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courage, for his attachment to cal- 

 Tinism, and above all, by the friend- 

 ship of Henry the Fourth ; and being 

 ancestor of Madame dc Mainte- 

 iibn. 



At his house at Ilandsworth, near 

 Birmingham, after a lingering ill- 

 ness, in his 68th year, Mr. Francis 

 Eginfon, justly celebrated for his 

 ingenious discovery of painting and 

 staining of glass, after the manner 

 of the ancients, in which his nume- 

 rous works will long continue mo- 

 numents of his unrivalled abilities. 

 A good specimen of it may be seen 

 in the window of Stationers-hail, 

 presented to that company by the 

 late alderman Cadell. 



27th. At his house in Portland- 

 place, Martin Bladen Hawke, lord 

 Hawke, baronof Towton, in York- 

 shire, and LL. D. He was eldest 

 son of the gallant admiral, and first 

 baton; born in 1745, and married, 

 1771, to Cassandra, youngest 

 daughter of sir Edward Turner, bart. 

 of Ambrosden, in Oxfordshire ; by 

 whom he had issue Cassandra Julia, 

 Edward Hcrvev, Martin Bladen 



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Edward, and Annabella. His re- 

 mains were interred in the family- 

 vault at Shoreham, in Hampshire, 

 where those of the brave admiral 

 were deposited, lie is succeeded 

 in titles and estates by his eldest 

 ^;on, the hon. Edward Hervey 

 Hawke, who is married to the 

 heiress of the late colonel Hervey, of 

 Wormersley, in Yorkshire, and has 

 taken the name and arms of Hervey, 

 in addition to his own. His lord- 

 ship was revered, and will be la- 

 mented, not only for his exemplary 

 domestic virtues, but for his unre- 

 mitting diligence and attention as a 

 magistrate in his neighbourhood. 



At Upper Dunstable house, Rich- 

 mond, Surrey, aged 40, Dame 



Dinah the wife of sir Robert Baker, 

 bart. She was the daughter and 

 only child of George Haylcy, esq. 

 alderman and M. P. for the city of 

 London, and niece to the celebrated 

 John Wilkes; 



29th. Within a few days of com- 

 pleting his 69th year, Edmund 

 Lcchmcrc, esq. of Hanlcy, co. Wor- 

 cester, nephew to the late, first, and 

 only lord Lcchmere, high sherilf 

 1733, representative in parliament 

 1735, and one of his majesty's jus- 

 tices of the peace for that county. 

 He married, first, Elizabeth, daugh., 

 ter of sir Blundel Charlton, of Lud- 

 ford, CO. Hereford, by whom he 

 had two sons, Nicholas and Ed- 

 mund ; the latter died 1798; and 

 second, Elizabeth Whitmore, who 

 died ill 1803, by whom he had one 

 son, Anthony. 



At Mount Tiviot, in Scotland, 

 Mi.ss Jane Elliot, daughter of the 

 ri^ht hon. sir Gilbert Elliot, bart. 

 of Minto, late lord justice clerk. 



^'Ipril 1st. At his lodgings in 

 Exeter, of a consumption, in his 

 2oth year, major Wni. Erskinc, of 

 the 71st loot, youngest son of the 

 late James E. esq. of Cardross, in 

 Perthshire. 



2d. In York-street, Portman- 

 square, Mrs. Horslcy, M'ifc of the 

 bishop of St. Asaph. 



7th. At his apartments in High- 

 street, Mary-le-Bonnc, Mr. Joseph 

 Dix. He was a very remarkable 

 character, was hump-backed, wore 

 a cocked hat with the flaps all down, 

 and an old brown coat, <S:c.; lived on 

 his income, which was 501. a year, 

 which he spent chiefly in liquors, 

 being a very little eater ; and on 

 cold, dull, and rainy days, used to 

 lie in bed with all his cloaths on, 

 and a three-cornered cocked hat and 

 spectacles. He said lying in bed 



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