1806.] 



Memoirs of the late Lord Thurhx». 



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an Eiiglifli I.ord Cliancellor, in rcfpect 

 to eccloiuidical aHairs, is exteiilive. All 

 vucaut livings under a certain amount are 

 in liis sjift, and liis voice is, at the fame 

 time, attended to in refpcCl to the diCpo- 

 fal of the dignities of the church. — 

 ThroiH^U his influence his brother obtain- 

 ed two lucrative fefes in liiccellion, and 

 by his liberality a nominal Dean of Caius 

 was rendered a real one, cuni curu uni- 

 mariim. Horlley alio, on account ot his 

 contro\criial talents, was by his means 

 feated on the Biliiops' bench, but not- 

 withftanflinjr tliis, it is on record tliar he 

 was unable to obtain for Dr. Johnfun 

 fuch an increafe of his penfion as would 

 have enabled him to endeavour to repair 

 a broken conffitution, by flying to the ge- 

 nial climate of Italy, 



On the other hand, neither the cha- 

 racter nor conduct of the noble lord in 

 qnedion was uniformly fuch, as to render 

 him beloved or refpected. His behaviour 

 to the daughter of a dignitary, witiiin 

 the diocefe of the Archbilliop of Canter- 

 bury, camiot be praifed, and his occa- 

 fioiiiil anlterity in donieftic life is not a 

 fubject for eulogimu. It was not for 

 moral but political i-eaf(ms, however, 

 that Dr. Parr, in his preface to " Bel- 

 lendenus," repi-efented him under the 

 name of Novius, " as an orator with me- 

 nace and terror on his brow, but whofe 

 eloquence was Thrafonic, and whole 

 thunder and threats were to be de- 

 •fpifed*," \Ve difagrce on this luijjett 

 with one of the Leil fchnlars, and moll 

 accompliflied writers, of his a^^e ; for we 

 al'.vays coniidered the fpeeches of Loid 

 Thurlou-, more particularly during the 

 latter part of his career, as fraught vtiUi 

 wifdom, tlie fuggellions of which were 

 uttercd in u tUgniried and imprciiive man- 

 ner, while the terrors of his brow, and 

 llic ftoru) of his arguments, were not tp 

 he fcncountertd with impunity. 



Edward Lord Thurluwdied at Brighton 

 in Suflex, on the 12t!i of September, 

 180(j, in tlie Till year of his age. He 



* *' Minas pofTumus contemncre vocemque 

 fulmincam Thrjfonici iftius oratoris & cujus 

 vulticulum, uri Novioium iitiiis minoris, 

 fcrre pofle le, ncgat quadrupbroram genus 

 omnc & lulitcriptoruni. ftuid enim ? trucu- 

 lentus fcmpcr Incedlt, teterque, cl teitiDi- 

 lis afpcftu. De fupercllio autcm iP'O quid 

 dicccdum eft ? aniion reipubliiic iliud quafi 

 pit;nus quoddam vidctur ? anno.n fcnatus illo, 

 t«nquwi Atiantie cwUdi, Laiutexur :" tits. 



had three daughters by ^lifs Hervey, one 

 of whom, Mrs. Brown, who had niunicd 

 in oppoiition to his uilh, was preleut at 

 his demife. 



He is fucceeded in his Barony by Ed» 

 ward now Lord Thurlow, tiie ildeli foa 

 of his biother, the late Bilhop of J)ur- 

 ham, with remainder, in cafe of default 

 of ilfue male, to l^dward Soutli Thurlow, 

 M. A. one of the lix prebendaries of 

 Norwich. 



The body having been brought fioiu 

 Suflex to town in a private manner, was 

 carried in procelhiin to the Teuipi* 

 church, in the following order : 



The p'.ume of feathers, dccorited with baa- 

 dalors 

 Six mutes on horfeback. 

 His Lordlhip's laddle-horfe, kd l)y two fer- 

 vants, with the family arrr:s on the bl.ick 

 velvet trappings, and muunted by a gentle- 

 man of the Heralds' Office, beating hi» 

 Lordlhip's coronet. 



THE HEARSE, 



drawn by fix horlcs, and adorned witk | 



elcutcheons. 

 His Lordlhip's fupporters were placed on ths 

 horles' black*elvet trappings. 

 Then followed 

 Six mourning coaches,^ drawa by fjK horfes. 

 In the iirft coach were 

 The Duke of Newcnftle, the Lord Chancelt 

 loi, the Dean of Windlar, and Lord Ellen- 

 borough. 

 In the fecond, 

 Lord Eldon, Mr. Juftice Le Blanc, Mr. Baron * 

 Thompfon, and Sir VViUiani ScoU. 

 In the third. 

 The Rev. E. S. Thurlow (his Lordihip's ne- 

 phew). Colonel M'lvla'iun, Colonel Cun- 

 ningham, and Colonel Terry. 

 Intheotlier three coaches were fome of his 



Lordlhip's princip.d domeilics. 



The proccllion was clol'^d by ten private car* 



ringcs. 



The pall-bearers were, the Lord Chan- 

 cellor, tt.e Duke of Nevvcaltle, Lord El« 

 don, the Lord Chief Juilice of the King's 

 Bench, the Lord Chief Baron of the E.k- 

 chequer, and Sir V\ illiaru Scott. 



The funeral liervice was read by th« 

 Dean of \\'indfor; after which was per- 

 formed an anthem, compofef! for the oc- 

 calion. The body was lowered into the 

 vault at the top of the fouth aile, and de- 

 polited next to the remains of his br(>> 

 ther, the late Billiop of Duiham. Lord 

 Chancellor Erikine and the Rev. £. S. 

 Thurlow role from their fcHt, walked to 

 the edge of the vault, wnd took ihcir latl 

 tiiigvvell, 



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