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was raised to the see of Oxford in 

 1 799, translated totiiatofBangorin 

 1807, thence to London in 1811. 

 His publications were chiefly occa- 

 sional sermons and charges, and a 

 Latin praelection on the study of 

 the Greek language. Heperforra- 

 ed with zeal and assiduity the 

 duties of his function, and was re- 

 garded as inheriting his father's or- 

 thodoxy. 



30. Lady Jane Baker, relict of 

 sir G. Baker, M. D. 



Mr. Robert Nelson, master- 

 builder of Deptford-yard, drowned 

 with his son in passing with a boat 

 under London-bridge. 



■ August. 



I. Henry Vane Tempest, bart. 

 M. P. for the county of Durham. 



4. The hon. R. H. Monckton, 

 second son of the late viscount 

 Galway. 



7. William Pierrepont, esq. rear- 

 admiral of the blue. 



II. Henry James Pye, esq. 

 poet laureal, in his 69th year. 

 Mr. Pye was the son of Henry 

 Pye, esq. of Faringdon, Berk- 

 shire, who frequently represent- 

 ed that county in parliament. 

 He was educated at Magdalen- 

 college, Oxford, and after the death 

 of his father settled as a country 

 gentleman at Faringdon, took a 

 commission in the magistracy, and 

 the militia, and in 1784' was elect- 

 ed a representative for his county 

 in parliament. Becoming involved 

 in his circumstances, he was oblig- 

 ed to sell his paternal estate. In 

 1790 he accepted the place of poet 

 laureat ; and in 1792 was appointed 

 oiie of the magistrates for West- 

 minBter. Mr. Pye from an early 



age made himself known for his 

 poetical talents, and from time to 

 time published the fruits of his 

 studies in this walk, of which 

 perhaps the most read were " Fa- 

 ringdon Hill," and " The Progress 

 of Refinement." He also gave an 

 edition of " Aristotle's Poetics," 

 with a commentary. If not a poet 

 of the higher rank, he displayed 

 the elegant scholar, and polished 

 versifier. 



13. Rear-admiral Samuel Thomp- 

 son, aged g^. 



Dr. Joseph Stock, bishop of 

 Waterford, aged 77. 



18. At Bath, the Rev. John 

 Simpson, in his 67th year. He was 

 brought up to the dissenting minis- 

 try, but for many years had de- 

 clined settling with any particular 

 congregation ; and possessing an 

 easy fortune, devoted himself to 

 acts of benevolence, and theologi- 

 cal studies, of which he published 

 several esteemed fruits. 



21. The queen dowager of Swe- 

 den. 



26. Lady Bacon, wife of sir 

 Edm. Bacon, bart. and daughter 

 of the late sir W. Beauchamp 

 Proctor. 



27. At Tunbridge, in his 61st 

 year, baron de Rolle, a native of 

 the canton of Soleure in Switzer- 

 land. At an early age he entered 

 into the Swiss guards of the king 

 of France, and was a captain in 

 that corps, and aide-de-camp of the 

 count d'Artois at the time of the 

 revolution. He afterwards resided 

 at Berlin as the agent of the Bour- 

 bon family, where he raised the 

 regiment bearing his name. 



30. At the storming of St. Se- 

 bastian, col. sir R. Fletcher, long 

 chief engineer to lord Wellington. 



