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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



a barber's shop at Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, the subsequent mistake at the 

 inn, their arrival together in Lon- 

 don, and the assistance they experi- 

 enced from Strap's friend, were all 

 of that description. We understand 

 the deceased has left behind him an 

 interlined copy of Roderic Random, 

 pointing out these facts, showing 

 how fiir they were indebted to the 

 genius of the doctor, and to what 

 extent they were founded in reality. 

 He could never succeed in gaining 

 more than a respectablesubsistence 

 by his trade, but he possessed an 

 independence of mind superior to 

 his humble condition. Of late 

 years he was employed as keeper 

 of the promenade, called Villiers' 

 Walk, and was much noticed and 

 respected by the inhabitants who 

 frequented that place. 



In Bruton-street, the earl of Or- 

 ford, of W^oolerton, Norfolk. His 

 lordship was the nephew of the fa- 

 tnoussirRobertWalpole, afterwards 

 earl of Orford. He satmany years 

 in the House of Lords as baron 

 Walpole of W^oolerton. He marri- 

 ed lady Rachael Cavendish, daugh- 

 ter of William, third duke of De- 

 vonshire, by whom he had several 

 children. On the death of the late 

 Horace, earl of Orford, he succeed- 

 ed to the barony of Houghton, the 

 earldom becoming extinct; but 

 during the late administration he 

 was created earl of Orford. His 

 lordship's eldest son, lord Walpole 

 (now earl of Orford), sat many 

 years as member for Lynn, in which 

 representation there is now a va- 

 cancy. Genei'al Walpole, who 

 concluded the treaty with the Ma- 

 roons in Jamaica, who was the se- 

 cond to Mr. Tierney in his duel 

 with Mr. Pitt, and who was also 

 one of Mr. Fox's secretaries, is the 



younger son of the late earl. His 

 lordship was in his 86th year. So 

 long as true nobility, nobilityof mind 

 and conduct, no less than of birth 

 and station, shall be considered as 

 deserving the best regards and es- 

 teem of men, so long will such cha- 

 racters as that of the late venerable 

 earl of Orford be had in respectful 

 remembrance. By no means im- 

 plicitly assenting to the " world's 

 false estimate of things," he appre- 

 ciated no higher than they deserved 

 the gifts of rank and fortune, but 

 used them with munificence for ho- 

 nourable and useful purposes. Those 

 qualities which are the most shin- 

 ing ornaments of elevated station, 

 piety without ostentation, liberality 

 of mind, kind attention to the wants 

 and wishes of others, extended 

 bounty, an hospitality rarely equal- 

 led in these times, and an indepen- 

 dent public spirit, were the distin- 

 guished features of his lordship's 

 character. He lived revered and 

 happy to an advanced age, with ho- 

 nour and integrity inviolate; and 

 died universally lamented. 



At Ramsgate, in his 78th year, 

 the right honourable John Murray, 

 earl of Dunmore, viscount Fincas- 

 tie, &c. ; his lordship was descend- 

 ed in the female line from the royal 

 house of Stuart, and his ancestors 

 were related to most of the crown- 

 ed heads in Europe ; he married 

 lady Charlotte Sfewart, sister of 

 the late earl of Galloway, and by 

 that marriage has left issue, three 

 sons and three daughters; his eldest 

 son George, lord Fincastle, now 

 earl of Dunmore, is married to 

 lady Charlotte, daughter of the 

 duke of Hamilton ; one of his 

 daughters, lady Augusta, was 

 married to his royal highness the 

 duke of Sussex, at Rome, in No- 

 vember 



