566 
therefore, now be considcred one of 
the richest of her sex in the em- 
pire. 
od. At Banchor, in Bade- 
noch, Mr. John Gray, some time 
messenger at arms. His ideas and 
manners soared above his station in 
life. To amajesticand graceful ap- 
pearance he added those qualities of 
the mind which excite esteem. Ie 
was a friend to the poor, a com- 
panion to the gay, an universal phi- 
Janthropist, kind and benevolent. 
The following epitaph was composed 
by himself some years ago : 
Poor John Gray !. Here he lies ; 
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries ; 
- Where he’s gone, and how he fares, 
Nobody knows, and nobody cares. 
4th. At Aldenham lodge, Herts, 
of a fit of apoplexy, aged 71, 
George Mason, esq. well known for 
his valuable collection of old Eng- 
lish and foreign literature, and au- 
thor of “*An Essay on Design in 
Gardening, 1796” vide Gentleman’s 
Magazine (LXVI. 227,) first pub- 
lished in 1768, without his name; 
and «* Appendix to the same ;” *¢A 
British Frecholder’s answer to T. 
Paine ;” A supplement to Johnson’s 
English dictionary,” 4to; ‘¢ Poems, 
by Thomas Hoccleve, with a pre- 
face, notes, and glossary, 1796,” 
4to. ibid. (LUX VI. 7585). ** Life of 
Richard Earl Howe, 1803,”’ Svo. 
abid. (LX XIII. 662,) who pur- 
chased Mr. M’s paternal estate at 
Porters, 177%. Mr. M. was eldest 
son of Mr. M. distiller at Deptford 
bridge, whose widow re-married 
Dr. Judd, late Hebrew professor at 
Oxford. He has left bis landed pro- 
perty to his brother’s son, and has - 
provided handsomely for a natural 
daughter. 
5th. In Seymour-street, William, 
Brabazon Ponsonby, lord Ponson- 
— 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
by of Imokilly, a privy counsellor 
in Ireland, a governor of the county 
of Kilkenny, &c. [is lordship was 
born Sept. 15, 1744; and was much 
distinguished in the parliament of 
Ireland, in which he sat for many 
years as member for the county of 
Kilkenny, and for his steady adher- 
ence to the principles of Mr. Fox. 
After the union took place, he satin 
the imperial parliament for Kil- 
kenny, until clevated to the Eng- 
lish peerage, by the title of baron 
Ponsonby, of Imokilly, co. Cork. 
His birth was illustrious, being the 
grandson of Brabazon earl of Bes- 
borough, and eldest son and heir of 
the right honourable John Ponson- 
by, speaker of the house of com. 
monsin Ireland, by the lady Eliza. 
beth Cavendish, daughter of Wil- 
liam third duke of Devonshire. His 
lordship married, Dec. 20, 1769, 
Louisa, daughter of the third vis- 
count Molesworth, by whom he has 
left issue, 1. John, now lord Pon. 
sonby, of Imokilly, who is married 
to lady Frances Villiers, sister to the 
earl of Jersey ; 2. Richard, in holy 
orders; 3. George ; 4. Frederick ; 
5. Mary - Elizabeth, married to 
Charles Viscount Howick, eldest 
sonof earl Grey. ‘The right hon. 
Geofge Ponsonby, lord chancellor 
of Ireland, is his lordship’s only ~ 
brother; the countess of Shannon 
and lady Lismore are his surviving 
sisters. He bore his long and very 
severe illness with the same equani- 
mity that governed all his aétions ; 
nor did it forsake him in his last mo-= 
ments. 
his distressed relatives: viscount 
and viscountess Howick, the hon. 
George and Frederick ‘Ponsonby, 
his lordship’s younger sons, and 
Jady Lismore, all-of whom sat up 
with him the preceding night. Aware 
that 
His bed was surrounded by ° 
