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ham, married Miss Wickham, sister 
tothe former. 4. Charles Drake 
Gerrard, esq. chosen with his bro- 
ther, at the last election, M. P. for 
Amersham. 5. A daughter, mar- 
ried to the tev. Mr. Francke, of 
Suffo’k. 6. A daughter, unmarried. 
Sept. 1. At Brighthelmstone, in 
the 68:h year, of his age, the Right 
Hon. David Murray, earl of Manse 
field, president of the council, jus- 
tice-general of Scotland, keeper 
of Scone, chancellor of Mareschal. 
_ College, Aberdeen, joint clerk of 
thefcourt of king’s bench, LL. D, 
and K. T. and formerly a2 member 
of the university of Oxford. His 
lordship was the only son of lord 
viscount Stormont (elder brother 
to that distingyished character the 
first earl of Mansfield), and bore 
that title till his late uncle’s death, 
when he succeeded to his fortune 
and the earldom. He had resigned 
the office of lord justice general of 
Scotland, on being appointed lord 
president of the council. His es- 
tates in Scotland do not exceed 
60001. a year; but the property 
he inherited from the great earl, 
and the accumulations arising from 
rigid economy in his own ex- 
pences, aré immense. A green 
ribband be¢omes vacant by his 
death; who was; except the duke 
of Queensbury, the oldest knight 
of the most ancient ordet of the 
thistle. He was educated at Wests 
minster school; and from the, col- 
lege there was elected, in 1744, 
student of Christ-church, Oxford. 
His proficiency in classical know- 
ledge at both those seminaries of 
learning, and his distinguished’ re- 
ang as a scholar, are well 
own to his contemporaries. 
Many of his Latin compositions 
Still remain, and prove bas taste and 
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mastery in that language. He 
continued through life, notwith« 
standing his constant employment 
in business, to cultivate at his lei- 
sure hours the learned languages, 
and with such diligence, that it is 
thought he has Jeft few better, or 
more critical, Greek scholars be- 
hind him. Upon the death of his 
father, in 1748; which happened 
not very long after he had finished 
his studies at Oxford, he travelled 
abroad for several years ; and, soon 
after his return, was elected one 
of the sixteen peers for Scotland. 
In 1756, he was appointed envoy 
‘to the court of Dresden, and re- 
mained at that court during its resi- 
dence at Warsaw, and till be was 
named one of the three ambassa- 
dors for the intended cofgress of 
Augsbourg. He returned to Enge 
land in 1762, and the next year 
was appointed ambassador to the 
court of Vienna, where_he conti-« 
nued fill 1772; In 1772, he was 
appointed ambassador to the court 
of France, where he continued 
till the ware In. 1779, his ma- 
jésty was graciously pleased to name 
him s€cretary of state for the northe 
ern department. He held the 
seals till the, change of. administra- 
tion in 1782; and in 1783 returned 
into office, with a part of the ad- 
ministration he had acted with be- 
fore, as president of the council. 
He guitted, with his friends, at the 
end of the same year, and again re- 
turned with them into power in 
1784, in bis former situation of pre- 
sident of the council, pa 
His remains were brought in fu- 
neral state, and,on the 9th, accord- 
ing to his ‘own express desire, pri- 
vately interred in the same vault 
with his uncle and aunt, the late 
éarl and cogntess of ManSfield, in 
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