ballenden married a mulatto woman, Mrs. Sarah Cuming, from Montego-bay, Ja. maica; but by her, who died about a twelvemonth ago, had no children.

31. Archibald earl of Egling

toun.

Nov. 7. At Goodwood, Suffex, Mary, dutchefs of Richmond; a woman whom neither titles could dazzle nor pains deprefs; who bore her honours fo modeftly upon her, that, while her dignity enforced refpect, her gentlenefs infpired love. She was only daughter of Charles Bruce, 3d earl of Aylesbury, by his wife Caroline, daughter of gen. John Campbell,

afterwards duke of Argyll. She was married 1747, but had no iffue. She was interred in the family vault in the cathedral at Chichefter.

16. At Caftle ditch, co. Hereford, at the feat of his brother, lord Sommers, Thomas Sommers Cocks, efq. of Downing-ftreet. He was 9th fon of John Cocks, efq. of Caftle-ditch, born 1737, partner with his brother James in a capital banking-houfe at Charingcrofs, with Biddulph and Co. and married, 1768, Anne, daughter of Alexander Thistlethwayte, efq. of Southwich, Hants, by whom he had iffue.

19. Mrs. North, lady of the bifhop of Winchester.

The most noble Thos. Thynne, marquis of Bath, knight of the garter, groom of the ftole to his majefty. He was born Sept. 24, 1734, and married in 1759, to the lady Elizabeth Cavendish Bentinck, úfter to the duke of Portland.

21. Sir William Dick, bart.
Sir Edmund Head, bart.

Dec. 12. After a tedious indifpofition, heightened by fevere domeftic afflictions, which terminated in the dropfy in the cheft, the right rev. Dr. William Buller, lord bishop of Exeter. Befides the gallant col. Buller, who was flain on the continent, he loft two fons by confumption. He was of Oriel college, Oxford, where he proceeded A. M. 1759; thence removed, to Chrift-church, where he took the degrees of B. and D. D. 1781'; was appointed dean of Exeter, and, on the promotion of Dr. Horne, dean of Canterbury, in which he was inftalled June 22, 1790. On the death of Dr. John Rofs, 1793,

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