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kttd, ■XhoMt 25 years since, one of 

 the largest fortunes ever acciimulat- 

 eJ ; soon after which, he purchased 

 the beautiful demesne of Stanstead 

 from the executors of the deceased 

 earl of Halifax. 



At Ingatestone, Essex, Thomas 

 Brand Hollis, esq. F.R.A. SS. 

 and formerly M. P. lie was the 

 only son of Timothy Brand, esq. 

 (who died in 1734, aged 51), of 

 the Hyde in Ingatestone, where he 

 built a very good house, and Avas 

 sheriff of Essex in 1721, by Sarah 

 daughter of Thomas Mitchell, esq. 

 of Rickling ; by whom he had also 

 two daughters: one majried, 1744, 

 to Richard Grindall, esq. surgeon, 

 separated from him, and died of the 

 small pox 1781. Mr. Brand made 

 the tour of Europe with the well- 

 known Mr. Hollis, who died in 

 1774, and left him his fortune and 

 his name. Their tastes were con- 

 genial, but not their principles ; 

 for whereas Mr. H. would hardly 

 have accepted of a scat in I'arlia- 

 ment, his friend applied hix fortune 

 to acquire a seat for Ilindon, and 

 was convicted of brib^-ry, and con- 

 fined in the King's Bench .several 

 years. Early in the administration 

 of lord North, and conjointly with 

 the duke of Richmond, he was in- 

 stitutor of the constitutional society, 

 of great celebrity in those days. 

 He has left his estates in Dorset and 

 Essex to his friend Dr. Disney. Mr. 

 Brand Hollis's sister kept his house, 

 and he has left her GOOl. a year for 

 life. Mr. Thomas Hollis, having 

 quarreled with his cousin Timothy, 

 made a will in I\lr. Brand's favour ; 

 and when Mr Harrison, the solici- 

 tor of the Million Bank, who drew 

 it up, went, at a late hour, to in- 

 form Mr. B. of his good fortune, he 

 vas long in jjaining admittanccj and 



when, after frequent knocking, he 

 had gained it, was met by the mas- 

 ter of the house and his servants 

 armed for resistance as against house 

 breakers. Mr. B 's library and col- 

 lection of antiques are It-ft to the 

 British museum or Antiquarian soci- 

 ety. 



3rd. Found dead in his bed, ia 

 Enniskillen, in his 31st year, the 

 hon. and rev. W. Montgomery Cole, 

 third son of the late earl of Ennis- 

 killen, and brother to the present 

 earl : a young gentleman of the most 

 amiable qualities. He had been re- 

 cently appointed by his excellency 

 lord Hardwicke to the deanery of 

 Waterford, vacant by the promo- 

 tion of Dr. Butson. 



5th. At the Royal Hotel, in Pall 

 Malt, sir Charles Style, bart. of 

 Wateringbury, near Maidstone, iu 

 Kent. 



10th. At Dumfries, general sir 

 Robert Laurie, bart. colonel of the 

 8th regiment of dragoons, 30 years 

 M. P. for the county of Dumfries, 

 and knight marshall of Scotland, 

 He is succeeded by his son Robert, 

 captain of the Cleopatra frigate. 



nth. AtSouth-End,Jn.Ibbetson, 

 esq. late under secretary to the 

 Admiralty; who, in conscquencer 

 of violent agitation, occasioned by 

 an altercation between him and lieut. 

 Norman, commander of the signal 

 post at that place, fell down in a lit 

 of apoplexy, from which he never 

 recovered. After a deliberation of 

 nearly five hours, during which it ap- 

 peared that Jlr. I. had been previ- 

 ously afflicted with two apoplectic 

 fits, the coroner's jury returned a 

 verdict, Died by the visitation of 

 God. 



1 1th. At Malton, Charles Locke, 

 esq. who was minister at Naples, 

 and who went oat thither, a few 

 K k 2 montlis 



