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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



American university of Cambridge 

 in Ills education; and having made 

 an advantageous marriage, obtain- 

 ed the rank of major in the militia 

 of his district. Iti the colonial 

 war he took part with the mother 

 country, and made himself useful 

 to the British commanders. Com- 

 ing to England, he obtained a post 

 in the office of Lord G. Germaine, 

 and the rank of a provincial Lieut.- 

 Colonel, which entitled him to 

 half-pay. He was knighted in 

 1784, and was for a time one of 

 the Under Secretaries of State. 

 He afterwards went to the conti- 

 nent, and was received into the 

 service of the Elector of Bavaria, 

 where he introduced various useful 

 reforms- in the civil and military 

 departments, as a reward for which 

 he was promoted to the rank of 

 lieutenant-genera!, and created a 

 count. At Munich he began those 

 experiments for the improvement 

 of fire-places, and the plans for the 

 better feeding and regulation of 

 the poor, which rendered him 

 particularly celebrated. He quitted 

 Bavaria in 1799, and resided some 

 time in England, pursuing his ex- 

 periments respecting culinary fire 

 with a success which has rendered 

 him the author of improvements 

 in that branch of domestic eco- 

 nomy which have been very gene- 

 rally adopted in the three king- 

 doms. Being a member of the 

 Royal Society, he transferred to 

 that institution 1,0001. 3 per cent, 

 stock, the interest of which was to 

 provide a biennial premium for 

 discoveries on the subject of heat 

 and light. He also suggested the 

 plan and zealously assisted in the 

 formation, of the Royal Institution 

 in Albeuiarle-street In 1802 lie 

 left England for France, which 

 was thenceforth his residence. He 



entered into a second marriage 

 with the widow of the celebrated 

 chemistLavoisier, which, however^ 

 soon terminated in a separation. 

 He retired to a country-house at 

 Auteuil, about four miles from 

 Paris, where he devoted himself to 

 philosophical pursuits, nearly se- 

 cluded from society, his temper 

 and manners being little calculated 

 for social converse. As a man of 

 science he was characterized by 

 singular ingenuity in contriving in- 

 struments and devising experi- 

 ments. His only separate puhlica- 

 tion was a series of " Essays, ex- 

 perimental, political, economical, 

 and philosophical," which were 

 much read, and collectively a- 

 mounted to eighteen in number, 

 filling 4 vols. 8vo. 



20. Robert Henly, Lord Ongley, 

 aged 42. 



21. Elizabeth Anne Cooper, 

 daughter of the late Right Hon. 

 Sir Grey Cooper. 



24. Harriet Katherine, Duchess 

 of Buccleugh and Queensberry, 

 aged 41 . Her Grace was youngest 

 daughter of Thomas Viscount 

 Sydnej', and was married to the 

 Earl of Dalkeith, now Duke of 

 Buccleugh, in 1795. She has left 

 two sons and four daughters, and 

 her loss is deeply regretted, as well 

 by her family, as by an extensive 

 circle, who were the objects of her 

 beneficence. 



25. Hon. W. Fred, Mackenzie, 

 son of Lord Scaforth, and M. P. 

 for the county of Ross. 



29. DiannaCountess ofGlandore, 

 aged 58. She was daughter of 

 Lord G. Germaine, Afterwards 

 Viscount Sackville. 



30. In action with the Ameri- 

 cans, Sir Peter Parker, Bart, cap- 

 tian in the navy, son of Rear-ad- 

 miral George P. 



