1823.] 
and we find him, in the year 1783, lieute- 
nant-colonel in the 34th regt. of foot, in 
which lie continued some time, and then 
retired on half-pay ; but, keeping his rank 
in the army, herose successively by brevet 
to that of full general, in 1813. He was 
successively promoted to be colonel of the 
77th, 55th, and 1¢th, regiments of foot. 
On the 28th of February, 1806, his 
Majesty, George III. was pleased to con- 
fer on him the title of a baronet of Great 
Britain. Sir Charles had no opportunity 
to distinguish himself as a military man, 
not having been called on to take any 
command abioad, but had generally a sta- 
tion in some one of the military districts. 
He was a well-disposed zealous man. 
At the Grange, near Wareham, the 
Right Hon. Nathaniel Bond. This gentle- 
man was bred at Westminster and Cam- 
bridge for the bar. ‘The two families of 
Bond and Bankes are joint patrons of the 
borough of Cortff- Castle, in Dorsetshire. 
Mr. Bond was elected, when young, to 
represent that borongh. He took the 
side of Mr. Pitt, and for some time prac- 
tised at the bar as a barrister, and a ser- 
jeant at law, and kiug’s conncil; but, find- 
ing no great encouragement in his profes- 
sion, he quitted it, and by Mr. Pitt’s inter- 
est was made one of the lords of the Trea- 
sury; and, cn the death or resignation of 
Sir Charles Morgan, he was appointed 
king’s council, a place he was obliged 
fo quit by ill health, since which he 
resided at his seat in Dorsetshire, where 
he acted as a magistrate; and, by his con- 
duct, was much esteemed in his neighbour- 
hood. He was a man of abilities, and in 
parliament displayed considerable elo- 
quence. 
At his seat at Cobham-hall, in Surrey, 
at the advanced age of nearly 105, Gene- 
ral Felix Buckley, (whose death was men- 
tioned in our last.) He passed his life in 
the army, which he must have entered 
early, as he was a captain in the Royal 
Horse Guards in 1751, made a major by 
brevet 1764, major in the troop 1765, 
lieut.-col. in 1773, and colonel in 1779. 
In the beginning of Mr, Pitt’s administra- 
tion, the old troops of Royal Horse Guards 
were reduced, and the present Life Guards 
raised in their room. Colonel Buckley 
was promoted to be major-general in 1782, 
lieutenant-general 1791, and general 1801. 
He had retired from the army, but had 
retained his rank; and, at his death, 
enjoyed only the place of Governor of 
Pendennis castle. He was longer in the 
military service than any other man, and 
perhaps may be said to have secn as little 
service, 
William Noble, esq. at the age of 78, 
formerly a banker in Pall Mall. Mr, N. 
was a nalive of Brampton, in Westmore- 
land ; and, coming to town, he was intro- 
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duced into the banking business, and was 
partner in the house of Devaynes, Dawes, 
and Noble, They were not successful; 
Mr. Noble, during his prosperity, had per- 
formed many acts of philanthropy. One 
gentleman, who was befriended by him, 
made a journey to the North, and pub- 
lished it under the title of ‘‘ Ramble tothe 
Lakes.” He prefixed to his work a good 
portrait of Mr. Noble, and under it this 
highly complimentary inscription, —'* The 
Friend of Man.” Myr, Noble has lived for 
many years retired in the country, and 
was deservedly esteemed. 
At Kinnaird, in the county of Roscom- 
mon, Mrs. Plunket, wife of Major Plunket, 
but better known as Miss Gunning. She 
was the daughter of the late General Gun- 
ning, by Miss Minifie, daughter of a cler- 
gyman of that name in the west of Eng- 
land, and who was well known as a novel 
writer, General Gunning was the brother 
of the two celebrated Irish beauties, the 
Miss Gunnings, one of whom married the 
late Earl of Coventry, and the other was 
first married to the Duke of Hamilton, 
and afterwards to the Duke of Argyle. 
With such connexions, Miss G. might 
have done well in the world; but all she 
could obtain was to be taken under the 
patronage of Gertrude, the old Duchess 
of Bedford. But she and her mother 
soon became objects of displeasure, by 
anendeavour to procure a marriage for 
Miss Gunning, with the Marquis of 
L , by an artifice which was much 
talked of at that time, and was the subject 
of many pamphlets. For this she was dis- 
missed from the duchess’s favour, aud 
obliged to return to her mother, who lived 
Separate from her husband on a small an- 
nuity. In this situation she, like her mo- 
ther, tried her abilities in novel writing, 
and published ‘The Gipsey Countess,” 
4 vol. 12mo. 1799. ‘* The Farmer’s Boy,” 
from the French of Dumesnil, 4 vol. 1802. 
“The Exile of Erin,’ 3 vol. 1803. 
“Dangers through Life,” 3 vol. and 
“ Memoiis of a Man of Fashion, 1815,” 
After her mother’s death, we presume she 
must have been assisted by some of her 
noble relatives, till she married Major 
Plunket, an officer in slender circum- 
stances. With him she soon after retired 
to Ireland, but not before an attempt was 
made‘to charge her with a capital crime. 
This lady might certainly have looked for 
a better station in life, and kinder treat- 
ment, as she was first cousin to two of our 
most ancient and opulent cukes. 
At Florence, lately, John IKing, esq. 
well known by the name of Jew King, and 
sometimes called King of the Jews. ‘This 
extraordinary character was boyn of poor 
parents, and educated at the Jews’ cha- 
vily school, The education he acquired 
there was very confined; but his abilities, 
which 
