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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



dishsqHarc, Mrs. Faulkner, mother 

 of the lata gallant captain F. of the 

 royal navy. 



In his 78th year, Lewis Gwynne, 

 esq. of Monachty, co. Cardigan. 

 He lived very private, though pos- 

 sessed of an extensive estate, and ac- 

 cumidated an immense fortune, the 

 bulk of which he has left to the rev. 

 Alban Thomas Jones, of Tulgyn, 

 together with his real estate, except 

 a small part, which he bequeathed 

 to Mr. Edwards, youngest son of 

 I>. J. Edwards, esq. of Job's Well, 

 near Caermarthen. He had in his 

 house, when he died, such a quan- 

 tity of gold that a horse could not 

 carry the weight, to convey it to 

 Tulgyn, about a mile off, and when 

 put on a sledge, it was with diffi- 

 culty he could draw it there. The 

 amount in gold is 100,0001. besides 

 50,0001. in the stocks. His other 

 legacies are few, and of no great 

 amount. He was generous to the 

 poor, always a friend to the neces- 

 sitous, and an upright gentleman. 



At his lodgings in Abbey-street, 

 Bath, aged G4, Henry Archbould, 

 esq. late of Jamaica, the last male- 

 descendant of colonel A. who dis- 

 tinguished himself at the conquest 

 of that island, where he afterwards 

 resided, and became a principal pro- 

 prietor. 



After an illness of some weeks, at 

 her house in Manchester-street, Man- 

 chester-square, lady Char. Hornby, 

 only daughter of the carl of Derby, 

 by lady E. Hamilton, only daughter 

 of James sixth duke of Hamilton 

 and Brandon, and wife of counsel- 

 lor Edmund Hornby, whose sister 

 is married to lord Stanley, and who 

 was also first cousin to his wife, 

 being the son of the rev. Mr. Horn- 

 by and lady Lucy Stanley, sister to 



the earl of Derby ; to whom the 

 earl, her ladyship's father, present- 

 ed the well-known rectory of Win- 

 wick, the richest in England, being 

 valued at upwards of 30001. a year. 

 Lady Charlotte's remains were de- j 

 posited in a vault in Grosvenor 1 

 chapel, for the present. 



26th. At Bath, aged 82, the 

 right hon.sir John Skinner, lord 

 chief baron of the exchequer, from 

 which, ill health obliged him to re- 

 tire ; he was also a privy coun. 

 sellor. 



28th. At his house in Cleveland- 

 court, St. James's aged 86, George 

 James Williams, esq. son of the ce- 

 lebrated laAvyer, Peere W. esq. and 

 great uncle to the earl of Guildford. 



At his seat at Walworth, in the 

 North of Ireland, in his 67th year, 

 the right hon. John Beresford, M. P. 

 for the county of Waterford, uncle 

 to tl;e marquis of Waterford, and 

 brother-in-law of marquis Town- 

 send, a lord of trade and plantations, 

 a commissioner of the king's reve- 

 nues, taster of wines in the port of 

 Dublin, and a privy counsellor in 

 Ireland. He was a kind master, 

 a sincere friend, a good father, and 

 an excellent husband. 



His serene highness Frederick 

 Augustus duke of Brunswick, 2d 

 cousin to his majesty. 



Dec. 1st. At the palace, Kilken- 

 nev, Hugh Hamilton, D. D. bishop 

 ofOssory, F. R. S. and M. R. I. A. 

 His lordship was born in 1728 ; was 

 educated at Trinity college, Dublin, 

 where he obtained a fellowship, and 

 was professor of natural history. 

 He afterwards was dean of Armagh^ 

 and, in January 1796, bishop of 

 Clonl'ert; and translated, in January 

 1799, to the see of Ossory. His 

 writings, iu several branches of 



eciance. 



