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4th. At his house in Portland- 

 place, aged 57, sir Gregory Page 

 Turner, bart. M. P. for Thirsk, in 

 Yorkshire He was the 3d baronet ; 

 and married, in 1782, Miss Frances 

 Howell, daughter of James H. esq. 

 of Elm, CO. Norfolk, by whom he 

 has left fire children. He succeed- 

 ed, in August 1795, his great uncle 

 and godfather, sir Gregory Page, 

 by will ; and by virtue of his ma- 

 jesty's sign manual, added to his 

 own the name and arms of Page. 

 At the general election in 1784 he 

 was chosen member for Thirsk, 

 ■which he has represented ever since. 

 He lately stood a trial with the maker 

 of an iron bridge over a stream in 

 his garden, suggested by Mr. Cart- 

 wright to lady T. which amounted 

 to 9001. ; and it is said, that his 

 chagrin at this event brought on his 

 death. On examining his secre- 

 taire, his executors found 16,700 

 guineas. His remains were interred 

 in the family vault in Bedfordshire ; 

 and he is succeeded by his eldest 

 son, Gregory Osborne, born Sept. 

 28, 1785. 



5th. At his house in Hanover- 

 square, sir John Gallini, a knight 

 of the holy Roman empire. About 

 8 o'clock in the morning he rang his 

 bell, and, on his servant entering 

 his chamber, ordered his breakfast 

 to be prepared immediately, his 

 chaise to be at the door at 9, and 

 his chariot in waiting at 3. A few 

 minutes after giving these directions 

 he complained of not being well, 

 and said, " I shall rest till 9 

 o'clock." In half an hour he rang 

 Lis bell again, and ordered imme- 

 diate medical assistance, as he had a 

 violent pain in his stomach. Drs. 

 Hayeji and Wood immediately at- 

 tendi-d, but at (J o'clock he expired 

 without a groan. On the morning 



of the 4th he attended his pupils as 

 usual ; and in the evening was at 

 Covent-garden theatre. Sir John 

 was a native of Italy ; and at the 

 age of 25 made his appearance at 

 the Opera-house, then under the 

 management of Mr. Du Burgh, as a 

 dancer. The ensuing season h^ was 

 made principal dancer ; and, in a 

 few seasons, became ballet-master, 

 and then stage-manager of the Opera- 

 house, and gave lessons in dancing- 

 In that character he was introduced 

 into the late earl of Abingdon's fa- 

 mily, where lady Elizabeth Bertie, 

 his lordship's eldest sister, became 

 enamoured of him, and married 

 him ; but they have lived separate se- 

 veral years, on account of her 

 health, and she died Aug. 17, 

 1804. 



6th. At his mother's house at 

 Twickenham, Middlesex, the hon- 

 Gcorge Augustus William Curzon, 

 eldest son of the late hon. Penii 

 Asheton Curzon, and the baroness 

 Howe, born May 14, 1788. 



7th. At his seat at Staumer, Sus- 

 sex, Thomas Pelham, earl of Chi- 

 chester (so created June 23, 1801, 

 it having been some time extinct in 

 the family of Donegal), baron Pel- 

 ham, of Stanmer Sussex, 1768, on, 

 the death of Thomas the late duke 

 of Newcastle, and surveyor-general 

 of the customs in the port of Lon- 

 don. HeAvasborn Feb. 28, 1/28; 

 died in his 87th year ; and is suc- 

 ceeded in titles and estates by his 

 son, Thomas lord Polhani, married 

 to lady Mary Osborne, sister to the 

 duke of Leeds, 'ilie vault of the 

 Pelliam family, at Laughton, in 

 which his reu.ains were deposited, 

 is so remarkably dry, that the vel- 

 vet which covers the cotlins of the 

 late duke and duchess of Newcastle 

 is scarcely discoloured. 



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