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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



Duke of Clarence, in his 59th 

 year. He was known to the public 

 by various productions in verse and 

 prose, indicating an elegant and 

 well-informed unind. During the 

 last three years of his life he 

 laboured under a total depriva- 

 tion of sight and other infirmi- 

 ties. 



20. Helen, daughter of the lute 

 Sir Michael Balfour, Bart. 



21. Sophia Lady Brownlow, in 

 her 26th year. 



23. Major-gen. J. F. Kelly, col. 

 in the 1st Guards. 



24. The Ladyoflhe Hon.Osborn 

 Markham, sister to the Earl of 

 Bath. 



25. The Hon. Robert Dighj, se- 

 nior-admiral of the Royal Navy, at 

 a very advanced age. 



Lately , Margaret Countess Doiv- 

 ager of Luc an. 



At Basingstoke, in his()4th year, 

 J. Mudford, Esq. a man of a very 

 singular character. In his youth he 

 associated for some time with the 

 gipsies. He afterwards lived in 

 dijfferent places as a gentleman, 

 distinguished by the finery of his 

 dress. He then adopted religious 

 sentiments, and built, at his own 

 expense, two chapels, with houses 

 for the ministers. Generous to- 

 wards others, he was latterly very 

 frugal in his personal expenditure 

 of every kind, and his mode of life 

 resembled that of a hermit. He 

 wished he might die suddenly, and 

 his desire was granted. He died 

 in his chair, having previously 

 walked some turns in his parlour, 

 without pain ; and a few hours 

 before his death, looking out of the 

 window, he observed, what a fine 

 day it was for gossiping people to 

 go about and say, " Old Mudford 

 is dead." 



At Valenciennes, Richard Vis- 

 count Barrington. 



March. 



1. Right Hon. Lady Lucy Tay- 

 lor, wife of T. Taylor, Esq. Comp- 

 troller-gen, of the Customs, and 

 youngest daughter of Earl Stan- 

 hope. 



3. Right Honourable Frances 

 Viscountess Montague, in her 83rd 

 year. 



4. Major-gen Sir John Douglas, 

 Knt. Lieut.-col. of the Royal-ma- 

 rines, (husband cf Lady Douglas, 

 so conspicuous in the inquiries 

 respecting the Princess of Wales.) 



lO. At Bergen-op-Zoom, of his 

 wounds in the unsuccessful attack 

 on that fortress. Major-gen. John 

 Byrne Skerret, a gallant and dis- 

 tinguished officer. 



16. Sir Henry John Burke, Bart, 

 of Glinsk-castle and Milford, in 

 the county of Galway. 



18. Georgiana Countess Dowager 

 Spencer, aged 78. This lady was 

 daughter of the Right Hon. Ste- 

 phen Poyntz. She married in 

 1755 J. Spencer, Esq. afterwards 

 created Earl Spencer, by whom she 

 had the present Earl Spencer, the 

 Countess of Besborough, and the 

 late Duchess of Devonshire. She be- 

 came a widow in 1783, after which 

 she chiefly lived in retirement. — 

 Few females of her time displayed 

 more grace and dignity when sup- 

 porting high rank, or was more 

 distinguished for benevolence and 

 piety in private life. 



20. Sir William Dolben,Biirt.o{ 

 Finedon, aged 88, Representative 

 of the University of Oxford in 

 many Parliaments, and distinguish- 

 ed for the virtue and benevolence 

 of his character. 



