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sistory of the Jews in the French 

 empire. 



17. Edward Jerningham, esq. 

 aged 75, brother to the late, Sir W. 

 Jerningham, hart, of Costessy, 

 Norfolk ; known to the public by 

 several works in verse and prose. 



19. Nicholas lVanostrockt,JJL.T). 

 aged 68, many years master of an 

 academy at Camberwell,and author 

 of a number of esteemed element- 

 ary works, Latin and French. 



27. The Lad^ of Sir Cuthbert 

 Heron, hart. South Shields 



38. Sir Alexander Douglas, bart. 

 of Glenbervie. 



I December. 



1. Lady Anne Davy, relict of Sir 

 John Davy, bart. Creedy, near 

 Crediton. 



9. Win. Bussell esq. o£ Slaugh- 

 ter's-court, county of Worcester, 

 in the commission of the peace for 

 that and three adjacent counties, 

 aged 63. 



12. The honourable Lady Grant, 

 of Airdrie. 



14. George Byng, Viscount Tor~ 

 rington, aged 72. He is succeeded 

 by his only brother, the honourable 

 John Byng. 



Sir John Dick, bart. Preston- 

 field. 



16. In his 6Sth year, the Rev. 

 Isaac Gosset, D. D. F. R. S. well 

 known in the metropolis as a most 

 intelligent purchaser and collector 

 of books, and conspicuous at all 

 public sales by his diminutive per- 

 son. Dr. Gosset was of a refugee 

 French family, and vas the son of 

 a modeller in wax, settled in Lon- 

 don. He displayed from early 

 years an extraordinary passion for 

 rare books, and was trained to so- 



lid literature udner Dr. Kennicott, 

 at Exeter college, Oxford, and 

 other learned men. He became 

 eminent as a preacher, notwith- 

 standing his personal disadvan- 

 tages, but never sought or obtain- 

 ed preferment. He was a good 

 scriptural critic, and had thought 

 much and freely upon various to- 

 pics, which, with his natural flow 

 of spirits, and his friendly and 

 communicative disposition, render- 

 ed him highly entertaining in con- 

 versation. His prominent charac- 

 ter, however, was that of an adept 

 in bibliography, in which quality 

 he was looked up to by all of the 

 same turn, to whom he readily im- 

 parted his knowledge. He was 

 married, and left two sons and a 

 daughter. 



Gustavus Adam Baron NolcJcen, 

 his Swedish Majesty's Chamber- 

 lain, and minister plenipotentiary 

 for the affairs of Pomerania at the 

 court ofGreat Britain, aged 80, after 

 a residence of near 49 years in this 

 country. Hisexcellency began his 

 diplomatic career with being charge 

 d'affaires at the court of Berlin, 

 whence he was removed toberainis- 

 terplenipotentiaryat this court. He 

 had resided in that quality for thirty 

 years, when he was recalled by the 

 present King of Sweden, when re- 

 gent, to take upon himself the of- 

 fice of president of a court of jus- 

 tice. This he declined, and re- 

 turned to London in a private ca- 

 pacity, being strongly attached to 

 England. On the accession of 

 Gustavus IV. he was restored to 

 the rank of foreign minister, which 

 he continued to possess. He mar- 

 ried the widow of the honourable 

 S. C. Lemaistre, a judge in India, 

 by whom he left two sons. Baron 

 Nolcken passed through life with 



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