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city of Coventry, recorder of Co- 

 ventry and Tlutford, president of the 

 Magdalen hospit:!, and a vice pre- 

 sident of St. George's hospital. He 

 succeeded liis father us earl of Hert- 

 ford in 1/30; was created eail of 

 Jiertford and viscount Reauchauip, 

 ] 750 ; was app<iinted a lord of the 

 bed-chaaihcr, 17-51 ; lieutenant and 

 custos rotolornm of the county of 

 AVarwick, and Installed knight of 

 the garter, 175/: continued mall 

 his offices on the accession of liis 

 present maiesty, of vviiosc privy 

 counc 1 be was sworn 1703, and 

 ?0')n after wentanibas.sador-extraor- 

 dinary to France, when he lesigned 

 the pUceof lord of thebcd-cliamber. 

 He was appointed lord-lleuienant 

 of Ireland, I7t>5 ; master of the 

 horse to the king, 170T), and lord- 

 chamberlain of the household, which 

 "^lastoffice he resigned, I70"0'. He was 

 created ear' of Yarmouth, 1794. He 

 married, 1/41, Isabella, youngest 

 rianghtor ot Charle-:, second duke of 

 Grattou, by whom he had seven 

 -ons and six danghtc-rs. His lordship 

 is succeeded in his tiths and estates 

 by his eld.est son, Francis, earl of 

 ■Yarmouth, who is serving in the 

 capacity cf envoy from this court 

 •to the king of I^i ussia, 



2?>. ijit his house, in Mortimer- 



•-ect, Caveiid'sh -square, aged (?8, 



;■ Archibald Murray, hart. Flis 



tttle devolves to ills son, John Mur- 



'ray, of the -iO'ch regiment, at Cork, 



in Irel.ind. 



At her lodgings in Poland-street, 

 the marchioacs? de Marnesia, an 

 •efQ'grantjV/hoe'joy^d a riistinguish" 

 •edtenkand affluence in France be»- 

 ■fort the late revolution. This lady 

 'posses3i:dvefy gi«r:attclenls in paint- 

 'iig.andbas k-it so;n« beautiful spe- 

 iiii;i>5 ofhev skiil. She paiutcA A 



fine likeness of the queen of France 

 shortly before her execution, which 

 was engr^ived for Mrs. Robinsop's 

 monody to the memory of that un- 

 fortunate princess. The marchioness 

 was one of those elegant females 

 who perishedin oblivion rather than 

 court the eye of vulgar comniisera- 

 tion. The delicacy of her frame, 

 sgitated by tlie sad change in the 

 atate of he: country, was too much 

 for her feelings, which, after a lin- 

 gering struggle, overc-imeher. 



July 1st, In her 76th year, Ger- 

 trude, duchess dowager of Bedford, 

 eldestdaughter of John, earl Gower, 

 by his first wife, daughterof Evelyn, 

 duke of Kingston. She was second 

 wife of John, fourth duke of Bed- 

 ford, to whom she was married in 

 1737. and by whom she had issue, 

 PVancis, marquis of Tavistock, died 

 1 7t>7 j John, died an infant ; and 

 Caroline, married to George, duke 

 of Marlborough. She was left a 

 widow in l//!. ar,d has been ever 

 since distinguished by a remarkable 

 goodness of heart, attended by a 

 cheerfulness not very common at so 

 advanced a period of life. 



10th. At Pinkie-house, in Scot- 

 land, sir Archibald Hope, bart. of 

 Craig-hall. He was secretary to the 

 Board of Poliffie, in Scotland, for 

 life, and received acompensationon 

 the abolition of that beard. His an- 

 cestor, sir Thomas Hope, of Craig- 

 hall, was king's advocateinthereign 

 of Charles .1. who had the privilege 

 of plead'ng before ihe court of Ses- 

 sion witii his hat on j which privi- 

 Icgehis successovshaveenjuyed ever 

 since. Sir Thomas left four sons 

 (three ot whom were lords of session 

 at one time), who all married, and 

 bad i sue, \i7.. sir John Hope, of 

 Q;aig-hall ; sis Thomas Hope, of 



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