DEATHS in the Year 1817. January.. On the first of this month died at Berlin the celebrated chemist M. Klaproth. 4. Died in his 77th year Sir Arthur Owen, bart. late adjutantgeneral in the East Indies, and a colonel in the army. 13. Aged above 70, George Harriot, Esq. one of the magis trates of the Thames Police Office. The circumstance of his putting a close to a life of extreme agony is mentioned in our Chronicle. 26. In Grosvenor-place, Curo, line Dowager Countess of Bucking hamshire, daughter of William Conolly, Esq. Her ladyship had three sons, all now dead, and one daughter, the present Viscountess Castlereagh. 27. At Bath, in her 85th year, Mrs. Philips, relict of Frederick Philips, Esq. and mother of Lady Strangford. 29. At Blenheim, George the third Duke of Marlborough, aged 78. He married in 1762 Lady Caroline Russell, daughter of John Duke of Bedford, who died in 1811. He lived chiefly as a private nobleman; and after having passed through the offices of Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and Lord Privy Seal, to which was annexed the Order of the Garter, he quitted public life, and devoted his days to the duties of a private station. His Grace was succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Blandford, who mar“ ried the daughter of the Earl of Galloway. At Florence Court, Fermanagh, the Countess of Enniskillen, daughter of the late Earl of Uxbridge. At Pisa, the Rt. Hon. Francu North, Earl of Guildford, second son of Frederick Earl of Guildford. He was born in 1761, and succeeded his brother George Augus tus in 1802. He married Maria, sixth daughter of the late Thomas Boycott, Esq. of Shropshire. This nobleman inherited the kindness and benevolence of his father, and was distinguished by a bril liancy of wit, seasoned by the most exhilarating cheerfulness. February. 2. General Carleton, aged 85, colonel of the 2d battalion Goth foot, and great uncle to the present Lord Dorchester. 3. At Cambridge, in his 72d year, Sir Isaac Pennington, knt. M.D. and Regius Professor of Physic. 6. The Rt. Hon. Catharine Anne, Lady Glenbervie, eldest daughter of Frederick Earl of Guildford, and sister to the late earl. At Paris, Lady Penelope Shuttleworth Brooke, wife of Sir Joseph Brooke. At Paris, Col. W'. Femcick, com. manding engineer at Portsmouth. At Rufford Hall, Lancashire, the Lady of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, bart. 8. At Pisa, in Italy, where he he had gone in the hope of improving his health, Francis Horner, EM. P. He was educated at the high school and the university of binburgh, where he pursued has studies with unremitting attention; and he was first called to the Scotch bar, and afterwards to that of England. He was first brought into parliament by Lord Henry Petty (since Marquis of Lansdown) his former fellow student; and he afterwards sat rn three parliaments: his last seat that of St. Mawes, in Cornwall. After resigning his first employment in the state, that of commissioner for the liquidation of the Carnatic claims, which he mht still have retained, he entered the lists as an able debater; and by strict integrity of conduct be fixed a high reputation, even among those members who did 4 concur with him in his prinexples. With a strong understand ing, extensive and accurate knowlege, a style of eloquence plain and direct, without a particle of acity or presumption, he bid fair to attain eminence as a public character, when he was carried off be the merciless inroads of a con the Hon Sir John Abercromby, M.P. and colonel of the 53d foot." 14. The Hon. Euphemia Stewart, widow of William S. Esq, and sister of the late Earl of Seaforth. 15. Near Dublin, Rear-Admiral Sir Digby Dent. 18. At Ugbrooke Park, the Hon. Robert Clifford, third son of Hugh Lord Clifford. 24. At Hampton-court palace,, Lady Henrietta Cecilia Johnston, widow of Lieut.-Col. James J. and daughter of John the first Earl of Delawar. March, 9. In her 75th year, Jane, Coun tess of Uxbridge, married to the late Earl of Uxbridge in 1767. She was mother to the present Marquis of Anglesey. 13. At Ipswich, Sir William Innes, bart, who was a volunteer in the Life Guards of George II, at the battle of Dettingen, and is supposed to have reached his hundredth year. 18. Charles Combe, M. D. F.R.S. and S. A. aged 74. He was early engaged in the study of the medalic science, which introduced him na mption. to the acquaintance of Dr.William in her 89th year, the Dowager Hunter, who had made a large and Lady Carew. valuable collection of medals. Of those, two publications were made by Dr. Combe, who planned the finishing of the whole, when the death of Dr. Hunter put an end to the design. He afterwards undertook, in conjunction with the Rev. Henry Homer, a Variorum edition of Horace, which, after the death of the former, he brought through the press in 1793 The 14 At Marseilles, Lieut.-gen. principal line of the profession followed 11. Sir John Palmer, bart. aged 82, who was long a representative im parlament for the county of Lerster, and was distinguished for his faithful discharge of duty in every relation of life. George William Evelyn, Earl of R.thes, one of the sixteen peers of Scotland, and colonel of the Surrey yeomanry. lowed by Dr. Combe was that of midwifery, in which he obtained considerable success. 31. Right Hon. Lady Francis Douglas, wife of Hon. John D. April. 3. In his 18th year, the Hon. James Stanley, son of the Earl and Countess of Derby. 7. In Ireland Lady Sarah Price, wife to Sir Nicholas P. and sister of the Marquis Camden. 10. Lady Curtis, relict of the late Adm. Sir Roger Curtis, bart. 11. In his 60th year, the Rer. William Beloe, rector of Allhallows, London Wall, &c. and the author of numerous works, of which the principal was a translation of He rodotus. He was also joint proprietor with Mr. Nares, of the British Critick. 15. At Bath, in his 73d year, Right Hon. Sir A. Thomson, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Exchequer. 18. The Right Hon. Thomas Carmichael, Earl of Hyndford, in his 60th year. 24. In his 77th year, Sir Thomas Maynard Hesilrige bart. 28. In Berners Street, in his 61st year, Sir Jacob Henry Astley, bart, many years M. P. for Norfolk. May. 1. Right Ilon. Lady Edward O`Bryen, at Clifton, near Bristol. At Aston Hall, Yorksh. Right Hon. Lady Mary Foljambe, relict of Francis Ferrand F. Esq. and sister to the present Earl of Scarborough. 16. At Bath, The Right Hon. Charlotte Newcomen, Viscountess Newcomen, Baroness Newcomen, of Mosstown, in her own right. Shẹ married Sir William Gleadowe, Knight of the Shire of Longford, by whom she had several children. 23. At Gort, county of Galway, in his 76th year, The Rt. Hon. John Prendergast Smyth, Visc. Gort, way, and Chamberlain of the city Governor of the county of Galof Limerick. 24. At Clifton, Lady Cosby, wife to Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Cosby. 27. At Great Melton Hall, Norfolk, aged 86, Sir John Lombe, bart. 29. In Grosvenor Square, the Countess Dowager of Leitrim. Saunders, M.D. F.R. S. & F.S.A. At Enfield, aged 74, William senior physician to Guy's Hospital. The professional treatises published by this respectable practitioner were the following: Treatise on Mercury in Venereal Cases ; An Answer to Geach and Alcock on the Devonshire Colic; Observationes de Antimonio; A Treatise on the Red Peruvian Bark; A Treatise on the Mephitic Acid; On the Structure, Economy, and Diseases of the Liver; Oratio Harvei, Instituto habita in Theatro Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis; On the Chemical Hisof the most celebrated Mineral tory and Medical Powers of some Waters, with Practical Remarks on Aqueous Regimen, to which are added Observations on the Use of Cold and Warm Bathing; On the Hepatitis of India. June. 13. At Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. aged 74. He was formerly mem nges and roads; and he was kewise the author of many vaDale papers in the transactions Royal Irish Academy, and ther Dublin societies. He also wy ze several occasional pieces in vert bronches of literature; adt-k much pleasure in culti a member of the Irish Parliament, Commons, and was called to the .. ch he distinguished himself bar of that country in 1780. a warm attachment to the in- From the Rockingham adminitrests of Ireland, and a zealous stration he obtained the lucrative otion to what he regarded as office in, 1782, of first counsel to the abuses of the administration. the Commissioners of the ReveHemployed his leisure time in nue; and, he was soon after inperfecting several mechanical in- troduced to the Irish Parliament, veroas, and in reducing to a but did not attempt to distinguish severe the construction of wheel himself there till he was removed from his office in 1788 by the Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Lieutenant. Mr. Ponsonby then acted with vigour in the opposition, till the accession of his friends to power raised him to the dignity of Chancellor of Ireland in 1806. This post he again lost on the removal of himself and his friends from the administration; and from that time he has been considered as a leader of opposition in the House of Commons. Ilis language and manners were those of a gentleman; and dis laining a lowery or furative diction, he only aimed at stating arguments fully and forcibly, in which he often succeeded. He was married in 1781 to Lady Mary Butler, ellest dughter of the second Earl of Belvedere, ly whom he left several children. the genius of his admirable ter. Miss Edgeworth, whom be guard in some of her comMr Edgeworth was *red a fourth time, and left wife a widow with a young 15 At Knowsley, Rht Hon. Stanley Lang Satte, wife of Sir Jinues Suttie, Bart. At Dover, the Rer. John Minister of St Mary the nan D ver, who dist naishself by his writings on the • of Elctricity, i., which he **j* a strenuous advocate for perme vality of glass to elceHe als emposed a His try of Dover, vita a short acfor the Cinque P 118. A Dre den, Werner, the cel·ed monezalogist. 9. At Brighton, in her 87th year, Lily Ani Murrey, sister to the Lie Earl of Monsheld. 10. At Nort, mberland House, i.. his 75th, year, Hih, Duke of Northandera d. His Grace succer led his father Hugh, the late Duke, 1785. He married in 1762 Laly Von Stuart, thir 1 d ́uchter of Jon Earl of Bute, by whom he had no issae, and the mairinge was dis olved by net of Parlament in 1779. In the - ure year he married Frances Julia Burrell, third d gghter of P ter L 1. ell, Burrell, Esq., by whom he had five daughters and two sons. His eldest son, Earl Percy, was called to the House of Lords some time since as Baron Percy. The second was lately created a Peer by the title of Lord Prudhoe. The Duke of Northumberland was distinguished by the most munificent liberality, and his loss will be severely felt. His funeral in Westminster Abbey excited much interest, public and private. 13. At Eglinton Castle the Rt. Hon. Hugh Montgomery, Earl of Eglinton. 14. At Bath, in his 54th year, Right Hon. James Everard, ninth Lord Arundel of Wardour Castle. He left sons and daughters by both his wives, and is succeeded by his eldest son, James Everard Arundel. 15. At Paris, aged 53, Madame de Stael-Holstein, daughter of the celebrated Neckar, and herself a lady much distinguished in the literary world. She married the Baron de Stael Holstein, Swedish Embassador at Paris, and has left a son and a daughter, the latter married to the Duke de Broglio. 27. At Heystesbury House, in his 70th year, Sir William Pearce Ashe A Court, several times M. P. of Heytesbury. August. 1. Near Dublin, in his 88th year, Rt. Hon. Darid Latouche, many years one of the Irish Privy Council, and for 40 years a member of the parliament of Ireland. He was senior partner in the banking-house of Latouche and Co., Dublin, and left several children. 5. At Wolsey-hall, Staffordshire, Sir William Wolsey, bart. aged 77. 6. Frank Sayres, M.D. at Norwich, in his 55th year, well known and much esteemed by a circle of literary friends, who received much pleasure from his poetical publications. His medical character was simply nominal. 10. The Rev. John Prior Estlin, LL. D. aged 71, a native of Hinckley, Leicestershire, was educated at the academy of Warrington, and during 46 years was the minister of Lewin's Mead, Bristol, during the greatest part of which time he conducted a school of much repute. He was the author of several works on religious topics, which were principally intended to enforce the duties of Christianity, and to oppose infidelity and irreligion. Few persons have met with more general respect, even from men most opposite to him in political and religious opinions. 11. Major-General Sir Montagu Roger Burgoyne, Bart., of Sutton Park, Bedfordshire. 20. At Amsterdam, the Dowoger Marchioness of Sligo, youngest daughter of the late Earl Howe. and united some years ago to her second husband, Sir William Scott. 22. Right Hon. Frances Lady Redesdale, daughter of the late Earl of Egmont, in her 51st year. 23. By a fall of her horse in a gig, the Hon. Mrs. Hugo Meynell, sister of the Marchioness of Hertford. 24. At Hern-Hill, near Dulwich, Signora Storace, an eminent singer and actress. 28. Sir Joseph Mawbey, bart. |