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BiograpJiical Memoirs qf Etninent Persons. 



[Juke, 



QreRory; Vf. Ora<Mun; ^and C. B. CaWwell, all 

 SUMay. 



Allowed tn diirpoiie If theit half-pr.u. — Maj. W. Ssy 

 (Col.), 0!) F.; Maj. G'. O'llalloran (I.t. Col.). 4 V. i 

 Maj. J. Orr, 7F; Capt. H. Bagwell (Maj.)> 88 F. ; 

 Capt. E. S. Kirwan, W. I. Rangers ; Capt. W. 

 Kelly, 40 F. ; C-ipt. L. Richards, 71 F. ; Capt. B. 

 Murphy, 7 W. I. Regt. ; Capt. J. Fraser, 8 L. Dr. ; 

 Capt. Hon. W. Ogilvy, Cape Regt. ; Capt. J. G. 

 Smythe, 3() F.; Lt. G.*Dowglass, !i8 F. ; Lt. Har- 

 den, 34 F. ; Ens. N. A. Jagger, R. Staft' Corps ; 

 Lt. Col. A. Baron Beck. 2(1 Line Bat. King's Germ. 

 Leg. ; Capt. Vf. Irvine, late R. Gar. Bat. ; Lt. R. 

 Salmon, 23 L. Dr. ; Lt. Col. A. Tilt, 3? F. ; Maj. E. 

 Hawkshaw (Lt. Col.) Portug. officers; Capt. N. .S. 

 Kirkland, =!? F. ; Capt. J. Ormsby (Lt. Col.), 63 F. ; 

 Capt. W. Serle, 50 F. ; Capt. Campbell, jun., 91 F. ; 

 Lt. W. R. Knevett, 11 L. Dr., nil 22 Apr. Maj. 

 Hon. D. G. Hallyburton (Lt. Col.), R. Corsic.in 

 RanRers ; Capt. T. B. Bower, Independents ; Capt. 

 C. M'Gregor, I Gar. Bat. ; Capt. R. Chute, .58 F. ; 

 Lt. G. Massy, 6G F. ; Lt. E. C. Bolton, fl(j F. ; E. 

 Sneyd, !to F. ; Ens. H. Massingberd, 77 F. ; Lt. H. 

 Green, (i7F.; Lt. Col. W. Verner, 12 F. ; Maj. C. 

 de Vigney, UO F. ; Maj. C. Caldwell, late 2 R. Vet. 

 Bat. ; Capt. G. F. C. Colman, late 3 R. Vet. Bat. ; 

 Capt. G. Price, 46 F. ; Capt. Sir F. Barton, 101 F. ; 

 Capt. W. H. Burroughs, 61) F., all Vi May. Lt. Col. 

 A. VV. Young, 3 V/. I. Regt. j Capt. T. Hunt, 70 F. ; 

 Maj. R. Armstrong (Lt. Col.), late !l Vet. Bat. ; 

 Capt. J. Hammond 8 Gar. Bat. ; Capt. D. VV. Ross, 

 34 F. ; Capt. T. Mackintosh, 92 F. ; Capt. W. H. 

 Alley, 4 F. ; Capt. N. Greene (Lt. Col.), 35 F.; 

 Capt. T.Chartrcs, 24 F. ; Lt. B. J. Livius, 15 L.Dr. ; 

 Lt. W. H. Boys, 21 L. Dr.; Lt. H. Donaldson, 

 101 F. ; Ens. J. L. Clarke, 44 F. ; Ens. D. Munro, 

 24 F. ; Ens. T. Gr.aham, 02 F. ! Corn. J. C. Cooper, 

 22 L.Dr., o«20May. 



UnattacheH. — The iu»dern>a»tlo«»ed oSkers having 

 Drevct Rank superior to their Regimental Com- 

 missions, have accepted promotion upon h. p., ac- 

 cording to G. O. of 25 April ll!26.— T/< lie Lieut. Coh. 

 lit Inf. Brev. Lt. Cols. C. Campbell, from 1 F. ; A. 

 Peebles, from 9 F.; and R. B. M'Gregor, from m 

 F., all 4 May. — To b-i Majs. of Inf. by purch. Brev. 

 Lt. Cols. J. M'Ra, from IF.; W. Irving, from 

 2«F. ; W. Rowan, from 52 F. ; H. G. Macleod, 

 from 52 F. ; T. H. 'WaAe, from 42 F. ; H. Fainey, 

 from Afr. Col. Corps ; G. L. Goldic, from 66 F. : 

 and J. Stewart, from 46 F. Br. Majs. J. Watson, 

 from 14 F. ; J. M. Belshes, from 29 F. ; J. Crowe, 

 from ,32 F. ; T. Huxley, from 70 F. ; P. Baird, 

 from 77 F., Hon. F. C. Stanhope, from 78 F. ; A. 

 CreiRhton, from 91 F. ; A. Gore, from !)5 F. ; J. 

 Austen, from 25 F.; D.Wright, from 15 F. ; and 

 P. Dudgeon, from 58 F., aK4May. 



The appointments of Lt. Antrobus, from h. p. 

 13 F. to 46 F., and Lt. Galloway to be Adj. of 33 F., 

 have not taken place. 



The name of the gentleman app. to an unattached 

 Ensigncy on 8th April, is J. A. Thoreau and not 

 J. A. Moreau. 



The Commissions of the undermentioned officers 

 have been antedated, but they have not been allowed 

 any back-pay: — Capt. J. Brown, 53 F., to 16 Feb. 

 Maj. J. Anderson, Capt. J. Greenwood, and Ens. 

 B. Baxter, 50 F., to 16 Feb. Lt. Col. C. P. Ellis, 

 unattached, to 16 Feb. Capt. Wigley, 6 Dr., to 9 

 Apr. Lt. Martin, and Corn. M'Call, 5 Dr. Gu., to 

 9 Apr. Maj. .Shelton, 44 F., to Feb. 25. Com. 

 Smith, 13 L. Dr., to 7 Sept. 25. 



The exchange between Lt. Haggerston, of Ceyl. 

 Regt., and Lt. Driberg, of 83 F., has been ante- 

 dated to 16 March 24. 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



TIIE BISHOP OF DURHAM. 



March 25. — Shiite Barrington, sixth 

 and youngest son of the first Viscount Bar- 

 rington, by Anne, (laughter ami coheiress 

 of Sir William Daines, knight, was bom 

 the 26th of May, 1734. After an educa- 

 tion at Eton, and at Mcrton and Christ 

 Church Colleges, Oxford, he entered uito 

 holy orders in 17.5G ; was A.M. in 17a7., 

 andLL. D. in 17G2. He was a;)pointed 

 chaplain to George II. and afterwards to 

 his late majesty. In 1761, he was made 

 canon of Christ Church, Oxford; in 1766, 

 a canon residentiary of St. Pauls ; and, in 

 1769, he was consecrated Bishop of Llan- 

 daff. He continued in that see till the year 

 1783, when he was translated to Salisbury ; 

 and, in 1721, he succeeded Dr. Thomas 

 Thurlow, in the opulent see of Durham. 

 Thus, altogether, he enjoyed the episcopal 

 dignity fifty-seven years. His first eleva- 

 tion to the bench was owing to the influ- 

 ence of his brother, Viscount Barrington, 

 at that time Secretary of War ; but his 

 subsequent advancement, was, in each in- 

 stance, the act of the king himself. 



This venerable prelate was twice mar- 

 ried : first, in 1761, to the Lady Diana 

 Beauclerc, daughter of Ciiaiies, second 

 Duke of St. Albans, who died in 1766 ; 

 secondly, to Jane, only daughter of Sir 

 Berkeley William Guise, baronet, who died 

 in 1807. By neither of these ladies had he 

 any issue. Ilis nephew, the present Vis- 

 count Barrington, Prebendary of Durham, 

 and Rector of Sedgefield, succeeds to his 

 vast fortune, which, however, proves to be 

 by no means so extensive as was first sus- 

 pected. Rarely was an ajiplication for 



pecuniary assistance made to him unsuc- 

 cessfully ; and his legacies to public chari- 

 ties are said to amount to ^20,001). 

 Amongst his numerous donations were — 

 to the Church Missionary Society, £ijOO, 

 and to the Magdalen Hospital, i,'500. It 

 is related of him, that, when a relation of 

 his once expressed a wish to amend his 

 situation by entering into holy orders, he 

 inquired what Would satisfy him, and, on 

 being answered that about A'500. a year 

 was what he wished, the Bishop replied, 

 " you shall have it, but not out of the pa., 

 trimony of the church ; I will i)ay it you 

 out of my own pocket." 



His Lordship was, by virtue of his 

 bishoprick, a count palatine, custos rotulo- 

 nim of the principality of Durham, a mas- 

 ter of the British Museum, and visitor of 

 Baliol College, Oxford. In supporting the 

 state of his princely See, he displayed a 

 sober magnificence, a decent splendour, 

 highly honourable to the character of a 

 Protestant ecclesiastical lord. His man- 

 ner!, at once dignified and courteous, en- 

 sured for him universal respect. Eminent- 

 ly charitable in his judgment of all who 

 differed from him in religious belief, he 

 lived on the best terms with pious dissen- 

 ters ; and, although zealously opposed to 

 the Roman Catholic claims, his house used 

 to be always open to the French emigrant 

 clergy. Mr. Charles Butler, the distin- 

 guished Roman Catholic barrister, was his 

 confidential agent in the distribution of his 

 benevolence amongst them, to the amount, 

 as Mr. B. states, of more than £'100,000. 

 In his episcopal capacity his lordship con- 

 ducted himself with the strictest attention 



