The late Sir Jas. Clerk, who died Feb. 6, 1783, fucceeded his father Sir John, one of the barons of the exchequer of Scotland. Sir James having no children by his lady, the title and eftate devolved to his younger brother, Sir Geo. C. one of the commiffioners of cufioms at Edinburgh, who died very lately, having enjoyed them but a fhort time. His death is an irreparable lose to that country, he being a perfon of great integrity and worth, an univerfal promoter of every article of manufacture, agriculture, mechanics, &c. and of every contrivance for the good of the kingdom. He was an eminent draughtsman, as well as his brother John C. efq; of Elding, and has etched a variety of views in Scotland, in a ftyle approaching to Hollar's. Sir George has left iffue Sir John, and we believe (if living) another fon abroad. Sir John has no children; but his uncle John has several. Mr. Edwards, bookseller, of Leeds, is not dead, as mentioned in our laft, p. 238.-We fhall use more caution in inserting articles from country news-papers, where they are not unfrequently inferted to ferve a particular purpofe, without regard to truth. Mr. Keymer (fee pp. 238, 239) was fteward of the marshalfea court, and freward and one of the judges of the palace court of Weftminfter, The former is in the gift of the lord fteward of the household, the latter of the king, but it has been the practice to give the latter to the perfon named by the lord fteward to the former. Mr. Angell of Stockwell (fee p. 239) was a moft fingular man. In poffeffion of a very large fortune, he lived in the most fordid manner. By his will he has left a confiderable fum to erect a building at Stockwell for the habitation of a certain number of decayed gentlemen who can prove a certain number of defcents, and who are to receive a liberal al lowance; the remainder of his fortune to Browne, efq; of Studley, Wilts, his next male heir, in default of lineal male iffe from his great grandfather, Wm. Angell, efq; of Crowhurft. MARRIAGES. ATELY, Hen. Gally, efq; of Lincoln's Llan, to Mifs Fitzherbert. At Birmingham. Mr. Tho. King, aged 78, to Mifs Harriet Willis, aged 24. Mar. Mr. Peter Pouffit, filk-weaver, of Newington, to Mrs. Jordan, relict of Mr. J. of Edmonton, who died May 10, 1781. By mistake this lady was faid, in fome copies of a former Magazine, to be remarried to Mr. Squires of Enfield. 25. Rich. Fydell, efq; of Chepstow, Monmouthfh. to Mifs Mary Reed. 26. At Plympton St. Mary, Devonshire, Mr. John Green, of Hinckley, Leicestersh. hofier, to Mifs Reep, of Ridgeway. 28. Wm. Struthers, efq; of Waltham-Ab bey, to Mrs. Jane Taylor. 29. Gilb. Slater, efq; to Miss Jackson. Scroope Ogilvie, efq; to Mifs Jones. 30. Mr. Geo. Montague Searts, furgeon, to Mifs Palmer. Apr. 2. At Mountcoffer, Scotl. Capt. Hay, to Mifs Eliz. Robinson, 3. Sir John Sheffield, bart. to Mifs Charlotte Sophia Digby. 7. Geo. Spiller, efq; of Lincoln's-Inn, to Mifs Caroline Tinker. By a special licence, Sir Gregory Page Turner, bart. (fee p. 234.) to Mifs Howell, 10. Mr. Holland, of Gray's-Inn, to Mifs Jane Lettis Tuberville. 11. Ofmond Beauvoir, efq; of Downham, Effex, to Mifs Anna Maria Whirledge, of Coleorton, Leicestershire. Benj. Hunter, efq; barrister at law, to Mifs Hafell. 12. Mr. Wm. Mayne, an officer in the E. I. fervice, to Mifs Eliz. Payne, dau. of J. P. efq; 13. Lord Napier, to Mifs Clavering, eldest dau. of Sir Tho. C. bart. 14. Rev. Tho. Joel, to Mifs E. Wallace. N. Kirkman, efq; of Gaddefden, Herts, to Mife Bulkeley. 15. Rev. Mr. Turner, archdeacon and canon of Wells, to Mifs Burnaby, eldest dau. of the late Sir Wm. B. bart. Mr. Rich. Price, of Ratcliff-Highway, to Mifs Cartwright. 17. Cha. Sheldon, efq; to Mrs. Graham. At Eaft-Bourn, Suffex, rev. Morgan Davies, to Mifs Auger. 1 19. Walter Nifbet, efq; to Miss A. Parry. 20. Mr. Wm. Jones, of Bedford-House, to Mifs Potter. at DEATHS. many years recorder of Southwold in Suffolk, and fteward of Norwich. Some months fiace, Gen. Jorden Wren, poffeffed of confiderable property, and, as fuppofed, inteftate. Two perfons farted as relations, and entered separate caveats to prevent adminiftration. Each party hath called on the other to prove their confanguinity. On the evening of the 29th of March, an unknown perfon dropped a letter in the area of a gentleman's houfe in Marlborough-fir. containing the will of the late general, in which many legacies are left to hospitals, &c. One of the above contending parties is named refiduary legatee, and the gentleman at whofe honfe it was delivered, with three other very refpeétable characters, are appointed executors. will is executed by the General, in the prefence of two witneffes, viz. Edward Bayley and Samuel Stead, who, notwithstanding every poffible means hath been used, are not yet difcovered. In the will it is, moreover, his exprefs defire to he buried in the General't, Row, Westminster-Abbey, and he has bequeathed a particular fum for that purpose. Being inter red in Surrey by one of the claimants, before the will appeared on its eftablishment, he mustbe removed to the appointed depofitory. It is remarkable, neither the drawer, copyer, nor The dropper, dropper, or any perfon concerned in the will, have hitherto ftepped forward. It therefore is conjectured (and feemingly with good foundation), that it was entrusted by the General, previous to his death, with fome fince difap pointed perfon. In September laft, at Fort St. George, in the E. Indas, Mijor Donald Mackay, in the E. I. Company's fervice, fon of the late Rob. M. efq; of Man handa. Of a decre, at her father's houfe, much lamented, Mi's Ter pleman, only dau, of the rev. Mr. T. of St. Gues's. Dozierth, a young la y arrested in the bloom of youth, of whofe excellences too much canícar.ely be faid. Το a perion naturally engaging, the added an elegaut fimplicity of manners, a chearful sweetnefs of difpofition, and an ease and affability of deportment to all, that was peculiarly winning and attractive; a mind as exalted as immaculate, replete with every moral and religious virtue, and always difpofed to communicate and diffufe happiness: a heart open, generous, and fincere, tenderly fufceptible to the tear of woe, and happy in the employment of enquiring out the wretched, in courting the offices of kind humanity; and though liberal in adminiftering relief to the deftiture and oppreffed, yet overflowing with refined fentiments of gratitude for the fmallest benefits received. Poffefling fuch an affemblage of amiable qualities, fo happily blended, could not fail of endearing her to all who knew her; but the irreparable lofs of her fociety, to her friends in particular, will be long and fincerely lamented. Of a confumption, aged 27, Mrs. James, wife of the rev. Mr J. head master of Rugby fchool in Warwickshire. At Stockwell, aged 89, rev. Dr. Hoskins. At Difdale, in his 77th year, rev. Wm. Addifon, R of Weft Roundton. At Bath, aged 74, Phil. Lempriere, efq; a native of Gronville, in the island of Jerfey. Jof. Beaumont, efq; of Tanfhelf, Yorkih. At Meaford, Staffordshire, in her 87th year, Mrs. Jervis, relict of the late Swynfen J. efq; At Little Grimsby, Lincolnth. in his 44th year, John Nelthorpe, efq; who was high thetiff for co. Lincoln in the year 1775. At Deal, in Kent, aged 92, Capt. Hudson, many years agent to the E. I. Company. In his 84th year, rev. Cha. Barber, R. of Afhcombe, co. Dorfet, and V. of Coombe and Harnham, Wilts. March. Between 70 and 80, on a vifit to her fon at Clapham, foon after he had got into the house, the wife of Mr. Tim. Bevan, druggift, of Lombard-ftr. and Hackney. His fifter died lately in an advanced age. At Swanfea, co. Glamorgan, Mrs. Sewen. Mar, 18. In Peter ftr. Dublin, Mrs. Byrne, reli&t of the late Geo. B. efq; and fifter of E. Nugent. 24. At Mailemore, near Gloucester, rev. Pitt, rector of Little Barrington. 26. At Redheath, co. Herts, aged 77, Mr. Tho. Webster, father of Edw. W. efq; in the commiffion of the peace for Middle.ex. 27. Marmaduke Gwynne, efq; of The Garth, Brecknockshire. George lord Annaly of the kingdom of Ireland. His lordship was fo created Dec. 27, 1765; and dying without iffue, the title is extinct. 28. By accident, in going into the river to bathe, as was his ufual practice, Peter John Fremeaux, efq; of Kingthorpe, co. Northamp in the 42d year of his age; a gentleman whofe lofs will be feverely felt by the neighbouring poor. If we miftake not, his venerable fa ther, who is ftill living, is a native of Turkey. At Drayton, Middl. the relet of the late rev. Sherlock Willis, rector of Wormley and St. Chriftopher in London, who died Apr. 21, 1783. 29. At Rochefter, aged 82, rev. Walter Frank, M.A. one of the minor canons of that cathedral, and 27 years minifter of Chatham. In London, aged 63, rev. R. B. Grant, prefident of the Scotch College at Douay, and brother to the Abbe Grant at Rome. In New Bafinghall-itr. Cha. Steer, efq; fen, late of Edmonton. At Oxford, Mr. John Watson, mayer of that corporation. Rev. Tho. Hurdis, D. D. canon of Windfor, and refidentiary of Chichester. He was 40 years private fecretary and domeftic chaplain to the late D. of Newcastle. At Boroughbridge, Yorksh Andr. Wilkins fon, efq; who ferved for the borough of Aldborough in feveral fucceffive parliaments, and was many years principal ftorekeeper of the ordnance. 30. Lady of the rev. Sir Geo. Booth, bart. 31. At Enfield, in his 60th year, Mr. Tho. Pyke. Mr. Jas Bates, of Covent Garden theatre. Mrs. Marfh, aged 63, wife of Geo. M, efq; one of the commiffioners of the navy. In her 23d year, Mrs. Mackay, wife of Hugh M. efq; of the Grove-House, Hendon, Middlefex. She was the only daughter of Dr. John Smyth, rector of St. Giles't, and a near relation to Lord Camden. April. At Godalming, aged 84, Mrs. Efther Page, widow. Apr. 1. At Salisbury, Sir Alex. Powell, knt. many years dep. recorder of that city, and recorder of Blandford. At Selbourn, Hants, rev. Andr. Etty, B. D. rector of that place, and of Whitchurch, co.. Oxon; the tenour of whofe life was truly characteristic of the facred principles he profeffed, and which he exercised with a spirit of benevolence that rendered him the friend and father of his parishioners. 2. Cadwallader Davis, lord Blayney of the kingdom of Ireland. He was the tenth lord who had enjoyed that title, which, by his lordship's dying a minor, is now extinét. In the Strand, Mr. Jas. Campbell, ftationer to her Majefty. At Berwick, aged 86, rt. hon. Lady Anne Purves, fifter to the E, of Marchmont. 3. At Obituary of confiderable Perfons; with Biographical Anecdotes. 317 At Bishopsbourn in Kent, aged 29, Mrs. Jas. Poole, efq; of Blakelow, co. Chefter. 4. Mrs Wilkes, wife of John W. efq; At Lambeth, Wm. Riddle, efq; Suddenly, at Cuper's-bridge, W. Biddle, efq; In Ruffel ft. Covent-garden, aged 71, Mr. Tho. Grignion, watchmaker. At Framlingham, Suff. as he was undreffing to go to bed, having fpent a chearful evening with a friend, rev. Mr. Fowler, R. of Eafton and Dallinghoe, in Suffolk, and mafter of the grammar-school at Framlingham. 5. A his houfe in Hatton ftreet, of a mortification in his leg, Edm. Davall, efq; ftorekeeper of the navy flop-office in Crutchedfriars. At Stoke Hall, co. Derby, rev. Jn. Simpfon. 6. At Rouen in Normandy, Jn Hanbury, efq; reprefentative in the three last parliaments for co. Monmouth, and lately elected a fourth time for the faid county. 7. At Cambridge, aged 81, Mrs. Mary Fowle, youngest and last surviving dau. of Mr. Alderman F. woollen-draper in that town. Being in her younger years long a celebrated toatt, he was diftinguished in the univerfity by the name of Immortal Molly: which occafioned the following epigram by the rev. Hans De Veil (fon to Sir Tho. De V.) above forty years ago: "Is Molly Fowle immortal?" No: "Yes but the is. I'll prove her fo. "She's fifteen now, and was, I know, "Fifteen full fifteen years ago." At Edwinsford, the feat of Banks Hodgkinfon, efq; (where he was on a vifit) the rev. Leyfon Lewis, V. of Cayo, in Caermarthensh. in Bury-co. St. Mary-Axe, Nath. Spry, efq; attorney at law. 8. At Badlefmere in Kent, the rev. Wm. Gurney, M.A. rector of that parish and Leveland united, and of Luddenham. 9. Philip De Gruchy, efq; merchant, of College-Hill, after a long and fevere illness; univerfally beloved, refpected, and esteemed. At Northaw, Herts, aged 75, J. Pope, efq; 10. At Caen-Wood, aged 76, right hon. the Countess of Mansfield, fifter to the late E. of Winchelsea. Rev. Mr. Bell, V. of Clare, Suffolk. 11. At Herne, in Kent, Mr. Edw. George, yeoman, in his 93d year, being born in July 1691. He retained his faculties to the laft. 12. In Rathbone-place, Tho. Grice, efq; In Gr. Prefcot-ftr. Jas. Young, efq; 13. At Tawftock-Houfe, co. Devon (the in his 70th year. feat of his ancestors), Sir Bourchier Wrey, bt. Affectionate and tender to dependants, polite, courteous, and affable to his family, juft and kind to his tenants and died univerfally lamented. He is fucceeded in all mankind; he lived defervedly esteemed, and chier W. bart, a lieutenant in the Inniskillen title and estate by his eldeft fon, now Sir Bourdragoons. At Skipwith, Banaftre Walton, efq; 14. At Duncrub, Perthfh. right hon. James Lord Rollo. He fucceeded his father John, Mar. 26, 1783. He married Dec. 4, 1765, Mary, the eldest dau. of John Ayton, efq; of John, his fucceffor to the title, born in 1767, Inchdarnre in Fife, by whom he has left iffue, Roger, James, Ifabella, Jane. Mary, E izabeth-Cecilia, Margaret, and Barbara. At Prior's Marfhton, Warwickshire, Tho. Baseley, efq; in the commiffion of the peace for that county. 15. At Alfred-Houfe, Bath, the rev. Tho. Wilfon, D. D. many years fenior prebendary there, and rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, of Westminster, and minifter of St. Margaret's 46 years, in which laft he fucceeded Dr. Watcellor Hardwicke: it is now in the gift of the fon, on the presentation of the late Lord Chanhe efpoufed was no lefs confpicuous in his opGrocers Company. His tenacity in the caule pofition to the building of the intended fquare of the celebrated female historian, to whom, in Westminster, than in his warm patronage while living, he erected a statue in his church, rity of the fpiritual court; and he continued which was boarded up till her death by authohis friendship and attachment to her till the forfeited it by entering into a matrimonial enever, that by deed of gift in his life-time he gagement against his confent. It is faid, how'made over to her his houfe at Bath, with its furniture, library, &c. worth near 1500l. It is alfo reported, that he has by will bequeathed 20,000!. to John Wilkes, efq; and 500l. to thefe reports we do not vouch. He was only his clerk, Mr. Lind, at Walbrook. But for furviving fon of Dr. T. W. that pious and learned primitive B fhop of Sodor and Man, and was educated at Chrift Church, Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. Dec. 16, 1727, and accumulated thofe of B. and D.D. May 10, 1739, when he went out gland compounder. He published "The Ornaments of Churches confideret; with a particular view to the late decoration of the parish church of St. Margaret, Weltmisfer. To which is fub joined an Appendix, containing the hiftory of the faid church, an account of the altar-piece and ftained glass window erected over it, a state of the profecution it has occafioned, and other papers, 1761," 4to. To the 2d edition was prefixed, a view of the infide of this church, with the late Speaker Onflow in his feat. This pamphlet has been afcribed to a fon of Dr. Shebbeare, under Dr. W's infpection *. Another pamphlet afcribed to Dr. W. was, A Review of the Project for building a new Square at Westminster, faid to be for the Ufe of Westminster School. By a Sufferer. Part I. 1757." 8vot. The injury here complained of was the fuppofed under-valuation of the Doctor's prebendal-houfe, which was to have made way for the project here alluded to. He was also author of a pamphlet, intituled, "Diftilled Liquors the Bane of the Nation;" which recommended him to Sir Jof. Jekyll, then master of the rolls, who interested himfelf in procuring him the living of Walbrook. At Bonn, his S. H. the Elector of Cologne, aged 76. In Brunfwic-row, Queen fqu. Bloomsbury, of a deep decline, Mr. Edward Noble, many years journeyman to Mr. T. Payne at the Mews-gate; in which place he fucceeded his father, who lived with Mr. P. in Round-court, and afterwards with Mr. T. Oborne in Gray'sinn, and died in the fervice of his firft mafter. His grandfather was one of the French prophets, and his 2d coufia once removed is pro minent ftone-mafon at Lambeth, and clerk of the kitchen to the Abp. of Canterbury. At Eaglescliff, Durham, in his 83d year, Dav. Burton, efq; in the commiffion of the peace for the counties of York and Durham. In Westminster, Sir Jas. Brown, bart. He is fucceeded by his only fon, now Sir Wm. Aug. B. a lieut. in the 67th reg. of foot. 21. In Kenfington Square, Mrs. Waller, a widow lady. 22. Rev. Tho. Mosley, M.A. R. of Stonegrave, Wiggington, Haxby, and Strenfall, co. York, At his houfe in the Crefcent, Bath, hon. Henry Grenville, uncle to Lord Temple. Mr. G. was formerly governor of Barbadoes, where a ftatue was erected to his memory by the inlanders when he left it; after which he was ambaffador to Conftantinople, and fince his return has refided at Bath. He married Mifs Peggy Banks (fee p. 123.), by whom he has left one daughter, who is the lady of Ld Vifc. Mahon. 23. In childbed, the lady of Sam. Eftwick, efq; M. P. for Weftbury. In Peterhouse Coll, Cambr. Andr. Pemberton, efq; commiffary of that university. His death was occafioned by a fall from his horse. 24. At Richmond, Surrey, Mrs. Wollaston, wife of the rev. Geo. W. D. D. rector of St. Mary Aldermary. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. LOYD Kenyon, efq; mafter of prietor of a noted circulating library near Mid- Mar. 27. the rolls, vice Sir Tho. Sewell, dle-row in Holborn. Mr. Noble, the subject of this article, had an early turn to mathematics, particularly perspective and map-making, and wrote and published a Critique on Kirkby's Perfpective, intituled, "Elements of Linear Perspective, 1771," in one vol. 8vo. He also drew a map of the country 20 miles round London, engraved by J. Cary, 1783. He has left a widow and five children to lament the Jofs of an industrious affectionate relation, who was their principal fupport, for which the lat ter muft now depend on their mother's profeffion as a milliner. Suddenly, Mrs. Clark, wife of Jn. C. efq; of Broad-street, merchant. 16. At Richmond, Rich. Curfon, esq; in his 86th year. 17. Near Boroughbridge, Yorkh. aged 80, Mr. Raph Heflop Gen. Phillips, efq; lately elected to reprefent the borough of Carmarthen in parliament. 18. Mr. Bullock, wie of the rev. Rich. B. R. of Dry Drayton, co. Cambr. At Hammersmith, rev. Dr. Weale, V. of St Sepulchre's. A Shipham, near Bath, aged 87, Mr. Geo. D.y. 19. Cilb Bearblock, efq; of St. John's-fqu. 20. Suddenly, Mr. John egeunyre, an e knt. dec. 28. Richard Vifc. Howe, Cha. Brett, efq; Rich. Hopkins, efq; hon. J. Jefferies Pratt, hon. J. Levefon Gower, rt. hon. Henry Bathurft (commonly called Lord Apfley), and hon. Cha. Geu. Perceval, commiffioners for executing the office of high admiral of Great Britain and Ireland. 29. Hon. Rich. Howard, appointed fecretary and comptroller of the Queen's household, vice Geo. Auguftus North, efq; 30. Rich. Pepper Arden, efq; attorney-gemeral, and also chief justice of the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, and juftice of the counties of Chester and Flint. Hon. Jas. Luttrell, mafter surveyor of his Majefty's ordnance. Apr. 2. Rt. hon. Lloyd Kenyon, master of the rolls, fworn of the privy council. 3. Sir Rich. Reynell, bart. a commiffioner for the management of the duties on falt. 7. Arch. Macdonald, efq; folicitor general, 10. Rev. Fallot Herbert Walker Cornewall, M. A. a prebendary of Windfor, vice Dr. Hurdis. 14. H. T. Gott, efq; of Newlands, Bucks, knighted. 16. Lord Vife. Galway, cemptroller of his Majefty's household, fworn of the pr. council. 23. Ld Mulgrave, fworn of the pr. council. 27. Ifaac Heard, efq; Garter King of Arms, vice R. Bigland, efq; dec. Rev. Rev. W. Cleaver, D. D. a prebendary of Peter Grant, Inner Temple, Lond, merchant. R ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. co. Rev. Tho, Hutchinson, B.D. Hollington L. co. Suffex, Rev. Tho. Robinson, Lillington Lovell R. 60. Oxon. 1 Rev. Ja. Tucker, M.A. Luddenham R. co. Kent. Rev. Luke Yarker, M. A. St. Laurence V. York, vice J. Simpfon, refig. Rev. Wm. Dickinson, M. A. Bradford V. eo. York, vice Sykes, dec. Rev. Lens, Clare V. co. Suffolk. Rev. Wm. Nafh, M.A. Holton V. Dorsetsh. DISPENSATIONS. R living of Barkby, with Rothby, co. of EV. H. Woodcock, LL.B. to hold the Leicefter. Rev. Phil. Pulefton, Worthenbury R. co. Flint, with Rhuabon V. co. Denbigh. D CIVIL PROMOTIONS. R. Sibthorp of Oxford, one of Dr. Radcliffe's travelling phyficians, elected profeffor of botany in that university. Mr. Crowe, public orator of the univerfity Rev. - Baldwin, M. A. of Ludlow, elected head mafter of the free grammar school at Bradford, vice Benj. Butler, M.A. dec. B-NK-TS. OHN Orton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, innholder. JOHN Hen. Facey, Aldgate, Lond. linen-draper. Oliver Dawes, Hay Gate, Salop, victualler. dealer in coals. Wm. Morgan, Paul Baker's-co. wine-merch. Patr. Hanbrow, Martin's-lane, Cannon-ftr. Hen. Cook, jun. Waltham Holy Cross, Effex, Tho. Laundry, St. Neot's, Huntingd. grocer. Tho. Rabfon, of Pall-Mall, hatter. Mofes Harris, Brown-End, Herts, paper-maker. Marmaduke Teafdale, Scotland-yard, moneyfcrivener. Ifaac Ivory, Bishopsgate-street Without, hat- Matth. Pagan, Bell's-build. Lond. merchant. of the K. B. prison), merchant. Wm. Jackfon, St. Margaret's, Weftm. builder. Ambr. Moore, Noble-itr. Fofter-la. ftockingtrimmer. John Frafer, New-co. Swithin's-la. merchant. Peter Collins, Iflip, Northamptonsh. merch. Tho. Peter Foxlow, of Manchester, merchant. Edw. Eagleton, of Bishopfgate-fr. tea-dealer, Callingwood Ward, Birmingham, gun-maker. Wm. Ward, Winckleigh, Devon, hopkeeper., Hen. Edwards, of St. Thomas in the Cliffe, near Lewes, Suffex, timber-merchant. Henry Morris, of Hammersmith, filversmith, of High Holborn, warehousemen. John Hudfon, E. Retford, Nott. innholder. Commiffions of Bankruptcy fuperfeded. Bill of Mortality from Mar. 30, to Apr. 20, 1784- 600 7 1194 Memales 6373 Females 594 S 1427 Whereof have died under two years old 415 Peck Loaf 25. 7d. |