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of the earl of Uxbridge. His lord- 
ship was much devoted to agricul- 
tural pursuits, and was long re- 
markable for his attendance at the 
opera, where he was generally to be 
found, when in town, in the pit, close 
to the orchestra, loud in applause of 
any favourite performer. 
At William Wingfield’s, esq. in 
Montague-street, Russell-square, io 
her 26th year, lady Elizabeth Digby, 
daughter of the late and sister of the 
present earl of Digby. 
14th. On theevening of the 6thinst. 
as Mr. W. Went, of Uley, was re- 
turning from Gloucester, with his 
father and some other friends, his 
horse fell with him at Frocester ; by 
which accident he received so severe 
a contusion on the head, that, not- 
withstanding immediate medical as- 
_ sistance was. obtained, he lingered 
senseless till this evening, when he 
expired. 
20th. On St. James’s parade, 
Bath, of which city he had been an 
inhabitant ever since the year 1729, 
aged 82, the rev. Michael Pem- 
bridge, a minister of the Roman ca- 
tholic chapel there, and author of 
several works of carning and piety. 
Qist. Aged 21, Mr. Arthur 
Brook, son of Mr. B. sadler in 
Lewes. Mr. Brook has experienced 
in his house a succession of morta- 
lity which does not often occur in 
one family, and which few men 
could haye borne with more chris- 
tian fortitude than himself. Since 
the year 1803, he has lost his wife, 
three sons, and three daughters, as 
follows: Sarah, aged 21; William, \ 
4; Mary, 5; Harriet, 11; Mrs, 
Brook, 44; Spilsbury-John, 20; 
and Arthur, as above. 
23d. At the seat of Henry Dun- 
tombe, esq. at Copgrove, co. York, 
in consequence of a fall some weeks 
569 
before, lady Muncaster, wife of 
lord M. of Muncaster-house, in the 
same county. 
At Brompton, Mrs. Bigge, wi- 
dow of the late Thomas-Charles B. 
esq. of Benton-house, Northumber- 
land. 
At his seat at Arbury, co. War. 
wick, after an illness of less than a 
week, aged upwards of 88, in the 
enjoyment of his faculties unim- 
paired almost to the last, sir Roger 
Newdigate, bart. many years one 
of the representatives ia parliament 
for the university of Oxford, to 
which he has long been a liberal be- 
nefaétor. He was owner of one of 
the finest estates of coal in the king- 
dom: and _ his extensive coal-works 
near Bedworth have for a long time 
been very productive. He several 
years ago cut many miles in length 
of navigable canal through his 
collieries and woods, to join the 
Coventry canal; by far the greatest 
length of canal, solely belonging to 
an individual, in the kingdom. He 
was an active promoter of the Co- 
ventry, the Oxford, and Grand 
Junction canals, and of the turn- 
pike-road from Coventry to Leices- 
ter, which has so much benefited 
those parts ef the country. He was 
also a liberal benefactor to the poor, 
particularly in finding them employ- 
ment. 
Sir Roger Newdigate possessed a 
fine estate at Harefield, in Middle. 
sex, where his remains were interred 
in the family vault on the 5th of 
December. He was the seventh and 
youngest son of sir Richard N, bart. 
by his second lacéy, Elizabeth, 
daughter of sir Roger Twisden, 
bart, Sir Richard died in 1727 ; 
and was succeeded in title and estate 
by his fifth (then the oldest surviv~ 
ing) son, sir Edward Newdigate, 
3 who 
