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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



grand nephew to the present duke 

 of An caster. 



12th. At Mr. Phillips's, in 

 Thornhaugh-street, Bedford-square. 

 James Barton, esq. of Penwortham, 

 CO. Lancaster, brother-in-law to 

 E. M. Mundy, esq. M. P. for Der- 

 byshire. 



Mr. Carter, a celebrated com- 

 poser of music, and author of 

 many ballads, among which were 

 " O, Nanny, wilt thou gang with 

 me." " Tally-ho !" &c. &c. 



13th. At his country-seat, Ab- 

 beyleix, in Queen's County, Ire- 

 land, most sincerely and deservedly 

 Jamer.tcd, Thomas Vesey, viscount 

 De Vesci, so created in 1776. He 

 js succeeded in his title, &c. by his 

 eldest son the hon John Vesey, who 

 is married to Miss Brownlow, sister 

 to the countesses of Darnlcy and 

 Povverscourt, and daughter of the 

 Jate right honourable William 

 Brownlow. 



At Clifton, the hon. col. George 

 Napier, comptroller of army ac- 

 compts in Ireland. A better or a 

 braver soldier never served his 

 country; a more upright or more 

 diligent servant of the public never 

 filled an office of trust. He Mas 

 married to lady Sarah Bunbury, 

 sister to the duke of Richmond. 



17th. At Berlin, in his 70th 

 year, M. de Struensee, Prussian mi- 

 nister of state. He had served un- 

 der three different kings. 



19th. At his house in Suffolk- 

 street, Charing-cross, aged 63, the 

 facetious Mr. Charles Bannister, 

 formerly, for many years, of Dru- 

 ry-lane and Covent-gardcn theatres, 

 but latterly of the Haymarket- 

 theatre, and father of Mr. John B. 

 the celebrated comedian. He had 

 long been the life of every company 

 into which he was introduced ; his 

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gaiety and conviviality never failed 

 to set the table in a roar; mirth 

 flashtd from his eye, and care dared 

 not intrude. In his manners he was 

 unottending and unassuming. "Live 

 while Me can," was his motto 

 throughout his mortal career; and 

 few men ever enjoyed, or was more 

 beloved by, a more extensive and 

 respectable circle of friends. A 

 long attachment to society and his 

 bottle impaired his constitution ; so 

 much so, that it was latterly neces- 

 sary to revive him Mith comfortable 

 cordials before he could take dinner, 

 or preside at the festive board. He 

 was ever considered a -respectable 

 performer; his vocal talents were 

 for many years of the first celebrity ; 

 and the public never missed an op- 

 portunity of testify ini; their esteem 

 for so deserved a favourite and re- 

 spected individual ; of m hich Mr. B. 

 experienced tluir last testimony at 

 his benefit at the Haymarket theatre 

 on the 16th, only three days before 

 his death, when the, house overflow- 

 ed in every part, and hundreds 

 were disappointed. His remains 

 were interred, on the 25th, in the 

 fannly-vault under the communion- 

 table in St. Martin's church. The 

 hearse Mas draMn by four horses, 

 and followed by six mourning- 

 coaches, in M'hich Mere JVIessieurs 

 Barrymore, Moody, Waldron, 

 Holland, Wroughton, Pope, John- 

 stone, Kell}', Inclcdon, Munden, 

 Lewis, Bartley, Collins, Cherry, 

 Dowton, Suett, Fawcett, Truman, 

 Caulfield, and Hill. Mr. J. Ban- 

 nister Mas in the first coach, with 

 some of his children. Many other 

 friends of the deceased joined the 

 procession. The coffin was . placed 

 on those of the deceased's mother 

 and brother. 



20th. At his chambers in the 



Temple, 



