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near Maidstone, in his eighty-seventh 
ear. 
Jan. 4th. At Bath, the rev. Charles 
Barton.. 
At Runwell, in the Ise of Wight, 
sir William Oglander, bart. 
5th. At his mansion at Benham, in 
Berkshire, his serene highness the 
margrave of Anspach, Bareuth, &c. 
A violent cold seized him while 
hunting on New Year’s Day, which, 
after three days illness terminated 
his life, in the 69th year of his 
age. In 1791 he married Lady 
Craven, whose refined taste and 
judgment in the fine arts, joined to 
his engaging manners and behaviour, 
made their residences at Beitham, 
and Brandenburg House, Hammer- 
smith, the resorts of all the taste, 
genius, and wit, both foreign and 
domestic ; and great as his hospita- 
lity was, his hand and heart were so 
open to charity, that the language 
of the Scripture might be applied to 
him, being a father to the fatherless, 
He was buried in the village church 
of Speen, near Newbury, in a vault 
belonging originally to the family of . 
the Cravens. The funeral was at- 
tended by the hon..Keppel Craven, 
who had lived with the margrave 
from his infancy ; earl Craven; the 
hon. Berkeley Craven; his excel- 
lency baron Jacobi, the Prussian mi- 
nister; and his two chamberlains, 
lieutenant-colonel Berkeley, and 
- Mr. Hamilton. 
‘adorned with escutcheons of his 
arms, was borne by the friends who 
were with him at the time of his de- 
cease; Mr. Swartskotl, Mr. Carr, 
Mr. Canning of Speen, doctors, Win- 
terbottom and Sainsbury, of New- 
bury, Mr. Rivers, Mr. Simons, and 
Mr. Nixon. Several gentlemen 
from Newbury, and the volunteers 
of that town, attended with the ser- 
The pall richly- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
vants of the household, and a nume- 
rous body of poor people, who had 
continually been supported by his 
bounty, came to pay their last tri- 
bute of respect to their benefactor. 
At Nawer-house, Ross-shire, ge- 
neral sir Hector Monro, K. B. and 
colouel of the 42d, or Royal High- 
land regiment. 
FEGRUARY, 
3rd. In consequence of some re- 
pairs which the sewers were under- 
going in the Strand, close to St. Cle- 
ments’s church,ahackney-coachman, 
unacquainted with the interruption, 
drove upon the railing by which the 
opening was surrounded, and one 
of the horses -was_ precipitaied -a 
depth of several feet, whilst the 
other lay over the mouth of it, ap- 
parently dead. The coachman was 
thrown from his box, and severely 
bruised. Afier much labour the 
horse was extricated, apparently not 
much hurt, 
4th. The Lord Chancellor ad. 
dressed the court of chancery to the 
foilowing effect: 
‘¢ Before 1 take leave of this 
court, I wish to address a few words 
to you, gentlemen, expressive of the 
feelings 1 entertain for the respect. 
ful attention | have, on all occasions, 
experienced from you. have 
doubted whether the more dignified 
manner of parting would not be 
simply'to make my bow to you and 
retire; but, observing that 1 have 
deen represented yesterday, and the 
day before, to have addressed you on 
the subject, [ shall not resist the im- 
pulse I-feel to say afew words. 
‘¢ [ quit the office | hold without 
one painful reflection. Called to it 
by the authority of these whom it 
was my duty to obey, 1 have exe- 
cuted, 
