honour of knighthood.

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DEATH S, 1793.

Jan. 15. At Munich, in Bavaria, Hugh lord Clifford, of Chudleigh; born in 1756; and married, in 1780, to Apollonia, daughter of the late lord Langdale. The barony and estates descend to his lordship's brother, Charles. He had been, for the latter years of his life, a sufferer by many disorders, chiefly the gout. His long residence abroad, and the adherence of the family to the Catholic persuasion, by which they are kept from parliament, have prevented their being much known; but their estates are very ample..

19th. At Florence, Thomas Pitt, lord Camelford, baron Boconnock, in the county of Cornwall, born March 3, 1737; married July 19, 1774, Anne, daughter and coheiress of Pinkney Wilkinson, esq. of Burnham, in the county of Norfolk.

At Lincoln, in his sixty-eighth year, the rev. John Gordon, D. D. F. S. A. precentor and archdeacon of Lincoln, and rector of Henstead, in Suffolk. He was of Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he took the degrees of A. B. 1748, and A. M. 1752, and afterwards D. D.

At Millecent, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, Mrs. Griffith, relict of the late Richard Griffith, esq. Mrs. Griffith was the author of several dramatic pieces, and some successful novels; and joint author with her husband of the "Letters of Henry and Frances." She also wrote "The Morality of Shakespeare," and translated some works from the French. In the early part of her life, we are informed, she attempted the stage in Ireland, and in the year 1753, at CoventGarden, where, on the 10th of December, 1753, she performed Clarinda in the Suspicious Husband, and in a new tragedy called Philoclea.

March 3d. At Luxemburgh, in his fifty-eighth year, the reigning prince of Anhalt Zerbst, brother to the empress of Russia, and a general in the Austrian service. Having left no children, the branch of Zerbst finishes with him, and his estates and feudal posses ssions pass to the other branches of the house

of Anhalt.

18th. At his house in Winchester, Thomas Woods Knollis earl of Banbury, Viscount Wallingford, Baron Knollis of Greys. His lordship's titles thus originated:-In the first year of king James the first, his ancestor William (son to sir Francis Knollis, K. G. and treasurer to queen Elizabeth) was created

baron

baron Knollis; the 14th of the same month he was advanced to the title of viscount Wallingford; and in the first of Charles I. was created earl of Banbury. By the death of this nobleman, his titles and estates devolve on his only son, William viscount Wallingford, a lieutenant in the third regiment of foot guards.-The earls of Banbury have always stood in the predicament of having a patent for the title, but of being without the writ, which would enable them to sit in parliament, or to be considered as peers. Thus, in commissions of the peace, and in other formal proceedings, they have been called earls, yet were liable to be sued, in the ordinary forms, as commoners. The late earl was a most respectable magistrate and country gentleman; but his estates were too small to permit a town residence, or to give him the usual state of a nobleman.

April 3d. At his lordship's house in Downing-street, after an illness of four days, the right hon. Abigail lady Sheffield. She was the daughter of Lewis Way, esq. and sister to Benjamin Way, esq. governor of the South Sea company; and was married to his lordship in 1785.

25th. In Hill-street, Berkeleysquare, lady C. Herbert, wife of lord Herbert and daughter of the late well-known Topham Beauclerk, esq. and lady Diana, sister of the duke of Marlborough. Her marriage with lord Herbert, son of the earl of Pembroke, took place in 1789; and her early death is imputed to the shock which her constitution received in her first pregnancy.

At her house in Manchester, lady Asheton, relict of sir Ralph Asheton,

bart. of Middleton, in Lancashire, and mother of lady Grey de Wilton, and of lady Suffield.

26. At Plymouth, in the seventy-second year of his age, after having been many years subject to severe and repeated attacks of the gout, which he bore with the greatest fortitude, John Mudge, M. D. F. R. S

At his house in Bow-street, Covent-garden, sir Sampson Wright, knt. the distinguished magistrate of the public office in that street.

May. At his house, in Stratford-place, John Chetwyn Talbot Chetwynd, earl Talbot, viscount Ingestrie, in Staffordshire, and baron of Hensol, in Glamorganshire. He succeeded his uncle, William earl Talbot, in the barony; and married, May 7, 1776, Charlotte, daughter of Wills Hill, marquis of Downshire, in Ireland, by whom he had two sons, Charles, born April 25, 1777, and John, born April 24, 1779.

June. At Stephen's-green, Dublin, the right hon. Henry lord baron Annaly, of Tenelick. He was created a baron in 1789.

In St. James's-square, Bristol, about three weeks previous to her expected delivery, Mrs. Taylor. While Miss Scott, she published two poems, "The Female Advocate," and the "Messiah."

At his seat in Ireland, in his seventy-third year, the earl of Moira. His lordship, by birth a baronet, was created Lord Rawdon in 1750, and earl of Moira in 1761. His children and family connexions are very numerous. His first wife was the sister of the first earl of Egmont, by whom he had two daughters, the present viscountess Mountcashel and lady Catharine

Henry.

Henry. His second lady, the daughter of lord Hillsborough, died without issue. By his third lady, the daughter of the earl of Huntingdon, his lordship had Anne, the present countess of Aylesbury; Francis, created lord Rawdon in 1783; John, a major in the army; Selina, countess of Granard; and one otherson and daughter; besides four sons and one daughter, who died young. He is succeeded in all his titles and estates by lord Rawdon; already possessed of the late earl of Huntingdon's estates, except as far as a life-interest in them is held by his mother the countess. The late earl had no English titles, so that the present nobleman will still sit in the house of peers as lord' Rawdon; but his mother has, in her own right, the baronies of Hungerford, Newmarch, Botreaux, Molins, and Moel, to which his lordship is heir.

July 1st. At his house in St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, James Veitch lord Elliock, one of the senators of the college of justice, and many years a lord justiciary. He was born Sept. 25, 1712; entered advocate Feb. 11, 1733, and afterwards became his majesty's solicitor, and M. P. for Dumfrieshire. March 6, 1761, he was admitted one of the lords of session.

2d. At Foley-house, Chandosstreet, Cavendish-square, Thomas Foley, baron Foley of Kidderminster, in Worcestershire. He was born July 7, 1742; married, March 20, 1776, Harriet, fourth daughter of the late earl of Harrington, by whom he had issue Georgina, WilliamThomas, Charles and Thomas; and is succeded by his eldest son, William-Thomas, now in his sixteenth year.

At Leeds-castle, in Kent, in his eighty-seventh year, Robert lord Fairfax, of Cameron, in Scotland. He was the youngest son of Thomas the fifth lord Fairfax, whose great uncle was the memorable general sir Thomas Fairfax, who conducted the parliament army, in the time of Oliver Cromwell, against Charles the first, and who, with general Monk, assisted in restoring his son, Charles the second to the throne.

16th. At Nutthall-temple, near Nottingham, the hon. Mrs. Sedley, daughter of the late convivial and popular sir Charles Sedley and the heiress of the greater part of his estates. Her husband, the hon. Mr. Vernon, took the name of Sedley, in compliment to sir Charles.

At his house on Stephen's-green, Dublin, Edmund Butler viscount Mountgarret and baron of Kells, and brother to the hon. Simon Butler at present confined in Dublin Newgate for a libel on the Irish house of lords. He was born July 27, 1745; succeeded his father in 1779; married, 1768, lady Hennette Butler, youngest daughter of the eighth earl of Carrick, by whom he had four sons and one daughter. He is succeeded in title and estates by his eldest son, Edmund, born 1771, lately married to the daughter of the archhishop of Dublin. His lordship was only three days ill. He sat down to dinner in apparently perfect health; and, after eating strawberries, and drinking cyder, he complained of sickness, which increased so rapidly as to baffle the skill of the best physicians.

19th. At Annandale-house, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, after a long illness, Elizabeth countess of Hopetoun, daughter of George sixth earl of Northesk. She was

married

married to James third and present earl of Hopetoun, August 16, 1766, and had issue six daughters, of whom four survive.

Sept. At his seat at Blickling, in the county of Norfolk, the right hon. John Hobart, earl of Buckinghamshire, baron Hobart of Blickling, and baronet, lord lieutenant of the county of Norfolk (to which he was appointed on the death of the late earl of Oxford). His lordship was born August 17, 1723.

Oct. At Naples, where she had lately resided with lord and lady Cholmondeley, the most noble Mary, duchess dowager of Ancaster. She had been indisposed for some years. Her grace was the daughter of Thomas Panton, esq. and was married to the third duke of Ancaster in 1750. Her only surviving children are, the baroness Willoughby d'Eresby, lady of sir Peter Burrel, and the countess of Cholmondeley. By her death, the appointment of mistress of the robes to the queen, of which the salary is 5001. per annum, and the perquisites very considerable, becomes

vacant.

At his seat at Hillsborough, in his seventy-fifth year, the right hon. Wills Hill, marquis of Downshire, earl and viscount Hillsborough, and baron Kilwarlin, in the kingdom of Ireland, earl of Hillsborough, viscount Fairford, lord and baron of Harwich, in the kingdom of England, a member of his majesty's most honourable privy council in both kingdoms, and governour of the county Down. He is succeeded in his estates and honours by his only surviving son, Arthur, earl of Hillsborough, knight of the shire in the present parliament for the county of Down.

His lordship, who was the second viscount of Hillsborough, was born at Fairford, in Gloucestershire, May 30, O. S. 1718. He took his seat in the Irish house of peers Nov. 11, 1743; was sworn a member of his majesty's privy council in Ireland in August 1740, and of the privy council in England in June 1754. He was advanced to the rank of earl in October 1757, and to that of a marquis in Ireland in 1789; was created an English baron (Fairford) in 1756, and an English viscount and earl (of Harwich) in 1772. His lordship was married, first in 1747, to lady Margaretta Fitzgerald, only and surviving daughter of Robert the last earl of Kildare, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. Her ladyship died in 1766. He afterwards married the baroness Stawell, relict of the right hon. Henry Bilson Legge, and had no issue. His first born child, Marcus, died young; Arthur, his second son and successor, was born Feb. 23, 1753; his other children were, MaryAnne, who died young lady MaryAmelia, marchioness of Salisbury; and lady Charlotte, countess Talbot. The marquis of Downshire has died very rich, both in property which he could, and in that which he could not, alienate. Of the former, his daughters, the marchioness of Salisbury and the widowed countess Talbot, have probably a consider able share.

His son, lord Hillsborough, will add to the hereditary estates some property derived from collateral branches.

Nov. At Margate, after a few days illness, lady Teynham, relict of lord Teynham, baron of Teynham, of Linstead lodge, Kent. Her ladyship was the daughter of

Webber,