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sion and combination ; in the bright- 

 est conversations of an imagination 

 fraught wi(h the treasures of inge- 

 Jjuity, erudition, classical discrimi- 

 nation, and sound judgment, Hare 

 was almost unrivalled ; yet, in pub- 

 lic speaking, he totally disappointed 

 the ideas which his school-compa- 

 nions entertained and diliused of him 

 in early life. — Mr. Hare visited Pa- 

 ris on the conclusion of the late war, 

 and returned home in an ill state of 

 tealth, which terminated his life. 



At Ellingham, co. Northumber- 

 land, aged 71, Edward Ilaggerston, 

 esq. uncle to sir Carnaby Haggcr- 

 jton, bart. 



18th. At Totness, Devon, rear- 

 admiral Epwortli. lie was an of- 

 ficer in the late admiral Keppel's 

 ship at the taking of the Havannah, 

 1760, and was present at many of 

 the naval contjuests during that war. 



1 9th. At his house in St. James's- 

 square, in his G4th year, John Duke 

 of Roxburgh, Marquis of Beau- 

 mont and Cesford, earl of Roxburgh 

 and Kelso, viscount Broxmouth, ba- 

 ron Kerr of Roxburgh, Cesford, and 

 Caverton, in Scotland, and also ba- 

 ron and earl Kerr of Wakefield, co, 

 York, principal groom of the stole 

 to the king, head lord of his ma- 

 jesty's bed-chamber, K. T. and lord- 

 Jieutenant of the county of Rox- 

 burgh. His grace was born in 

 April, 1740, and succeeded to his 

 titles and estates on the death of his 

 father, August 20, 1755. lie is 

 succeeded in the dukedom of Rox- 

 burgh, the earldoms of Roxburgh 

 and Kelso, the viscountcy of Brox- 

 mouth, barony of Kerr, &c. by 

 lord Bellenden, who is married to 

 3 daughter of Mr. Bicheno, of 

 Windsor, and niece of sir John 

 Smith of Dorsetshire, but has no 

 issue. His grace has left two jjiai- 



den sisters, who were a distinguish- 

 ed part of the beautiful groupe of 

 bridemaids that attended the nuptial 

 ceremonies of their present majes- 

 ties. When a young man, he was 

 as remarkable for his personal figure 

 as for his mental accomplishments. 

 While on his travels he was attach- 

 ed to the eldest sister of her present 

 majesty ; and there is little doubt 

 but that he Avould have succeeded 

 in making her his wife, had not the 

 late princess of Wales, at the time, 

 brought about the match between 

 his majesty and the younger sister, 

 our present gracious and good 

 queen. Etiquette then interfered ; 

 and it was deemed indecorous that 

 the elder sister should be the sub- 

 ject of the younger. This, operat- 

 ing with some other reasons, broke 

 olf the negociation ; but both par- 

 tics evinced the strength of their 

 mutual attachment by devoting their 

 after-lives to celibacy. — When his 

 grace found himself draw near his 

 dissolution, he desired no one might 

 attend his corpse into Scotland but 

 his steward and one old footman, 

 who had faithAilly served him a 

 great number of years, and for 

 whom his grace has left a legacy of 

 601. per ann. Accordingly, those 

 two persons did attend ; and, sin- 

 gular as it may appear, the footman 

 lived long enough to reach the place 

 of their destination, but was a corpse 

 himself before the interment of his 

 master took place. 



At his house in Great George- 

 street, Westminster, after a very 

 short illness, the right honourable 

 Richard Pepper Arden, baron Al- 

 vanley, of Alvanley, co. Chester, 

 (so created May 22, 1801,) and 

 lord chief justice of the court of 

 common pleas. He was the second 

 sou of Jolux ArdcDj esq. of Arden, 



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