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Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Persons. [MARCH, 



Th9 funeral service was performed by the 

 Rev. G. T. Andrews, son of Mr. Cradock's 

 old friend, the lute Dean of Canterbury. 

 The Hon. H. Washington Shirley, J. P. 

 Stratford, Master in Chancery, L. C. Hum- 

 pey, Esq., Barrister, A. Chalmers, Esq., 

 F.S. A., N. Carlile, Esq., F. S. A., and T. 

 G. Pettigrew, F. S. A. Esq., were pall-bearers 

 on the occasion. The body was followed by 

 his executors, John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., 

 F.S. A., John Pearson, Esq., and William 

 Tooke, Esq., F. R. S. ; also by Geo. Dyer, 

 Esq., John Britton, Esq., F.S. A., John 

 Taylor, Esq., John Mayne, Esq., Thomas 

 Cadell, Fsq., Dr. Nuttall, and many other 

 gentlemen. 



THE BISHOP OF OXFORD. 

 The Hon. and Right Rev. Edward Leg^e, 

 born on the 4th of December, 1767, was the 

 seventh son of William, second Earl of Dart- 

 mouth, by Frances Catherine, sole daughter 

 and heir to Sir Charles Gunter Nicholl, K.B. 

 He was consequently brother to the late and 

 uncle to the present Earl. He was educated 

 at Rugby, and thence became a member of 

 Christ Church, Oxford. In 1789, he was 

 elected to a Fellowship in Ail Souls' Col- 

 lege, where, on the 9th of June, 1791, he 

 took the degree of B. C. L. ; and, on the 6th 

 of April, 1805, that of D.C.L. For many 

 years he enjoyed the family living of Lewis- 

 ham, in Kent, together with the Deanery of 

 Windsor. The former he resigned at an 

 earlier period, the latter in 1811. Dr. Legged 

 correct conduct recommended him much fo 

 the notice of the late King ; and a bishopric 

 was consequently expected for him by his 

 friends, some time before he was raised to 

 that dignity. However, upon the demise of 

 Dr. Jackson, Bishop of Oxford, in 1815, he 

 was appointed to that See. In 1817, he 

 was elected warden of All Souls ; and from 

 that, period to the time of his decease, on the 

 27th of January, in the present year, be re- 

 sided chiefly at Oxford, where his loss is uni- 

 versally felt and sincerely lamented. His 

 Grace was one of the Governors of Green- 

 wich Hospital. 



THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN. 



The Hon. and Right Rev. George Pelham, 

 was the third son of Thomas, first Earl of 

 Chichester by Anne, daughter and heiress of 

 Frederick Meinhardt Frankland, Esq., son of 

 Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. He was bro- 

 ther to the late Earl of Chi Chester, whose 

 death it was our task to record some months 

 ago, and uncle to the present Earl. He was 

 born on the 13th of October, 1766 ; and he 

 married on the 14th of December, 1792, 

 Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Rycroft, Bart. 



This nobleman was educated at Cam- 

 bridge. He was at first intended for the 

 army : for some time he held a commission in 

 the Guards; but afterwards he determined 

 for the church. After his ordination he was 

 successively promoted to be a Prebendary of 

 Chichester, and Vicar of Hellingley, and of 



Bexhill, in Sussex. In 1802, on a vacancy 

 of the Sea of Bristol, he received his degree 

 of D. D. from the Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 and was made Bishop. On the translation 

 of Dr. Fisher to the See of Salisbury, in 1807, 

 Dr.Pelharn succeeded him at Exeter ; and, 

 on the removal of Dr. Tomline to the Jee of 

 Winchester, iu 1840, Dr. Pelham was elected 

 Bishop of Lincoln. 



His lordship was clerk of the closet to the 

 king; and visitor of King's College, Cam- 

 bridge, and of Braaennse and Lincoln Col- 

 lege, Oxford. He published a Ch.-irge to the 

 Clergy of the Diocese of Bristol, in 1804; 

 and a sermon, preached at St. Paul's Cathe- 

 dral at tbe yearly meeting of the charity 

 schools in 1805. His Lordship in general, 

 was not a prominent speaker in the House 

 of Peers; but, upon the trial of the late 

 Queen Caroline, he shewed himself a warm 

 supporter of the prosecution. He died on 

 the 7th of February last, in consequence of a 

 severe cold which he caught in attending the 

 funeral of the late Duke of York. 



The Right Rev. Father in God, Dr. John 

 Kaye, Bishop of Bristol, has been elected 

 Bishop of the See of Lincoln, in the room of 

 Dr. Pelham. 



DR. COLLINSON. 



The Rev. Septimus Collinson, D. D. Pro- 

 vost of Queen's, the Lady Margaret's Pro- 

 fessor of Divinity at Oxford, and Prebendary 

 of Worcester, was born about the year 1740. 

 He became a member of the University in 

 June, 1759; M.A.Mtiy, 13, 1767; B. D. 

 February 10, 1792 ; D.D.January 16, 1793 ; 

 Provost of Queen's, on the death of Dr. Fo- 

 thergill, 1796 ; and Margaret Professor, on 

 that of Dr. Neve, in 1798. 



The duties of his provostship, an appoint- 

 ment which Dr. Collinson enjoyed for a longer 

 period than any former provost, were dis- 

 charged by him with just ability, diligence, 

 and discretion ; and in his office of Professor, 

 he laboured with unexampled efficiency and 

 zeal. His Lectures on the 39 Articles of 

 the Church of England, which he delivered 

 in that capacity, evinced deep research, sound 

 judgment, correct and enlarged views of re- 

 ligion, and great moderation. So, great was 

 his anxiety to be useful, that he delivered a 

 course of lectures at the age of 80 ; and he 

 frequently preached before the University 

 when he had arrived at a very advanced 

 period of life. His sermons exhibited deci- 

 sive proofs of a vigorous and acute mind, 

 habituated to calm and patient inquiry, to 

 close and accurate reasoning. His delivery 

 was peculiarly impressive. Dr. Collinson's 

 character was distinguished by independence, 

 liberality, and benevolence. Even to the 

 close of his long life he retained unabated 

 cheerfulness, and unimpaired energy of mind. 

 His frame was weak and delicate ; yet, from 

 regularity of habit he enjoyed almost unin- 

 terrupted good health ; and he closed his 

 earthly career at his lodge, after a very short 

 illness, on tbe 23d of January. 



