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court lie resided only a few months, 

 and returned to England the follow- 

 ing year. In 1741 he mairied Con- 

 stantia, daughter of John Kcrle- 

 Emly, esq. of Whctham, co. Wills, 

 •who died in 1753, without any sur- 

 Tiving issue, ile was the eldest son 

 of George, seventh earl of Kin- 

 noull, created by queen Anne, 1712, 

 a baron of Great Britain, by the 

 title of lord Hay, baron Hay of 

 Pedwardin, co. Hereford, who, by 

 Abigail, daughter of Robert earl of 

 Oxford, lord treasurer, had three 

 other sons: Robert, archbishop of 

 York, died 1776: John, re6tor of 

 Epworth, CO. Lincoln, deceased; 

 and Edward, consul at Cadiz and 

 Portugal, and embassador plenipo- 

 teiitlar\-. 



At ]\IaUa, after a long and tedi- 

 o\!s illness, lady Gcorgiana Stew- 

 art, daughter of the carl of Gal- 

 loway. 



At the vicarage, aged 4.5, the rev. 

 Josejih Dacre Carlyle, B. D. vicar 

 of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, chancel- 

 lor of Carlisle, professor of Arabic 

 in the university of Cambridge, 

 chiiplain to the bishop of Durham, 

 and V. R. S. E. ; a gentleman of 

 eminent abilities, distinguished learn- 

 ing, taste, and genuine goodness of 

 heart. He was educated at Queen's 

 tollege, Cambridge: B. A. 1779, 

 M. A, 178.3, b! D. 17D.3;some 

 time fellow of that society, and 

 chosen Arabic professor on the re- 

 signation of Dr. ('raven, 179.5 ; in 

 which year Ive also succeeded Dr. 

 I^aley as chancellor of the diocese 

 of Carlisk. 



His publications nre, 



" Mauret Allataf^t Jemaleddini 

 filii Togri Bardii sen rerum Egypt i- 

 acarum .Vnnales ab A. C. 971. usque 

 ad A. Uj.3. E. codice MS" Bibli- 

 othecs Acadcmica; Cantabrigia; tex- 

 tum Arabifura primus edi^lit Latine 



vertit notisque illustravit,'' 1792." 

 4to. 



" Specimens of Arabic Poetry, 

 from the earliest Time to the I'^x- 

 tiuction of the Khalifs; with some 

 Account of the Authors, 1796," 

 4to. 



" History of Egypt, from an in- 

 edited Arabic MS. and accompanied 

 by a critical and elegant Commen- 

 tary, pronounced a Treasure of ap- 

 pro])riate Worth." 



He published a Proposal for 

 printing the Bible in Arabic, in one 

 quarto or two ot'tavo volumes, 

 price about 12s. for the benefit of 

 the Negroes, which work he ofl'ered 

 to undertake. 



" But though thejjroduftion of the 

 work of Jemaleddin, in the present 

 neglected state of Arabic literature, 

 Mas highly meritorious, it is far from 

 being fraught with the most useful 

 matter. Grateful too as the lovcf 

 of that literature must be for what 

 ^Tr. C. has actually done, he will 

 ])iobably be inclined to lament the 

 entire omission of that part of the 

 work which relates to the Khalifs of 

 JJagdad. To tlie Specimens of Ara- 

 bic Poetry the originals are prefixed, 

 in a beautiful Arabic charartcr ; but 

 we are of opinion that Mr. C.'ssuc 

 cess in transfusing the spirit of these 

 originals has been such as to increase 

 the reputation of his taste and ingenu- 

 ity." New Catalogue of living Au- 

 thors, 1.419. — He accompanied lord 

 I'^igin to Constantinople, as chaplain 

 to the embassy, and for the purpose of 

 obtaining access to the library' of the 

 seraglio. Religion, as well as lite- 

 rature, has sustained a severe loss in 

 his death ; since it will at least sus- 

 pend the correct edition of the -Ara- 

 bic Bible, which he had undertaken 

 at the reijuest of a most respedtable 

 society, composed of many eminent 

 persons (among whom the bishop of 



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