Great Seal, conftituting and appointing the following gentlemen Commiffioners of his Majefty's Navy, with a falary of 500l. a year each, payable quarterly, by the Treafurer of the Navy: Sir Hugh Pallifer, Bart. Comptroller; Sir John Williams, Knt. Surveyor; George Marth, Efq; Clerk of the Acts of the Navy, in the room of Edmund Mafon, Efq; deceafed. Timothy Brett, Efq; Comptroller of the Treasurer's Accounts, James Gambier, Efq; Comptroller of Victuallers Accounts; William Bateman, Efquire, Comptroller of Storekeepers Accounts; Frederick Rogers, Efq; Comptroller of Plymouth Yard; Sir Richard Hughes, Bart. Comptroller of Portsmouth Yard; and Charles Proby, Efq; Comptroller of the Yards at Chatham and Sheernefs. Mr. Impey, Chief Juftice, and Meffrs. Chambers, Le-Maitre, and Meffaires, Puifne Judges of the New Court in the East Indies. -John Phipps, Efq; one of the Band of Gentlemen Penfioners, in the room of John Nichol, Efq; refigned. -27. Henry Talbot, Efq; Sir John Gresham, Bart.Oliver Tilfon, Milward Rowe, and John Hillerfdon, Efqrs. to be commiffioners for the receipt and management of the Duties on Salt. To the Right Hon. Thomas Baron Pelham, of Stanmer, in Suffex, the Office of Surveyor-General of the Cuftoms in the Port of London. - John Charles Brooke, Gent. the Office of Rouge Croix Purfuivant at Arms. Lieut. Col, Tho, Clarke, of the Coldstream regiment of footguards, Aid de Camp to his Majefty. Mr. Edward Lloyd, to be Mews-keeper at Charing-crofs, in the room of the late Mr. Montague. Aug. 2. Major General Thomas Erle, to be Col. of the 28th regiment of foot, in the room of Lord Vifc. Townfhend, preferred. Lieut. Col. John Burgoyne, of the 58th regiment of Foot, Lieut. Col. of the 14th regiment of dragoons, in the room of Major General Erle. - 3. William Baillie, Efq; one of the Commiffioners for managing the Duties on Stampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, &c. And John Brettel, Efq; to be Secretary or Chief Clerk to the faid Commiffioners. - 4. The Rt. Hon. Sir William Lynch, a Privy Counsellor. -18. The Earl of Northington, to the Order of the Thistle. Sept. 1. The Right Hon. Sir John Goodricke, Bart. a Privy Counsellor. 4. Sir Hugh Palliffer, Bart. Sir John Williams, Knight, George Marfh, Timothy Brett, William Palmer, and William Bateman, Efqrs, Sir Richard Temple, Bart. Frederick Rogers, James Gambier, and Charles Proby, Efqrs. to be principal Officers and Commiffioners of his Majefty's Navy. Oa. 19 John Strange, Efq; fon of the late Sir John Strange, to be Conful at Venice, in the room of Sir James Wright, Bart. lately come home. Majefty's kingdom of Great-Bri, tain, the faid Mr. Amfinck having received a commiffion for that purpofe from the cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh. 29. Lewis De Vifme, A. M. at prefent his Majefty's Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Bavaria, and Minifter to the Dyet of Ratisbon, to be his Majefty's Envoy-Extraordinary at the court of Sweden, in the room of Sir John Goodricke, who has obtained his Majefty's permiffion to refign. Stone, Efq; deceased. William Scott, LL B. Profeffor of Ancient History in the univerfity of Cambridge, Lord Charles Cavendish, a Trustee of the British Museum, in the room of the late Lord Lyttelton. The Earl of Guilford, 29. Treafurer and Receiver-General to the Queen, in the room of Andrew 18. William Buller, M. A. the place and dignity of a Canonry or Prebend in the collegiate church or free chapel of St. George, in the caftle at Windfor, void by the death of Dr. Robert Hort.-The Rev. Dr. Wollafton, one of the King's chaplains, to be a Prebendary of Peterborough, in the room of Dr. Burroughs.General Keppel, to be Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland. - Col. George Warde, Lieutenant-colonel of the 4th regiment of dragoons, to be Col. of the 14th regiment of dragoons (in Ireland), in the room of Lieutenant General Daniel Webb, deceafed. Sir William Boothby, Bart. Colonel of the 6th regiment of foot.-Major-General William Alexander Sorell, to be Colonel of the 48th regiment of foot. 24. Hugh Elliot, Efq; Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Bavaria, and Minister to the Diet of Ratifbon, in the room of Lewis De Visme, A. M. appointed his Majefty's Envoy-Extraordinary at the court of Sweden. DEATHS, 1773. Jan. 1. Sir Arthur Forbes, of Craigievar, Bart. Hon. Mifs Dorothy Hamilton, fifter to the late Lord Boyne. 3. Mrs. Elizabeth Arbuthnot, Lady Balwillo, in Scotland. 7. Mrs, Clive, mother to Sir George Rodney's lady, in Jamaica. 9. Sir James Gray, Knight of the Bath, He was Ambaffador to the court of Spain in 1769. Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Rochford, at his houfe in Berkley-fquare. Her Ladyship was daughter to Edward Young, Efq; of Durnford, near Sarum, in Wiltfhire, and died without iffue. Lady Bramftone, in Cork-ftreet. 10. Lady Harrison, relict of Sir Thomas Harrifon, late Chamberlain of London. Mademoiselle the Princefs Louifa Albertina of Schleswig-Holftein, Countefs-Dowager of Seeguth Saniflawsky, aged feventy-feven years. 11. The Princefs Carolina Augufta, youngest daughter of Prince Charles of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, at Hanover, in her fecond year. 21. Her Grace the DutchefsDowager of Somerfet, at her feat near Chifwick. She was fifter to the late Earl of Winchel fea Her Grace was widow of Charles Seymour, late Duke of Somerfet, to whom whom he was married on Feb. 4, 1725-6, and had iffue by his Grace, two daughters, viz. Lady Frances Seymour (fometime fince deceased), who married the late Marquis of Granby, and had by him two fons and two daughters; and lady Charlotte Seymour, who married the prefent Earl of Aylesford, by whom he has a numerous iffue. 24. Right Hon. Gabriel Hanger, Lord Coleraine, at his feat near Maidenhead, in Berkshire, member in the laft parliament for Bridgewater, in Somerfetfhire. He was created a peer of Ireland, Dec. 1, 1761, 1 George III. His Lordship ferved in two parliaments for the borough of Maidstone, in Kent, and married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Bond, of Cowbury, in the county of Hereford, Efq; by whom he had iffue three fons, John, William, and George; and one daughter, Anne. At Malta, at a great age, Don Emanuel Pinto, the Grand-Master. 29. At Mofcow, in the 7 3d year of his age, the celebrated Count Soltikow, memorable for giving a total defeat to the King of Pruffia, on the banks of the Oder near Frankfort, in the last war, 30. At Stobball, in Perthshire, in an advanced age, Jane DutchefsDowager of Perth, Lady of James Duke of Perth, eldest son of John, Chancellor of Scotland, who followed the fortunes of James VII. and was created Duke of Perth by that Prince, during his refidence at St.Germain's. She was daughter of George first Duke of Gordon, and great grand aunt to the prefent Duke. Feb. 4. Sir Digby Legard, Bart. of Ganton, in Yorkshire, well known for his improvements in husbandry. Mary Dutchess Dowager of Perth, Lady of Lord John Drummond, alfo a fon to the Chancellor already mentioned. She was daughter of Charles fifth Earl of Traquair, and fifter to the present Earl. Lady Dawes, reli&t of Sir Darcy Dawes. 8. At his houfe in Burlingtonftreet, Sir William Breton, one of the Grooms of the Chamber, and Privy-Purfe Bearer to his Majefty. Hon. Walter Molefworth. 12. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. William Lord Newark.-His Lordship was fon to Sir Alexander Anftruther, and Jean Lefly, Baronefs Newark; and upon her death in 1740, affumed the name of Lefly, and the title of Lord Newark.His Lordship dying without iffue, the title devolves on Alexander Anftruther, Efq; Merchant in Bologne, his only furviving brother. 14. Sir George Gray, Bart. Lieutenant-General, and Colonel of a regiment of foot. The Hon. Sir John Wynne, Bart. He is fucceeded in title and estate by his eldest fon, now Sir Thomas Wynne, Bart. . Lieutenant-General Rufane, Colonel of the 6th regiment of foot. 19. Sir Stephen Anderfon, Bart. 20, At Turin, in the 72d year of his age, his Majefty the King of Sardinia. : 21. At his feat at BramhamPark, in the 77th year of his age, the Right Hon. George Fox-Lane, Lord Bingley, Baron of Bingley, in Yorkshire. His Lordship reprefented the Borough of Hendon, in the 8th, and the city of York in the 10th, 11th, and 12th parlia ments of Great-Britain. On the 12th of July, 1731, he married Harriot, only daughter and heir of [M 4] the the Right Hon. Robert Benfon, late Lord Bingley, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Heneage Lord Guernsey, afterwards Earl of Guernsey, by whom, befides a fortune of 100,000l. in money, he obtained an eftate of 7000l. a year. On the 4th of May, 1762, his Majefty was pleafed to revive the title, by creating him Baron Bingley, with limitation to his heirs male by the faid Harriot his wife. Their only fon, the Hon. Robert Lane, who, July 29, 1761, married Lady Bridget, daughter of the Earl of Northington, dying without iffue, the title is extinct. At Spanish-Town, in Jamaica, on the 11th of December laft, as univerfally lamented at his death, as he was beloved and honoured in his government while living, his Excellency Sir William Trelawny, Bart. Governor-General of that ifland. This worthy gentleman fet an example to other governors; he died in the efteem of his Sovereign, and almost adored by the people over whom he prefided. For the particular honours paid to his memory, fee the Appendix.. 24. At her houfe at Kingston, Lady Phipps, relict of 'Sir John Phipps, Bart. March 1. Hon. Mr. Bateman, uncle to Lord Bateman. 3. At Vienna, of a broken heart, from the miferies of his country, the brave Prince Poniatowski, brother to the King of Poland, and a general in the Auftrian fervice, in which he had been greatly diftinguished during the last war. 4. Lady Smythes, relict of Sir Thomas Gorges Smythes. 6. Right Hon. Lady Nithfdale, fuddenly. At Rome, Cardinal Frederic Marcel Lante, Bishop of Porto, and Sub-Dean of the Sacred College, at the age of 78 years. He was raifed to the purple by Benoit XIV. in 1743. His death makes the 14th hat vacant in the Sacred College. At Chickfands, in Bedfordshire, the Lady of Sir George Osborne, Bart. 16. John Charles Jenkins, Efq; in Cleveland-court, only fon and heir of Sir William Jenkins of Northampton. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mifs Mackay, eldeft daughter of the late Lord Reay. 17. Alexander Ferdinand, Prince of La Tour and Taxis, at Ratisbon, his Imperial Majefty's principal commiffary at the diet there. 18. After a long illness, Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Bart. of Howletts, in Kent, and Brymore in the county of Somerset, one of the reprefentatives in the prefent parliament for the port of Dover, whose ancestor, Sir Robert Hales, was created a Baronet at the Reftoration; dying without iffue male, the title defcends to his only furviving brother, Philip, one of the grooms of his Majesty's bed-chamchamber. At Caftle-Grant, in Scotland, Sir Ludovick Grant, of Grant, Bart. 24. Sir Charles Smith, Bart. of Hill-Hall, Effex. Leaving only a daughter, he is fucceeded in honour and estate by his only brother, now the Rev. Sir William Smith, Bart. At his palace at Seville, the moft Rev. Francis Anthony de Solis, Cardinal of the Roman church, and Archbishop of that fee, in the 117th year of his age. Hall Hall Hartfon, Efq; author of the Countess of Salisbury, and other ingenious pieces; a young gentleman of fine parts, and who, though very young, had made the tour of Europe three times. At Glafgow, the Hon. Lady Margaret Glasford, wife of John Glasford, Efq; of Dongoulditon, and daughter of the late Earl of Cromartie. At his houfe in Hertford-ftreet, May-Fair, the Right Hon. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chefterfield. He was born Sept. 22, 1695, and fucceeded his father the 27th of Jan. 1725-6; elected Knight of the Garter May 18, 1730; and foon after made Lord Steward of his Majefty's Houfhold, and Ambaffador-Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General, and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 1745. On the 15th of September 1733, he married Lady Melefina, Countess of Walfingham. His title defcends to Mafter Philip Stanhope, a minor, about eighteen years of age, now at Leipfic univerfity. General Sir Charles Hotham, and Beaumont Hotham, Efq; member in parliament for Wigan in Lancashire, are his executors. 29. Mifs Dives, fifter to Lady Masham. 31. At her house at Mellerftain, North-Britain, the Right Hon. Lady Binning, relict of the late Lord Binning. April 2. At Brunswick, the Princefs Amelia Louifa Charlotte Dorothea, grand-daughter of his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunfwick. At Colchester, Sir Richard Baçon, premier Baronet of England. Lately, Mr. Devereux Bowley, one of the people called Quakers, who has left by will 6000l. to the London-Hofpital, 6000l. to the Quakers charity-fchool, at Clerkenwell, 3000l. to St. Luke's-Hofpital, 1000l. to St. Thomas's, and 500l. to each of the Quakers meetings in London, befides many small legacies. The Rev. Mr. Abdy, Rector of Cooperfale, Archdeacon of Effex, and brother to Sir Anthony Tho. Abdy, Bart. 4. At her father's houfe at Knightsbridge, Mifs Hothwell, only daughter of Sir William Hothwell, late one of the secretaries in the American department. 5. At Newton, in Hampshire, Mrs. Darby, Lady of Capt. Darby, of the Royal Navy, and daughter of the late Sir William St.Quintin, Bart. 7. Thomas Drummond, Efq, fecond fon of his Grace the Archbishop of York, in Dartmouthftreet, Weftminster, 10. Lady Hare, relict of Sir Thomas Hare, Bart. of Stow-Hall, Norfolk. 11. The Right Hon. Sir Francis Scott, Lord Napier, at Lewes in Suffex. The title defcends to the Hon. William Napier, Major of the Royal North British dragoons. 12. At Walthamstow, Lady Jane Hewitt, whofe fortune comes to her nephew, a captain in the Eaft-India fervice. 15. At Bath, Sir Thomas Whitmore, Knight of the Bath. 18. Of a paralytic diforder, at Bruton-Abbey, in Somersetshire, the Right Hon. John Berkeley, Lord Berkeley of Stratton, and one of his Majefty's Moft Honourable PrivyCouncil. As his Lordfhip died without iffue, the title is extinct. Lately, the Right Hon. Marga ret |