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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



THE EARt OF GUILFORD. 



Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, Baron 

 Guilford, of the county of Surrey, Knight 

 Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael 

 and St. George, High Steward of Banbury, 

 Chancellor of the University of the Ionian 

 Islands, Joint Chamberlain of the Exche- 

 quer Tally Court, D.C.L., and F.R.S., was 

 the third son of the celebrated Lord North, 

 many years prime minister of this king- 

 dom. His lordship was born in the month 

 of February 1766 ; and he succeeded his 

 brother Francis, fourth Earl of Guilford, in 

 January, 1817. Through his father's in- 

 terest he obtained the patent place of one of 

 the Chamberlains of the Tally Court. Some 

 years since, he was appointed Governor of 

 Ceylon, where he resided until he had ac- 

 quired an easy fortune. While there he 

 made the tour of the island, accompanied 

 by the Rev. Mr. Cordiner, who was thus 

 enabled to give the public an excellent ac- 

 count of Ceylon. 



His lordship succeeded to the title soon 

 after his return to England. Subsequently 

 to that event, he was sent to the Ionian 

 Islands, on a mission from government. 

 His lordship, who had been some time in a 

 declining state of health, died on the 14th 

 of October. He was a nobleman of great 

 classical taste. Dying unmarried, he is 

 succeeded in his title by the Rev. Francis 

 North, son of the Hon. Brownlow North, 

 late Bishop of Winchester. 



LORD ARCHIBALD HAMILTON. 



Lord Archibald Hamilton, second son of 

 Archibald, the ninth and late Duke of Ha- 

 milton, by Harriet Stewart, daughter of 

 Alexander, seventh Earl of Galloway, was 

 born on the 16th of March, 1769. Having 

 been educated at Eton, he was brought into 

 Parliament for the county of Lanark, and 

 he immediately entered warmly into politi- 

 cal life on the Opposition side. His lord- 

 ship was an active and intelligent member 

 of the House of Commons. In 1804, he 

 published Thoughts on the late and present 

 Administrations, in which he warmly advo- 

 cated the cause of Mr. Fox. When the 

 charges, upon which an impeachment was 

 subsequently founded, were brought for- 

 ward against Lord Melville, he observed, 

 " that not one Scotch member had spoken 

 against the nefarious conduct of his coun- 

 tryman, and that he rose only for the pur- 

 pose of declaring that it was disapproved by 

 the Scotch nation." At the time of the in- 

 quiry into the conduct of the late Queen, he 

 was one of her majesty's warmest parti- 

 zans. He has more than once, we believe, 

 received the thanks of the county of La- 

 nark, for his independent conduct in Par- 

 liament. 



His lordship had nearly recovered from 

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an illness by which he had been some time 

 afflicted, and was making arrangements for 

 his departure for Scotland, when, unfortu- 

 nately, a severe cold, caught from a too sud- 

 den exposure to the air, terminated his life. 

 He died on the 4th of September, at his 

 residence, in the Upper Mall, Hammer- 

 smith. 



LORD ENNISMORE. 



The Right Hon. Richard Viscount Ennis- 

 more, eldest son of William Hare, Earl of 

 Listowell, by his Countess, Mary, only 

 daughter of Henry Wrixton, of Ballygibbin, 

 in the county of Cork, Esq. ; was born on 

 the 20th of March, 1773. His lordship sat 

 as member of Parliament for the borough 

 of Athenry, in 1798 ; and he afterwards 

 served as one of the knights of the shire, 

 for the county of Cork, in four successive 

 Parliaments. His lordship was a warm 

 friend of the existing constitution .in church 

 and state. He was accustomed to reside in 

 his own country, where his presence was 

 of the utmost advantage to the peasants and 

 his tenantry. Lord Ennismore married on the 

 10th of June, 1797, the Hon. Catharine 

 Bridget Dillon, eldest daughter of Robert 

 Lord Clonbrock. By that lady, who died in 

 1823, he had four sons and two daughters. 



On the morning of September 15, his 

 lordship (then at his usual residence, Con- 

 vamore) arose in excellent health and spi- 

 rits ; after breakfast he proceeded to walk 

 about the demesne ; but, in a short time, 

 he felt indisposed, hastened towards the 

 mansion, was seized with apoplexy, and be- 

 came insensible. Every medical applica- 

 tion to restore him failed, and on the morn- 

 ing of the 19th he expired. 



His lordship's eldest son, the Hon. Wil- 

 liam Hare, now Viscount Ennismore, was 

 returned M.P. at the late election for the 

 county of Keriy. 



M. MANUEL. 



M. Manuel, one of the most formidable 

 opponents of the French Ministry in the 

 Chamber of Deputies, was born at Barcel- 

 lonette, in the Department of the Lower 

 Alps, in the year 1775. He was educated 

 at the College of Nismes. In 1793, he -en- 

 tered as a volunteer in one of the battalions 

 of the requisition, and rose to the rank 

 of captain. After the peace of Campo For- 

 mio, he left the army, studied the law, and 

 was admitted a barrister at Aix, in which 

 capacity he soon acquired a high reputation. 

 In 1815, he was elected to the Chamber of 

 Deputies, convoked by Buonaparte, and, 

 after that ruler's abdication, he strenuously 

 contended for the rights of young Napoleon. 

 He also moved a protest against the force 

 which was employed by the.Allied Powers 

 to effect the restoration of the Bourbons 



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