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and Baron Erne, of Crum Castle, Governor 
of Fermanagh, and a Trustee of the Linen 
Manufacture of Dublin, was descended from 
a branch of the Viscounts Frendraught, in 
Scotland. One of his ancestors, Abraham 
Creighton, Colonel of a regiment of Foot, dis- 
tinguished himself at the battle of Aughrim, 
in 16923; another, David, distinguished 
himself in 1689, at the age of eighteen, by 
his gallant defence of the family seat of 
Crum Castle, against an army of 6,000 
chosen men of James IT. 
Abraham, the first lord, was created Baron 
Erne, of Crum Castle, in the county of 
Fermanagh, in the year 1768. He married 
Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of John 
Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of the Court 
of King’s Bench, by Elizabeth, daughter of 
Stephen Ludlow, Esq., ancestor of the Earl 
of Ludlow. The second son, by this mar- 
riage (the first having died young) was 
John, the nobleman to whom this brief 
notice refers. 
His lordship succeeded his father in 1773. 
He was created Viscount Erne in 1781, 
and advanced to the dignity of Earl of Erne, 
in 1789. His lordship married, first, Cathe- 
rine, daughter of Robert Howard, Bishop 
of Elpin, and sister of Ralph, Viscount 
Wicklow. That lady having died in 1765, 
his lordship married, secondly, in 1776, the 
Lady Mary, eldest daughter of Frederick 
Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol, and Bishop 
of Derry. 
The Earl of Eme was one of the repre- 
sentative Peers of Ireland. He was uni- 
formly a supporter of the Constitution, as 
established in 1688 ; and, in illustration of 
his principles, it is proper to remark, that 
the last political act of his life was to enrol 
himself as a member of the Brunswick 
Club. ¢ 
His lordship died, full of years and full 
of honours, on the 15th of September. He 
is succeeded in his titles and estates by his 
eldest son by his first marriage—Abraham, 
now second Earl of Erne. 
SIR ANDREW SNAPE HAMOND, BART. 
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart., was 
born at Blackheath, about the year 1738. 
His father was a merchant and considerable 
ship owner in London; his mother, Su- 
sanna, said to have been a woman of un- 
usual strength of mind, was the sole heiress 
of Robert Snape, Esq., of Lime-kilns, near 
Blackheath, brother of Dr. Andrew Snape, 
one of the Queen’s Chaplains, and Provost 
of Queen’s College, Cambridge. After re- 
ceiving the education of a gentleman—a 
character which, throughout life, he main- 
tained in all its lustre—he entered the naval 
service of his country. He was lieutenant 
on board his majesty’s ship Magnanime, in 
the action of Hawke and Conflans, on the 
20th of November, 1759; was promoted to 
the rank of post-captain on the 7th of De- 
cember, 1770; and, during the greater 
part of the American war, he commanded 
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the Roebuck frigate, of 44 guns, in which 
he was constantly employed in the most 
arduous service. For his able, brave, and 
spirited conduct, his Majesty, in 1778, con- 
ferred upon him the honour of knight- 
hood. 
In 1780, Sir Andrew brought home the 
despatches from Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot, 
announcing the capture of Charlestown, 
with the shipping and stores in that har- 
bour. ‘ The conduct of Sir Andrew Ha- 
mond, of the Roebuck,’’ remarked the 
admiral, in his official letter, ‘‘ deserves 
particular mention ; whether in the great 
line of service, or in the detail of duty, 
he has been ever ready, forward, and ani- 
mated.” 
Captain Hamond was soon afterwards 
appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the pro- 
vince of Nova Scotia, and a Commissioner 
of the Navy at Halifax ; situations which 
afforded him ample opportunity for the dis- 
play of judgment and integrity, benevo- 
lence and humanity. 
After the peace, in 1783, this distin- 
guished officer was raised to the dignity of 
a Baronet, designated of Holly-Grove, in 
the county of Berks, with a limitation in 
favour of his nephew, Sir Andrew Snape 
Douglas, Knt. 
From 1785 to 1788, Sir Andrew Hamond 
held the appointments of Commodore and 
Commander-in-Chief in the river Medway ; 
in 1793, he became Deputy-Comptroller of 
the Navy; and, in 1794, on the death of 
Sir Henry Martin, he succeeded to the re- 
sponsibilities of that office as principal, and 
presided over it with equal honour to him- 
self and benefit to his country, for twelve 
years; one of the most anxious and extra- 
ordinary periods in the political and naval 
history of Britain—a period which termi- 
nated with the death of Nelson, the victory 
of Trafalgar, the extinction of the naval 
force of continental Europe. 
Twice, during the time that he held the 
office of Comptroller of the Navy, Sir 
Andrew Hamond was returned to parlia- 
ment by the loyal interest, as one of the 
representatives of the Borough of Ipswich ; 
a town in which, to the latest moment of 
his existence, he was loved, honoured, and 
revered. 
On the death of Mr. Pitt, Sir Andrew 
Hamond resigned the Compitrollership of 
the Navy ; and, in 1809, he purchased an 
estate at Torrington, near Lynn, in the 
county of Norfolk. ‘There, not less vener- 
able for his virtue than his age, he con- 
tinued to reside until the time of his de- 
cease, which occurred on the 12th of Sep- 
tember. 
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond was a Fel- 
low of the Royal Society, an Elder Brother 
of the Trinity House, &c. 
Dr. PEARSON. 
George Pearson, M. D., F. R. S., &e. 
was a man of great eminence as a physician, 
