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reonths after their nuptials, he had 
no issue. He afterwards married 
the second daughter of the opulent 
alderman sir William Stevenson. 
This gentleman had already served 
the high office of lord-mayor of the 
city of London; and being a wi- 
dower, Miss Stevenson did the ho- 
nours of the table as lady-mayoress. 
By this lady, who ‘is still living, 
Mr. Sawbridge had three sons and 
a daughter. The eldest son died 
some years since at Caen in Nor- 
mandy; the second, who succeeds 
to the family estate, continues, 
highly to his honour, to serve as 
major in the East Kent regiment of 
militia, of which his father was 
many years colonel; the youngest 
is at present at Westminster school. 
In attempting to draw a faithful. 
portrait of the late alderman Saw- 
bridge, ‘in private and public lite, 
it would be only difficult to decide 
whether he was more truly emi. 
nent in the discharge of the social 
and domestic duties, or in the more 
animated scenes of public patrio- 
‘tism. As a husband, father, bro- 
ft, friend, master of servants, he 
ajsplayed the purest pattern of mo- 
rz] excellence. In his neighbour- 
heod in the country, where he re- 
sided during the summer months, 
his memory will be long held in 
the highest esteem and veneration ; 
for he not only rendered himself 
respectab'e by the srlendid hospi- 
tality of his maision, but by his 
great utility to that part of the 
county in wh'ch he lived, by con- 
stantly acting in the commission of 
the peace, and rendcring to all who 
came before him that equal: and 
impartial justice, for which he was 
so highly celebrated after he suc- 
ceeded to the municipal chara¢ter 
of an alderman of the city of Lon. 
don. It has not been very. usual 
for a country gentleman to accept 
the gown of an alderman.of Lona. 
don; in the case oi Mr. Sawbridge, 
it was an event that took place in 
consequence of the politics of the 
times. His political carcer had 
commenced by gaining his election 
for the town and port of Hythe, 
against a strong aristocratical inte. 
rest. 1t was during the period that 
he sat in parliament as a cinque. 
port baron, that the right of elec. 
tion in the person of Mr. Wilkes 
was violated in the county of Mid- 
dlesex ; a county, in which Mr. 
Sawbridge possessed considerable 
property. It was an usurpation of 
the people’s rights, which oar high. 
spirited baron, whose breast glow. 
ed with the purest flame of civil 
liberty, could ii] brook and endure. 
He so manfally resisted this att of 
ministerial tyranny, both in and 
out of parliament, as to render him. 
self highly popular with the citizens 
of Loudon; and, in consequence, 
was chosen, together with the Jate 
aiderman Townsend, by the voe 
luntary and unsolicited suffrages of 
the livery, sheriff of London. He 
soon aiterwards became an alder, 
man of Langbourn werd; and in 
duc course ot time, he was called 
to the dignity of lord-mayor of 
Londim, ai oftice which Mr. Saw. 
bridge filled with no less honour to 
himself rhan to the first city of the 
civilised wor'd.. Mr. Sawbridge 
was afterwards chosen one of t 
city members, and sat during three 
parliaments as a representative of 
the metropolis of the British em. 
pire. That he well and faithfully 
discharged the high important duty 
of an English senator is well known, 
and will ever be held in grateful 
memory by | his. feilow-citizens, 
During 
