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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
: LADY STRANGFORD. 
May 26.—The Right Honourable Ellen 
Viscountess Strangford, wife of his Exeel- 
fency the British Ambassador at the Court 
of St- “Petersburgh, was the youngest 
daughter of the late, and sister of the 
présent Sir John Bourke, of Marble fill, 
in the County of Galway, Bart. She was 
the maternal aunt of the Marquess of Clan- 
ricarde, who was lately married to the only 
daughter of the Right Honourable George 
Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs. At the time of her marriage with 
Lord Strangford, in 1817, she was the relict 
of — Browne, Esq. Her ladyship’s first 
son and heir was born at Stockholm, 
whither she had accompanied Lord Strang- 
ford on his embassy, on the 16th of April 
1818; and she had another son born on 
the 18th of July 1819. 
Lady Strangford’s death was the result 
of an illness which supervened on her 
last recent confinement: she had appa- 
reitly recovered, and, with her child, 
seemed to enjoy good health; but after a 
time she complained of pain and sickness, 
with a strong impression upon her mind 
that her death would be speedy. Under 
this feeling, although her physicians appre- 
hended no danger, she quietly prepared for 
the event. Her sole anxiety was for her 
young family. ‘‘ Yet I know,’’ she would 
say, “that my little children have a fond 
and good father—why, then, should death 
give me any concern?” While conversing 
with a friend one evening, she was sud- 
denly attacked by spasms, which termi- 
nated in a state of insensibility, and at 
the end of eighteen hours she expired 
without a struggle. Over her remains, on 
the following day, a solemn funeral service 
was performed in the Roman Catholic 
chapel. 
LORD CARTERET. 
_ June 17.—At his seat, Hawnes, Bed- 
fordshire, in his ninety-first year, the Right 
Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne Car- 
‘ , Baron Carteret, High Bailiff of Jersey, 
D.c.L., &c., brother of the late, and uncle of 
the present Marquess of Bath. His Lord- 
Ship was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 
second Viscount Weymouth, by his second 
wife, Louisa Carteret, daughter of John Earl 
Granville, and next brother to the first 
Marquess of Bath, K.G., on whose sons 
' the barony is settled in remainder. His 
lordship being heir to his grandfather, the 
last Earl Granville, he, in 1776, took the 
_ Tame and arms of Carteret, by act of Par- 
_ liament. He was created a baron with re- 
_ mainder as above in 1784. His Lordship 
W Piette, Lo in his title and’estate by his 
nephew, George Thynne, now Lord 
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MRS. MATTOCKS. 
June 25.—This distinguished actress of 
our good old school of comedy appears to 
have been born about the: year 1745. She 
was, aS it may be termed, a child of the 
stage. Her father, Mr. Hallam, was, at 
one period, manager of Goodman’s Fields 
Theatre ; her mother was related to Beard, 
the principal siger of his time ; and a bro- 
ther of her’s, some years ago, was the mana- 
ger of a theatrical company in America. 
Her father, in a dispute with Macklin, the 
celebrated Shylock, at a rehearsal, received 
so severe a wound in the eye from the 
walking-stick of the ruffian—which, in fact, 
Macklin was—that he died on the spot. 
Macklin was tried for the offence at the 
Old Bailey, but acquitted, as it was deemed 
the effect of sudden passion, not of malice 
prepense. 
Receiving a superior edueation, Miss 
Hallam voluntarily adopted the stage as a 
pursuit, and came forward with the repu- 
tation of high accomplishments. All her 
early appearances were in singing-charac- 
ters: she was the first Louisa in the 
opera of the Duenna. Occasionally she at- 
tempted tragedy, but with little success, 
In her performance of the second charac- 
ter in Hook’s tragedy of Cyrus, she was 
completely thrown into the back-ground by 
the fine figure and admirable acting of Mrs. 
Yates in Mandane, the heroine of the piece. 
Study and observation, however, induced 
her to attempt the sprightly parts of low 
comedy, such as abigails, citizens’ wives, 
&c. ; and in those she succeeded to her 
wishes. The delicacy of her person, the 
vivacity of her temper, and a distinguishing 
judgment, all shewed themselves to advan- 
tage in this walk, and she rapidly became a 
universal favourite with the town. This 
is no slight praige, when we consider that, 
amongst her contemporaries were Mrs. 
Green (Sheridan’s first Duenna) and Mrs, 
Abington ; and that, in the early part of her 
career, even Mrs. Clive had not left the 
stage. 
Miss Hallam stood thus high in the esti- 
mation of the public, when Mr. Mattocks, 
of the same theatre, first paid his addresses 
to her. He wasa vocal performer of some 
consequence, and a respectable actor, A 
mutual attachment appears to have en- 
sued ; and, to avoid the opposition of the 
lady's parents, the lovers took a trip to 
France, and were married. .The union, 
however, dges not appear to have been a 
very happy one: infidelities on both sides 
led to an open rupture ; and, if we mistake 
not, toa separation. Notwithstanding this, 
when Mr. Mattocks, some years afterwards, 
beeame manager of the Liverpool Theatre, 
his wife performed there all the principal 
characters. The speculation proving une 
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