The dignity of a Baronet granted to the following persons: The Hon. Alexander Maitland; Henry Johnson, Esq.; Anthony Farrington, Esq.; Sir Henry Calvert; James Campbell, Esq.; Sir James Willoughby Gordon; Felton Elwill Bathurst Hervey, Esq.; John Powell, Esq.; John Acland, Esq.; Anthony Letchmere, Esq.; Sir Edmond Lacon, Knight; John Shelley Sidney, Esq.; Thos. Hare, Esq.; Edward Stracey, Esq.; George Shiffner, Esq.; John Croft, Esq.; Robert Bateson, Esq.; Matthew John Tierney, Doctor of Physic, Physician in ordinary to the Prince Regent; Sir Humphrey Davy, Knight. second in command of the fleet under Lord Duncan in the North Seas, where he distinguished himself in the Monarch, in the defeat of the Dutch fleet, and for his gallant conduct was created a Baronet, and received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. January, 1818. 1. In Duke-street, St. James's, in his 56th year, Count Zenobio, descended from the first family among the noblesse in Europe. As a man of fashion and gallantry he took the lead at Versailles, when under the ancient regime. 9. At York, aged 88, the Dowager Lady Vavasour, a lineal descendant of the ancient family of Vavasour, of Spaldington, Yorkshire. 10. Of the gout in his stomach, Lieut.-General Floyd, Colonel of the 8th dragoons, and Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury. 27. John James Hamilton, Marquis of Abercorn, in his 64th year. 29. Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, Bart. aged 83. February. 1. Died at his seat of Ampt. hill Park, co. Bedford, in his 73rd year, The Right Hon. John Fitzpatrick, Earl of Upper Ossory in the English Peerage, and the same, together with Baron Gowran, in Ireland. He was educated at Eton and Oxford; and married the Hon. Anne Liddell, only child and heiress of Henry Lord Ravensworth, in 1769, by whom he had two daughters. His Lordship was uniformly and highly esteemed, and his death will long be felt by a numerous tenantry, both in England and Ireland. His remains were interred in the family vault in Bedfordshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Holland, both children of his two sisters, attending the funeral. His valuable estates in Ireland are left to his two daughters. 2. Thomas Cogan, M. D. after nearly completing his 82nd year. This distinguished person was born at Rowel, in Northampton, and passed two or three years at the school of Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Aikin, of whom he always spoke in terms of great respect. His first profession was that of a Dissenting Minister, which he in part pursued in Holland, where he married Miss Green, daughter of a merchant in Amsterdam. In this place he first directed the attention of his countrymen to the possibility of recovering persons apparently drowned; and for this purpose he translated the memoirs of the Society established at Amsterdam for that benevolent purpose. Returning at that time to England, he joined Dr. Hawes in instituting the Royal Humane Society, which was afterwards the parent of several others. Mr. Cogan, it is to be observed, changed his profession, for physic, and studied at Leyden, where he took the degree of M. D. He returned to Holland in 1780, where he resigned his new profession; and visiting Germany he wrote his entertaining tour upon the Rhine. Revisiting England, he devoted his time chiefly to the study of Moral Philosophy, in which he obtained groat great eminence. His publications in this class were, a Philosophical Treatise on the Passions: An Ethical Treatise on the Passions: Theological Disquisitions; or an Enquiry into those Principles of Religion which are most influential in directing and regulating the Passions and Affections of the Mind: A Theological Dis quisition on the characteristic Excellencies of Christianity: A Treatise of the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological, Letters to William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. on the Doctrine of Hereditary Depravity, by a Layman: Ethical Questions. Dr. Cogan also translated from the Dutch, The Works of Professor Camper, on the connexion be tween Anatomy, and the Arts of Drawing, Painting, &c. He was a man of uncommon vivacity, and supported his spirits almost to the closing scene. He died at the house of his brother, the Rev. E. Cogan, at Walthamstow. 5. Charles Dudley Pater, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the White, aged 56. 6. In Holles street, Dublin, Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. 11. Lady Mary Ker, sister of the late Duke of Roxburgh, aged 72. 13. At Dunnichen, co. Forfar, in his 86th year, George Dempster, Esq. born at Dundee, where his grandfather and father acquired considerable fortunes by trade. Chusing the Scotch law for his profession, he was admitted a member of the faculty of advocates in Edinburgh. In 1762 he quitted that profession for the senate; and having been elected representative of the district of boroughs with which his family were particularly connected, he became so acceptable to his constituents, that he was returned for four successive parliaments, and did not voluntarily withdraw till 1790. As a member of the House of Commons, he was always heard with extraordinary attention, principally owing to the integrity of his character, which impressed his hearers that he was not influenced by any mean or paltry consideration. He was always eager to embark in any scheme that promised to promote the prosperity of his native land; and he was one of the first to engage in a society for extending the fisheries of Scotland, in which he was chosen one of the directors. He was also the first person who taught his countrymen the art of packing their fresh salmon in ice, by which means it may be sent to a good market in the British metropolis. As a scholar, a man of science, and a man of true benevolence, few men are entitled to higher claims than Mr. Dempster, of Dunnichen. 25. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, Admiral of the White, born in 1753, and only brother of the late Earl of Berkeley. One of his first important naval engage. ments was his commanding the Marlborough of 74 guns in the battle fought by Lord Howe against the French republic in 1794, in which, after defeating two ships of the enemy, he suffered severely from a French ship of 120 guns, who lay under the broadside of the Marlborough, and among other mischief, gave the the captain two wounds, which obliged him to quit the quarter deck. For his conduct on this day he received high encomiums from the commander-in-chief, as well as from both Houses of Parliament; and he was afterwards promoted to the appointment of Colonel of Marines. In process of time he was honoured with other promotions; and he represented the county of Gloucester in parliament from 1,781 to 1812. He married in 1784 Emily Charlotte, daughter of Lord George Lenox, by whom he left five children. March. 3. Near Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, Richard Meyler, Esq. M.P. for the city of Winchester. 4. The Dowager Viscountess Arbuthnot. 7. Lady Caroline Wrottesley, wife of Sir John W., Bart. and eldest daughter of the Earl of Tankerville. 19. General the Hon. Chappel Norton, Col. of the 56th regiment, and Governor of Charlemont, in his 72nd year. He was third son of Sir Fletcher Norton, afterwards Lord Grantly. He several times represented in parliament the town of Guildford. 20. At his house in Cheltenham, in the 84th year of his age, Alexander Gaffray, Esq. formerly an eminent merchant in the city of Dublin, and the first elected Governor of the Bank of Ireland. He was descended from an ancient and respectable family in the co. of Aberdeen, and was one of the surviving great grandzons of Robert Barclay, of Urie, a in Scotland, author of the learned Apology for the people called Quakers, in the principles of which sect he was educated. When he arrived at an age to form his own decisions, he renounced their peculiarities, and became a member of the Established Church; but through life he retained that simplicity and integrity of mind and conduct, for which they have been justly celebrated. To these were added a cultivated understanding, generous and affectionate heart. Perhaps there never existed a more truly benevolent man. Of him it might with propriety be observed that "his right hand knew not the actions of his left." He despised ostentation, and conscienciously avoided selfish indulgence; but he largely contributed to the wants of all those who had any claims upon his bounty, and was a liberal patron to the poor and friendless. He was a just and faithful steward of his possessions, seeking to do that which was right, in every action of his long and eminently useful life. He cherished no private resentments, but freely forgiving all those who injured him, exemplified those feelings which actuate the conduct, and adoin the character of a genuine Christian. He courted not the world's applause, but, in his own breast, he found that peace which passeth all understanding," and which, through infinite mercy, enabled him, in the awful moment of dissolution, to resign his soul to Him who gave it, without a struggle or a sigh. (Sent by a correspondent). ford, Humphrey Repton, Esq. long known by his taste in landscape scenery and picturesque gardening, on which he published several esteemed works. April. 1. Lady Ann, wife of H. Hudson, Esq. and daughter of the Marquis of Townshend. 4. Hon. Gen. Henry St. John, Colonel of the 36th regiment, and brother of the late Viscount Bolingbroke. 6. At Melbourne House, Viscountess Melbourne, daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, aged 66. 8. In her 66th year, Emily Countess of Bellamont, daughter of James Duke of Leinster, and sister to the late Duke, and to Lady Charlotte Strutt. 9. Sir Richard Gamon, Bart. long member for Winchester. 10. Rev. Sir William Henry Clerke, Bart. rector of Bury, co. Lancaster, aged 66. May. 2. Sir George Hope, RearAdm. of the Red, Major General of the Marines, and M. P. for East Grinstead, in his 52nd year. 18. Louis Joseph de BourbonCondé, Grand Master of France, at the age of 82. After distinguishing his valour in different wars, he quitted France in July, 1789, on the breaking out of the first civil disturbances, and raising a small army on the frontiers of Germany, he exhausted all his finances in supporting them. His son, the Duke d'Enghien, joined him in the Black Forest; and several encounters signalized these heroes. Austria having made peace with France in 1796, the Prince of Condé passed into the service of Russia, where he was treated with a hearty welcome by Paul I. After the campaign of 1800, he visited England, and resided at the Abbey of Amesbury. Here he received the fatal tidings of the death of his grandson, then Duke d'Enghien, which affected his mind with a deep tinge of sorrow. In 1814 he made his entry to Paris along with the King, whom he accompanied to Ghent in 1815, and returned with him in the same year. His time was chiefly spent at Chantilly after his second return, where he inhabited a small building, the wreck of his own magnificent palais. His town residence was the Palais Bourbon. He was carried off by a disease which attacked him but three days before. 19. Hon. Mrs. Grenfell, lady of P. Grenfell, Esq. M. P. and sister of Viscount Doneraile. 21. At Rome, in his 46th year, George Montague, sixth Earl of Sandwich. 28. Augusta Georgiana Elizabeth, widow of the late Thomas Lord Walsingham, and only daughter of William first Lord Boston. 30. Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq. near thirty years one of the representatives of Bridgnorth, in his 73rd year. June. 4. Lady Twysden, relict of the late Sir W. Twysden, Bart. aged 87. 5. Right Hon. John Leslie, Baron |