Erneft Francis, baron de Cranfield, in Upper John-ftreet, Golden fquare. 10. At his houfe in Hill-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare, fir Kenrick Clayton, bart. member for Bletchingly, in Surry, which place he has reprefented in fix parliaments. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his fon, now fir Robert Clayton, bart. who was joint reprefentative with his father for the above borough.. At Edinburgh, fir James Murray, of Hillhead, bart. 14. In Argyle-buildings, Mifs Lowth, third daughter to the bifhop of Oxford. 16. At his feat at Combe-abbey, in Warwickshire, the right hon. the lord Craven. The title devolves to the hon. William Craven, efq. of Albemarle-ftreet. At his houfe in Hackney, fir Thomas Fludyer, knight, member for Chippenham, in Wilts, 19. At her houfe near Cavendishfquare, lady Cotton, relict of fir John Cotton, bart. of Bedfordshire. 22. Right hon. Mary baronefs Arundell, relict of the late lord Arundell of Wardour, and mother of the prefent. Right hon. James Ofwald, of his majesty's most hon. privy-council. Lady dowager Wrottefley, mother to Sir Richard. 23. Sir Thomas Gordon, of Earlton, in Scotland, bart. April 1. Lady of lord Bofton, chamberlain to the princefs dowager of Wales. 8. Sir Richard Wolseley, bart. 9. Lady of Sir Stephen Ander fon. 10. Sir John Ramfden, of Byram, in Yorkshire, bart. 16. Hon. Mr. Sondes, fon to lord Sondes. 19. At Edinburgh, lady Catherine Lindsay. 23. The fecond fon of the duke of Beaufort. Near Edinburgh, the right hon. the countefs of Cromartie. 24. Lady Louifa Spencer, daughter of earl Spencer. In New Bond-ftreet, fir Charles Eggleton. Frederic Meyers, efq. a favourite of his late majefty. Charles Philip baron Diede de Furftentein, minifter for the affairs of Hanover. Rev. Mr. Zachariah Mudge, prebendary of Exeter, univerfally known by his writings. 25. Hon. Robert Herbert, efq. brother to fir Nicholas, and purveyor general of crown lands, at High Clare, Berkshire. 27. At Powerberry, in Northumberland, the right hon. lady Jean' Ramfay, fpoufe to John Strother Ker, of Little Dean, efq. Her ladyfhip was first married to George lord Ramfay, by whom he had iffue the prefent earl of Dalhoufre. In Burlington-gardens, the right hon. lady Henrietta Cholmondeley, fifter to the prefent earl of Cholmondeley, defcended from the ancient family of Egerton, barons of Malpas, in the time of the Conqueft. May 8. Rt. hon. James Touchet, earl of Caftlehaven. 16. In South Audley-freet, the countefs dowager of Denbigh. In South Audley-ftreet, the countefs Chalbot, fifter to the late lord Stafford; Stafford; the lately came from France, where the married the count of that name, who has been dead fome years. At Eaft-Haddons, in Northamptonshire, the reverend fir Anthony Chefter, bart. 21. At Paris, the hon. William Monckton, eldeft fon of lord Galway. 29. Lady of fir John Hynde Cotton, bart. and daughter of the late alderman Parfons. Lady of fir Gilfred Lawfon, bart. June 1. Lady of lord viscount Palmerston. 3. Dr. Newcome, bishop of St. Afaph. 13. Lady Sufan Lindfay, daughter of the late earl of Crawford, at Edinburgh. 17. Sir William Scott, bart. Philip Bendlowes, efq. of Darlington. He has left the bulk of his fortune to his lady and three daughters for life; but after their decease 1000l. to the British church at Dantzic, 200ol. to the county infirmary at York, 3000l. to the Magdalen houfe at London, and the refidue to the Foundling hofpital. At Stockholm, Guftavus Frederic count de Rofen, who accompadied Charles XII. into Turky. 28. Sir Jofeph Hankey, knight, alderman of Langbourn ward, and prefident of St. Thomas's hofpital. Tae dutchess of Perth, in Scotland. July 3. At Briftol, Mr. Powel, the celebrated comedian. 7. At his palace of Hamilton, in Scotland, the most noble George James duke of Hamilton, &c. His grace, though not quite fourteen years and a half old, was about five feet eight inches high ; his growing fo exceeding faft is faid to have been the cause of his death. He is fucceeded in his estate and honours by his brother, lord Douglas Hamilton, now Duke Hamilton. 20. The rev. fir Richard Wrottefley, bart. one of his majesty's chaplains in ordinary, and dean of Worcester; father of the dutchess of Grafton, brother-in-law to earl Gower and the dutchefs of Bedford. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his only fon, now fir John Wrottenley, bart. member for the county of Stafford. Mifs Rich, fifter to fir Robert Rich, bart. and to lady Lyttelton. 24. At Kenfington, the right hon. lady Henrietta Williams Wynn, lady of fir Watkin Williams Wynn, bart. Her ladyfhip was the third daughter of the moft noble Charles Noel Somerfet, late duke of Beaufort, by the moft noble Elizabeth dutchefs dowager of Beaufort, fifter to the right hon. the lord Bottetourt. She was born March 26, O. S. 1748, married April 13, and died July 24, 1769. 27. Right hon. lady Watfon, fifter to the earl of Hopton. In Ireland, the right hon. Catherine dowager countefs of Ty rone, baronefs la Poer. Aug. 2. At Peterborough-houfe, on Parfon's Green, in the 81ft year of his age, the right hon. Daniel Finch, earl of Winchelfea and No tingham. His lordship has left feveral daughters, but no fon; and is therefore fucceeded in title by his nephew George, fon of his next brother, the hon. Wm. Finch, deceased. 4. Lady of the late fir Thomas Hales, bart. 14. Right hon. the earl of Bleffington. 19. Lady 19- Lady of fir Gilbert Heath Cote, bart. Sir Herbert Lloyd. bart. of Peterwell. 23. Sir Tho. Whipham, Cavendish-fquare." Aged 92, in Grosvenor-street, dame Anne Brandon, relict of the late fir Henry Brandon, bart. 29. Aged 97, Edmund Hoyle, efq. in Cavendish-fquare, well known for his celebrated treatise on the games of whift, quadrille, &c. Right hon. William Villiers, earl of Jersey, viscount Villiers, of Dartford, and baron Hoo, and one of his majesty's privy council. At her houfe in Upper Grofvenor-ftreet, the countefs dowager of Fitzwilliam, mother to the prefent earl, and fifter to the marquis of Rockingham. Sept. 1. Lady Frafer, reli&t of fir Peter Frafer, of Aberdeenshire. Lady of fir William Draper, at Clifton. At his houfe in Bolton-row, Piccadilly, John Howe, efq. youngest brother to lord Howe. 11. Hon.col. Charles Leflie, next brother to John, late earl of Rothes. Sir George Smith, bart. at Stoke, Nottinghamshire. Lady of fir John Every, bart. of Eggington, Derbyshire. Sir Nathaniel Nafh, of Stonehoufe, Gloucefterfhire. Parker, efq. only fon and heir of fir Henry Parker, bart. at Stratford upon Avon. Sir John Goring, bart. of Suf folk. Lady dowager Gresham, relict of the late fir Marmaduke Gresham, bart. In Queen's fquare, Ormondfreet, Humphrey Eletfon, efq. He died poffeffed of 16,000l. per annum, which he left to an only daughter, aged 14. At Cambray, the right hon, lady Barbara Radcliffe, fourth daughter of the late countefs of Newburgh, and fifter to the prefent earl; a peerefs in her own right. Lady Carolina Adair, wife of Robert Adair, efq. and fifter to the late marchionefs of Tavistock, and to the earl of Albemarle. Oct. 2. Lady of fir Robert Wilmot, bart. 3. Charles Leopold, prince of Anhalt, at Caffel.. Abbe marquis Nicolini, a Florentine, well known in the literary world. 15. Lady Anne Vernon, relict of H. Vernon, efq. Ormond-street. 17. Right hon. the earl of Wig ton. 24 Earl of Granard, in Ireland, His excellency fir Henry Moore, bart. governor of New York, greatly lamented. In France, lord Clancarty. At Huntingdon, fir Tho. Mackworth, bart. Hon. Raby Vane, brother to the earl of Darlington. Lady dowager St. John, mother to the prefent earl. Nov. 3. Right rev. Dr. Lamb, bishop of Peterborough. The countefs dowager of Warwick. 10. Lady of fir Robert Burdett, bart. 16. Right hon, Henry Paget, earl of Uxbridge. By his dying withoug iffue, the title is extinct. 17. Right hon. lord. Fortefcue, Golden-fquare. 18. Lady Benet Cecil, youngeft daughter of the earl of Salisbury. 21. In Dublin, the earl of Ely. At Paris, aged 20, lady. Cecília Lenox, Lenox, youngest fister to the duke of Richmond. At her house in Brudenell-ftreet, Lady Anne Pawlet. At Paris, the dutchess of Laura gais! Fran. Jof. de Choifeul, marquis de Stainville, father of the prefent prime minifter in France. 26. Sir Thomas Hay, bart, The hon. lady Colville Lady Frances Arundel. Dec. 2. Prince Diederic, of Anhalt Deffau, field marfhal of the king of Pruffia's armies.. 3. Sir Tho. Rawlinfon, alderman of Broad-street ward. 5. Lady of the right hon. George Grenville. 8. The hon. lady Trevor. 16. Lady Betty Germain. By her will the has left to lady Vere 20,000l. to lord George Sackville 20,000l. with Drayton-house, and the manor thereunto belonging; to lady Cath. Beauclerk 1000l. and her beft diamond ring to earl Berkeley, a gold cup; to Mr., Berkeley 5000l. to the countefs of Granard 3000l. to lady Craven 3000l. to lady Temple 5ool. for a ring; her jewels, plate, &c. to be fold, and with the refidue of her eftate to be equally divided between lord and lady Vere, and lord George Sackville. At Breslau, Erneft William baron Schlaberndorf, minifter of ftate and war, in the 51st year of his age. Sir John Head, bart. D. D.. 17. Hon. mifs Wrottefley, maid of honour to her majefty, and fifter to the dutchefs of Grafton. 30. Right hon. counters of Buck inghamshire. The PROTEST of the House of Lords taken part with the minority, either of IRELAND. Die Veneris, 22 die Decembris, 1769. in perfon or by proxy, be entered A Motion being made that the the queftion was put, and the house fpeaker of this houfe be defired that no proteft, of any perfon whomfoever, who is not a lord of parliament, and a member of this houfe, and which doth not refpect a matter which had been previously in question before this houfe, and wherein the lord protefting had was divided. The earl of Drogheda reported, that the contents below the bar were five, and the non contents in the house were thirty. It paffed in the negative. it is the fole and exclufive right and privilege of a lord of parliament and a member of this house, to have his proteft entered in the journals of this houfe; and that even a lord of parliament and a member of this house cannot have his protest fo entered, except upon a matter previoafly in queftion before this house, wherein the lord protesting took part with the minority, either in perfon or by proxy. Secondly, Because we conceive that this regulation of the privilege of protefting ftands upon the fame principle, in confequence of which this privilege hath obtained among the lords, and not among the reprefentatives of the people. The latter, we apprehend, are confidered by the conflitution as actuated and juftified by the fentiments of thofe whom they reprefent; whereas the lords, who act not as deputies, but in their own right, are more perfonally refponsible for their conduct to pofterity. The practice of a permanent juftification, alfo feems to have been deemed a more neceffary guard upon a body whofe power was permanent. Hence we conceive the privilege of protefting arofe; that a lord, against whom the majority had declared, might have an opportunity of vindicating himself to future time, which the original custom of inferting the name of each lord in the journals, with the part he had taken in the question, rendered more neceffary. And we therefore apprehend, as it would be abfurd for a lord to justify his conduct where he had not acted, that the privilege of protesting hath been, by reafon, as well as practice, confined to cafes in which the lord protesting had taken a part, and in which, upon queftion, VOL. XII. the majority had been of a different opinion. Thirdly, Because we conceive that the earl of Strafford, who firft ⠀⠀ attempted, and that but in a fingle inftance, to enter his proteft as chief! governor upon the journals of this houfe, was a perfon of fuch an arbitrary fpirit, and the times in which he lived of fo bad an exam→ ple, and his faid proteft fo informal and faulty in itself, that fuch his proceeding ought not to be confi dered as a precedent. Fourthly, Because we apprehendthat the only fubfequent inftance, to wit, the protest of lord Sydney, which was made in heat by that governor, whofe conduct was difapproved on his recall to England, which foon followed, and founded upon the former example, which ought not to have been imitated, wasftill more irregularand improper; inafmuch as it related to a matter which had never been before this houfe, and refpected the privileges and proceedings of the other house of parliament. [N. B. The prorogation by lord Sydney was not in confequence of orders received from England, as there was not time between the rejection of the privy council moneybill, and the prorogation, for any fuch orders to be had. The true reafon was, that his lordship expected to be called to account by the then houfe of commons, [for his having fraudulently taken poffeffion of the eftate of lord Tyrconnel.] Fifthly, Because we conceive it to be peculiarly neceffary at this time, to exprefs our fentiments upon this fubject, when we have reafon to apprehend that it is intended that a proteft be entered upon the [N] journals |