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The Hon Lady Stanhope, eldest 

 sister of the late Lord Delaval. 

 She was twice married, first to Sir 

 William Stanhope, brother to the 

 celebrated Earl of Chesterfield ; 

 and secondly, to C. Morrice, esq. 

 noted for his lyrical compositions. 

 She died at the house of Sir J. 

 Astley, hart, in Norfolk, whom 

 she made her heir. 



At Stoke, near Plymouth, Sir 

 Charles Cotton, commander of the 

 Channel fleet. He was of the 

 family of Cotton of Cambridge- 

 shire ; and entering into the navy, 

 was made post-captain in 1779. 

 ■He commanded the Majestic under 

 Lord Howe on the 1st of June 

 1791" ; and the Mars in the follow- 

 ing year during the masterly retreat 

 of Admiral Cornwallis before the 

 whole French fleet. He obtained 

 a flag in 1797, and served in the 

 •Channel fleet under Lord St. Vin- 

 cent, gaining the esteem of that 

 great commander by his conduct. 

 In 1807, he commanded the expe- 

 dition sent to Portugal, when he 

 jjreatly contributed to animate the 

 Portuguese to the defence of their 

 country. SirCharles longopposed 

 the disgraceful convention of Cin- 

 tra, and pointed out means by 

 which the enemy's threat of pillag- 

 ing Lisbon might be rendered abor- 

 tive. He was advanced to the rank 

 of adn)iral in 1808, and after com- 

 manding in chief in the Mediterra- 

 iiean, returned to take the com- 

 mand of the Channel tleet. He 

 ^lore the cliaracter of an excellent 

 naval officer, and a wortliy man, 

 ■icaiously attaciied to his king and 

 country. 



28 Jiihn Till AUinghnm, esq. 

 aut hor of various approved dramatic 

 cotiiposiiioiis. 



Lately Mr. Francis Jukes, aged 

 66, the first who brought to per- 

 fection the art of engraving in 

 aqua-tinta. He was long a pub- 

 lisher of prints in Howland-street. 



AJa7-i/ widow of the late Henri/ 

 Lord Baron Annaly, of Tenelic, 

 county of Longford, aged 7-i. 



March. 



1. Maxwell Garthshore, M. D. 

 F. R. S. aged 80, long a practitioner 

 of eminence in London, distin- 

 guished for his humanity to the 

 poor, and his zeal for the interests 

 of science. 



Paid Orchard, esq. of Hartland 

 Abbey, Devon, representative in 

 four parliaments for Callington. 



4. Frances, wife of the Hon. 

 Washington /S/uV/fj/, and first cousin 

 to Viscount Dudley and Ward. 



8. Sir W. Langham, bart. of 

 ( 'ottesbrook-house, Northampton- 

 shire. 



9. In his 80th year, the Rev. 

 Andrew Burnaby, D.D. Archdeacon 

 of Leicester, and during 43 years 

 Vicar of Greenwich. He was the 

 author of a considerable number of 

 publications, of which, his " Tra- 

 vels in North America," and 

 " Journal of a Tour to Corsica," 

 were the fruit of travels in the 

 early part of life ; the rest were 

 chiefly theological, consisting of 

 sermons, general and occasional, 

 charges, &c. Dr. Burnaby was re- 

 garded as an able and elegant 

 writer, and a strenuous defender of 

 the established church. He pos- 

 sessed great urbanity of manners, 

 and was highly esteemed for his 

 public and private virtues. 



10. F.J.dc LoJdherbovrg, esq. 

 an eminent painter, especially in 



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