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1766, Jano, eldest daughter and 
coheiress of Robert Myhill, esq. by 
whom he has left issue two sons: 1. 
John viscount Loftus, born Feb, 
15,1770, colonel of ‘the Wexford 
militia, and knight of theshire for 
the county of Wexford, now mar- 
quis of Ely ; 2. Lord Robert, born 
Sept. 5, 1773, lord bishop of Kil. 
laloe. The marquis was the eldest 
son of sir John Tottenham, bart. by 
Elizabeth Loftus, sister of Henry 
earl of Ely, who died, without issue, 
in 1783, leaving his estates to his 
nephew. The family of Loftus 
settled in dreland in the reign of 
queen Elizabeth, since which it has 
been ennobled in three branches, 
and produced twolord chancellors, 
The family of Adam Loftus, viscount 
Ely, lord chancellor of Ireland in 
1630, is extinct; as is also the fa- 
mily of Loftus, viscount Lisburne ; ; 
which latter title became extinét in 
1991. The arst of the family in 
‘Yreland was .Adam Loftus, Jord 
chancellor of ireland and archbishop 
of Dublin. He was the son of 
Edward Loftus, esq. of Swinchead, 
in Yorkshire, whose family had 
flourished there from the reign of 
king Alfred, as appears by the ar. 
chives of York minster, in which 
were registered various donations of 
lands. given to the church and reli- 
_sgious houses in that reign, and in 
several subsequént reigns, by the fa- 
mily of. Lofthouse, the ancient mode 
of spe'ling the name. 
24th. At Swafield, neat North 
Waltham, co, Norfolk, aged 68, tie 
rev. Thomas Meux, rector of that 
place, to which he was presented by 
the king, as duke of Lancaster, 
1772, and vicar of Paston and Ber- 
ney; and only brother of Richard 
M. esq. the eminent London porter- 
brewer ; son of ‘T..M,; and B.C. L. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1806. 
of St. John’s college, Oxford, 1765. 
His death was occasioned by a dreads 
ful cancer on the face and throat, 
the severe pain of which he for se 
veral years endured with such forti- 
tude and. resignation as could only ~ 
be the effect of a pious mind and 
good conscience. 
Found dead in the passage of the 
house where he lodged, in Fetters 
lane, whence he could not and 
would not be removed, having 
come home late at night, in a state 
of intoxication, Jas. Bruce, a clergy- 
man ! 
27th. At Gilmorton, co. Leices« 
ter, aged 85, Anne Wood, widow 
of the late William W.; mother, 
grandmother, and  great-grandmo- 
ther of 116 children ; and who had 
practised midwifery upwards of 50 
years. . 
At Spring-grove, near’Bewdley, 
in the 47th year of his age, after an 
illness of only four days, Samuel 
Skey, esq. He was twice married, 
first to Miss Divett, of Twickenham, 
by whom he has left three daughters; 
aiterwards to Miss Bicknell, the 
daughter of Charles B. esq. saliéitor 
to the admiralty, by whom he has 
left two infant sons. Mr. Skey’s 
father was a general merchant, trad. 
ing to all parts of Kurope; he likes . 
wise carried on extensive chemical” 
works about two miles from his 
house, for manufacturing oil of vi- 
triol; by which he acquired a con. 
siderable fortune. Mr. Skey, as 
well as his father, worked mules in- 
siead of horses, both in their car-, 
riages and for the purposes of agri- 
culture.—Those which they used in 
their carriages were milk white. 
30th. This morning, at half-past 
three o’clock, at Devonshire house, 
in Piccadilly, in the 49th year of her 
age, Georgiana, Duchess of Devoo-. 
shire. 
