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eldest son, now sir F. Buller Yarde, 

 who changed his name for an estate 

 of considerable value. 



7th. The Right honourable 

 Henry Willoughby, lord Middleton 

 of Middleton, and a baronet. He 

 was born December 19^ 17^6 ; suc- 

 ceeded his cousin Thomas, the 

 late lord, January ip, 1781. He 

 married, December 25, 1756, Do- 

 rothy, daughter and coheir of 

 George Cartwright, of Offingham, 

 in Nottinghamshire, by whom he 

 had several children. 



8 th. The right honourable lady 

 Bagot. 



William Cruikshanks, esq. a sur- 

 geon of the very first eminence. 

 He was a native of or near Glas- 

 gow, where he was educated. He 

 was born in 1745 ; and in compli- 

 ment to tlie hero of Culloden, his 

 parents chose the name of William- 

 Cumberland for their son, the latter 

 part of which name he but rarely 

 used. He was educated and in- 

 tended for the church, but never 

 shewed much inclination for it. 

 About the time that Dr. William 

 Hunter, teacher of anatomy in Lon- 

 don, and his assistant, Mr. Hewson, 

 were to part, the doctor had ap- 

 plied to the professors, at Glasgow, 

 to recommend a young man of ge- 

 nius and learning to succeed Mr. 

 Hewson, for whicli purpose Mr. 

 Cruiksliank's abilities well recom- 

 mended him. He therefore came 

 to London, about thirty years ago. 

 He married, in 1773, a native of 

 Dundee, who died in 1795, by 

 whom he had four daughters. 



Suddenly, at his seat at Chisel- 

 hurst, in Kent, the right iionourable 

 Thomas Townshend, viscount Syd- 

 ney, chief-justice in Eyre, S. of 

 Trent, a governor of the charter- 



house, and a vice-president of the 

 Asyl um. Returning from his morn- 

 ing-ride, he went into the garden, 

 and walked round the pond to see 

 his ducks, as was his usual custom, 

 and then returned to the parlour, 

 desiring his servant to bring him 

 pen and ink, saying he would write 

 to his attorney to inform him when 

 he should be in town. After writ- 

 ing " Sir, I shall be ," his 



lordship fell back in his chair, in a 

 fit. His eldest son, the honourable 

 J. T. Townshend, one of the lords 

 of the treasury, and liis successor in 

 title and estate, who was with him, 

 called for assistance, but to no pur- 

 pose ; the last words his lordship 

 spoke were " Give me my 

 draught ;" in three minutes after- 

 wards he expired. He once filled 

 a high office under government, 

 having been secretary of state, when 

 Mr. Pitt came into administration. 



July 1st. At East Retford, Lin- 

 coln, aged 76, the lady of sir Whar- 

 ton Amcotts, bart. sister of the late 

 Charles Amcotts, esq. of Kettle- 

 thorne, in the same county, by 

 whose death, in 1777? she divided 

 with her sister, Mrs. Duckworth, 

 liis considerable estates, which ai"e 

 still possessed by sir Wharton. 



Sir Robert Goodere, bart. 



James Drummond, lord Perth, 

 so created October 2()th, 1797. 



The duke de Duras, a peer of 

 France. 



Bryan Edwards, esq. M. P. 



14th. In his 82d year, the right 

 honourable Basil Fielding, earl of 

 Denbigh, viscount Fielding, one of 

 the lords of his majesty's bed-cham- 

 ber, and earl of Desmond in Ire- 

 land. This noble earl was de- 

 scended from the earls of Haps- 

 burgh, in CJermany. Geoflfrey, 



