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made admiral of the white the same year.* | He married 
twice, his second wife Millicent Fuller survived him. He died 
2 Oct 1751 in Bloomsbury Square, leaving a son Thomas born 
1711, who became a major in the army. The major married Ann 
daughter of Robert Knight of Congresbury, whose brother 
would be the uncle Knight and Captain Knight often previously 
noticed in the Sheridan story. Returning somewhat, the 
admiral by his will, proved 28th Oct 1751,T a long and verbose 
document, evidently showed want of confidence in his son the 
major and foresaw coming events. From the estate which was put 
under trust, one of the trustees being John Baynard of the Navy 
Office, the major was to have £700 a year for life ; the admiral’s 
widow an annuity of £300 ; andthe grandson, our Thomas, the 
son of the major, had £120 a year until he was sixteen 
and after that £400 a year until he was twenty one, and 
besides, after the death of his grandmother her annuity 
of £300 was to be continued to him in like manner for his. 
life : and in 1793 all the trustees being dead administration was 
granted to him as ‘“‘residuary legatee for life.” The major died 
25 June 1768 in Dean Street,f and in July administration 
was granted of the goods and chattels and credits of Thomas 
Mathews esq., of St. George’s, Hanover square, widower, to: 
Thomas Mathews esq., the son of the deceased. With the 
major’s death his annuity ceased and so there was nothing to will. 
The major who while in the service may have often changed his 
station resigned the army in 1744. He must have been very little 
at Llandaff and a slight lead prompts the thought that he must 
have been in Ireland at the time of his resignation and this 
happens to be also the time when our Thomas was born. Ina 
little book or skit by Peter Paul Pallet (¢.e. rev. Richard Warner). 
* Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. 21, p. 477, col. 1. 
+ Busby, 288. 
+ Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 38, p. 349 and p. 303. 
