1824.] 
man descended from a very ancient 
family,in Holland. His ancestor, Godert, 
came over as a general officer with the 
Dutch troops, brought by king William, 
With that prince he embarked for Ire- 
land, was present, at the battle of the 
Boyne, and contributed much to the suc- 
cess of the day. He was left by king 
William in the command in Ireland, and 
by two signal victories near Athlone and 
Aghrim, contributed much to put an end 
to the war. He was by that, king re- 
warded with the titles of Baron Ballymore, 
Viscount Aghrim, and Earl of Athlone, in 
Zreland. These titles have descended 
through’ seven generations, to the late 
earl, most of them have resided in Holland, 
where they have considerable estates, but 
the French conquering that country, 
Frederic, the sixth earl, came with his 
family to England. This son, Rynan, 
served in the Englisl army during the 
war, when he attained the rank of lieut.- 
colonel. His lordship was born in 1773. 
The family possess the baronies of Reide, 
Girkill, Amerongen, Livendant, Eist, 
Stersitt, &c. in Holland. 
At Havre de Grace, Caston Rohde, 
esq. He was concerned with his brother 
in a considerable sugar-baking house, in 
Goodman’s Fields, and was one of the first 
persons who engaged in the Phenix Fire- 
office, and also in the Pelican Life In- 
surance Office. When those societies 
jointly built their fire-honse at Charing- 
Cross, Mr. Rohde was induced to quit 
business and become their managing and 
resident director. In this situation he 
continued for many years, but quitted 
about two years ago, and retired to France, 
where he resided till his death. Mr, 
Rohde was twice married, and left chil- 
dren by both wives. He was a man 
of plain unaffected manners, and of a 
friendly disposition, 
At his seat, Blackheath, General Sir 
Anthony Farrington, baronet, the eldest 
officer of artillery in his majesty’s service. 
He entered as second lieutenant in 1755, 
and was promoted to be first lieutenant in 
1757, when he was sent into foreign ser- 
vice at Gibraltar ; he returned to England 
in 1759, and was promoted to be captain- 
lieutenant the same year. In 1765, with 
the rank of captain, he embarked for 
America, where he continued till 1773, 
serving at New York, Boston, and 
Halifax. The war of American Inde- 
pendence breaking out, Capt. Farrington 
was at the various battles of Long Island, 
Brooklyn, White Plains, and the Brandy- 
vines. Heserved also in the expedition to 
the Chesapeak, and at the taking of Phila- 
delphia,. He was made majoy in 1780; 
on the peace he returmed to England, and 
had the command of the artillery for some 
years at Plymouth, He was made lieut.- 
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colonel in 1782, and colonel in 17943 
major-general in 1795, and colonel-com- 
mandant in 1796. In 1799 he served 
under the Duke of York, in Holland. In 
1804 he was made lieutenant-general, and 
in 1812 full general. At his death he had 
been sixty-eight years in his majesty’s ser- 
vice, who, in 1818, created him a baronet. 
At his apartments in Foley Place, 
Michael Kean, esq. He had been long 
afflicted with a pulmonary, which, in the 
end, carried him off, He was a native of 
Ireland, and bred a portrait painter, a 
profession he followed for many years, 
until he was called on to assist in the 
Derby china manufactory, in which he 
became a partner, under the firm of 
Duxberry and Kean. ‘They opened a 
‘warehouse first in Bedford-street, Covent- 
Garden; and afterwards in Old Bond- 
street. On the death of Mr. Duxberry 
he married the widow, which did not tutn 
out a happy connection, but involved him 
in a long chancery suit. He had by his 
wife a son and daughter, the latter of 
whom survives him. He was a man of 
genteel manners and a friendly disposition, 
At his house in Beaumont-street, Wm. 
Charles Collyear, earl of Portmore. His 
lordship was born in the year 1745, and in 
1770,when Lord Milsington, married Miss 
Mary Lesley, sister of the Countess of 
Rothes, by whom he had a son—Lord 
Milsington, who succeeds him. His lord- 
ship succeeded his father in 1785, The 
family of Collyear bore, for many years, 
the name of Robertson; and the first title 
conferred on them was that of baronet, in 
1676. June 1, 1696, they were created 
barons by William III., and in 1703 Vis- 
count Milsington and earl of Portmore, 
by Queen Anne. William Charles, the 
deceased lord, was the third earl of that 
title. His lordsbip’s fortune being ‘con- 
fined, he lived rather a retired life. 
[The Rev. E. Cartwright, v.D. &c. (whose 
death was announced in our last Number.) 
His first masters were Mr. Clarke, of 
Wakefield, and the celebrated Dr. Lang- 
horne. He first entered at University- 
college, Oxford, from whence lhe was 
elected a fellow of Magdalen-college. He 
was early distinguished for his literary 
attainments, and published in the year 
1762 an ode on the birth of the present 
king. One of the most popular of his 
productions was ‘ Armine and Elvira,” a 
legendary tale, which has gone through 
several editions, and well deserves to be 
admired for its pathos and elegant simpli- 
city. Another poem, in a higher style of 
composition, entitled “the Prince of 
Peace,” also excited great attention at the 
time it appeared, It has been said, and we 
believe correctly, that Dr. Cartwright was 
the oldest living poet of the day. As a 
proof that his poetical talent remained un« 
impaired 
