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rank of post-captain, July 8, 1780; 
and distinguished himself on several 
occasions, particularly by his action 
in the West Indies, 1783, with a 
ship. of very superior force, the 
Pluto. He also commanded the 
Russell, one of the ships in carl 
Howe’s memorable action on the Ist 
of June, 1794. He was appointed 
rear-admiral of the red, Feb. 14, 
1799 ; and, in the following year, 
on the resignation of lord Bridport, 
succeeded him in the office of tréa- 
surer of Greenwich hospital. He 
had the honour to convey the prin- 
cess of Wales to England, in the 
Jupiter, of 50 guns. The high 
station which this officer has long 
occupied with so much credit in the 
prince’s household, afforded scope 
for the talents and courtesy of man- 
ners which he possessed in an cmi- 
nent degree. His judgment was 
prompt and correct ; his wit,:though 
brilliant, was never severe ; and his 
benevolence, though unbounded, 
was never exposed to the glare of 
day. The prevailing -feature in 
his character was an uniform mild- 
ness and good-will for all. On the 
25th, the remains of this worthy 
and gallant officer were interred in 
the vault at the north-west corner 
of St. Margaret’s church, Westmin- 
ster, with unusual tokens of respect 
and marks of honour. 
18th. At his seat, in Hampshire, 
after a long and severe illness, in 
his 81st year, William Hornby, esq. 
formerly governor of Bombay, int 
the East Indies. 
At Pontefract, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Wood, sister of the late sir F. W. 
bart. of Hemsworth, co. York. 
19th. . At his lodgings, in Craven- 
street, Strand, sir Thomas Esmond, 
bart. of Ballinastra, CO, . Wexford, 
Ireland: 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1803. 
20th. At his seat, at Balbithan, 
aged 84, general Benjathin Gordon, 
lieuty col. of the 84th foot; who had 
been many years engaged i in actual 
service, often in very perilous situa- 
tions, and always acquitted himself 
with honour and propriety. 
22d. At Bradley-hall; co. Staf- 
ford, in her 15th year, ofa scarlet 
fever, lady Harriet Stanhope, eldest 
surviving daughter of the earl of 
Chesterfield, who is ineonsolable. 
She was his lordship’s only daughter 
by his first wife, Anne, daughter of 
Alexander Thistlethwaite, esq. of 
Tuherley, co. Hants. She died 
Oct. 20, 1798, having had four other 
children still-born. 
24th. ‘At Plesse, in Upper Sile- 
sia, of a severe nervous fever, it 
her 20th year, having been married 
only three months, the reigning 
princess of Anhalt Coether-Plesse, 
born princess of Holstein-Beck. 
25th. At his apartments, in. 
Somerset-place, aged 82, Joseph 
Wilton, esq. a royal academician, 
and keeper of the academy; an 
artist of very considerable merit, as 
his public works, and detached sta- 
tues and busts, in various parts of 
the united kingdom, and the colo- 
nies, abundantly testify. Mr. W. 
was a pupil of Mr. Delvaux, a 
Flemish statuary of eminence, who 
resided in this country for some 
time, and executed several works: 
He finished his pupilage with him at 
Newville, in Flanders ; from whence 
he went to the Royal Academy at 
Paris, and practised under that ex- 
cellent sculptor, the late M. Pigal ; 
from thence he removed to Italy, 
and in Rome and Florence he con- 
tinued many years, studying from 
the antique, and copying busts and 
statues for the nobility and gentry 
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