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Baroney, in North Britain ; a man, 

 who so well discharged the import- 

 ant duties of a father, a husband, 

 and a friend, as to have rendered his 

 life an invaluable blessing, and his 

 death an irreparable loss, to those 

 in habits of intimac}' with him. He 

 is succeeded in his title by his 

 eldest son, now Sir Archibald Mur- 

 ray, an ensign in the third regiment 

 of guards. 



At his house in Piccadilly, Geo. 

 William Coventry, earl of Coven- 

 try, viscount Deerhurst, lard lieu- 

 tenant of the county, and recorder 

 of the city of Worcester. His lord- 

 ship was born in April, 1722; he 

 was educated at Winchester, was af- 

 terwards of University college, Ox- 

 ford ; and, with his eldest brother, 

 lord Deerhurst (who died in 1744) 

 was created master of arts in 1739. 

 He succeeded his father, earl Wil- 

 liam, in March, 1751. The follow- 

 ing year he married Maria, the 

 eldest of the threedaughtersofjolm 

 Gunning, esq. the most celebrated 

 beauties of that day. The issue of 

 this marriage have been remarkably 

 unfortunate: the first-born daugh- 

 ter died young; Mary Alicia, the 

 next child, was the first wife of the 

 present Sir Andrew Bayntun, to 

 whom she was married when 23 

 yearsold, in June 1777; was divorc- 

 ed in 1783, and died in January, 

 1784; Ann Margaret, the next 

 child, was married in 1778, when 

 21 years old, to the honourable 

 Edward Foley, from whom she was 

 divorced in 1787, and the following 

 year she married Samuel Wright, 

 esq. a captain in the army ; George, 

 viscount Deerhurst, who succeeds 

 his father, and is now earl of Co- 

 ventry, was married, at 19 years of 

 age, to lady Catharine Henley, a 

 daughter of the late earl of Nor- 



thington ; the marriage was without 

 the consent of his father, and the 

 lady died in less than two years (in 

 January 1779) ; a few months after 

 which, as lord Deerhurst was hunt- 

 ing in Worcestershire, attempting a 

 dangerous leap, his horse fell on 

 him, beat his face nearly flat, and 

 thougli he was miraculously preserv- 

 ed, he has ever since been totally 

 blind. In 1783, he married Miss 

 Pitches, second daughter of Sir A. 

 Pitches, by whom he has a numer- 

 ous family. The first wife of the 

 late earl died in 1760, and in 1764, 

 he was united to Barbara, daughter 

 of John, lord St. John, of Bletsoe, 

 who died in 1804, leaving him seve- 

 ral children. Lord Coventry was 

 a lord of the bed-chamber to his 

 late and present majesty, which 

 office he resigned in 1770. He sup- 

 ported the prerogative in the Ame- 

 rican war, though he deprecated the 

 exertion of force. In 1788, he 

 voted with ministers on the regency 

 question ; and in 1795, voted Mr. 

 Hastings " not guilty" on all the 

 charges against him. On the 27th 

 March, 1796, he opposed the nego- 

 tiation with the French Directory : 

 and, in 1803, spoke against the mo- 

 tion for censuring lord Sidmouth's 

 administration. 



At Tolstone lodge, near Tadcas- 

 ler, Peregrine Wentworth, esq. 87. 

 In May, 1751, Mr. W. married 

 Miss Thompson, only daughter of 

 Beilby Thompson, esq. of Escrick, 

 near York, by his first wife, who 

 was sole daughter and heiress of Sir 

 Roger Beckwith, bart. He after- 

 wards married Mrs. Witton, relict 

 of Wm. Witton, esq. of Lupsef, 

 near Wakefield, and sister to the 

 late Dr. Assheton, of Middleton, 

 near Manchester. He has left no 

 issue by either marriage. Mr. W. was 



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