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9th. At her seat at Middle-hill, 

 near Box, co. Somerset, lady Ayl- 

 iner, widow of Henry lord A. (after 

 ■••'hose death, in 1785, she succes, 

 sively married Mr. Howell Price 

 and Mr. Bowles^, and mother of the 

 present lord Aylmer. 



At his seat at Stanford- court, in 

 Worcestershire, sir Edward Win- 

 ning(on, bart. JM. P. for the boroii£?;h 

 of Droitwich, in that county. He 

 was a gentleman eminent for his at- 

 tainments in literature; an amiable, 

 entertaining, and in.<!tructive rom? 

 panion, affectionate and indnlj^cnt 

 in all his domestic relations ; an or- 

 nament to his native county, and io 

 all his connexions. His dcatli is 

 a severe calamity to his family and 

 friends, and a general loss to society. 

 He married the hon. Anne Foley, 

 aunt of the present lord Foley, by 

 whom he Las l^ft nine children, of 

 ■whom the eldest, Thomas Winnins^- 

 ton, esq. succeeds to his titles and 

 estates. 



10th. This afternoon, at his seat, 

 Summer castle, near Spital, in the 

 neighbourhood of Lincoln, aged 70, 

 sir Cecil ^^ ray, bart. In his public 

 career he was formerly distinguished 

 as the opponent of ^Ir. Fox in the 

 representation of the city of West- 

 minster : and, in private life, was re- 

 markable for the practice of virtues 

 which rendered him the admiration 

 of all who knew him, and will pre- 

 serve his memory from oblivion as 

 long as .e-(viety is capable of esti- 

 mating departed worth. His ex- 

 tensive charities have procured him 

 the prayers of all the poor in the 

 vicinity of his residence. Asa land- 

 lord he was a rare instance of iibe- 

 Kility ; and was never known to 

 advance his rents. Indeed, his 

 chief pleasure was to see his poor 

 neighbours happy, and his tenants 



affluent ; and, a few days before Ms 

 death, he solemnly exhorted his suc- 

 cessor to the principal part of his 

 estates to seek gratification from the 

 sa:r.e source. He had no children. 

 Mr. Wray, who succeeds him, is a 

 distant relation, and was lately an 

 otfircr in the North Lincoln militia. 



14th. At Shoreham, Sussex, in 

 his 2Sth year, bv a fever which baf- 

 fled thcskill of the faculty, William 

 Henry Benet, esq, captain in the 

 North Hampshire militia, and only 

 son of sir VViJiiam Benet of Fare- 

 ham, the last male of h very ancient 

 and respectable family. 



l6th. Mr. George Rousseau, a 

 domestic in the establishment of his 

 royal highness the Prince of Wales. 

 On the coroner's inquisition, John 

 Phillips, esq. surgeon to his royal 

 highness's household, stated, that on 

 the 9th inst. he was called upon tq 

 visit the deceased, whom he found 

 in a state of great agitation, with 

 excessive vomiting. Deceased com- 

 plained of great giddiness in his 

 head, and declared that his .palate 

 was affected with the taste of cop- 

 per, and that he was poisoned. He 

 was removed from Ciirleton-house, 

 toClapton, when his fever increased, 

 and he died on the lOtli. Witness 

 added, that after opening the body, 

 doctors G. Pearson, G. Blaine, and 

 himself, were of opinion, that the 

 primary complaint was in the head, 

 W'itness added, he understood that 

 the deceased had taken milk, as 

 was his usual custom ; he was shortly 

 afterwards seized with violent sick- 

 ness and pain. The vessel in which 

 the milk had been boiled was ex- 

 amined, but no traces of poison 

 could be discovered, nor could it be 

 discovered that poison had been 

 taken by that which was excreted 

 from the stomach • still he thought 

 , nothing 



