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the last of the male line of the carl 

 of Stafford. He held the office of 

 Register for the West Riding of the 

 county of York, 44 years. He was 

 highly esteemed by every gentleman 

 of the turf, on which he commenced 

 in 1754', though in 1752 he rode 

 his hunter, a match, against Mr. 

 Vernon's hunter, over York. 



At Combermere Abbey, Sir Ro- 

 bert Salisbury Cotton, bart. in his 

 71st year. He sat in four parlia- 

 ments for this county. He is suc- 

 ceeded in title and estate by his eld- 

 est son, now Sir Stapleton Cotton, 

 bart. major general in tlie army, 

 and at present actively employed in 

 the campaign in Spain. 



At Maidstone, in his 43rd year, 

 major-general Coote Manningliam, 

 colonel of the 95th, or rifle regi- 

 ment of foot, and one of the equer- 

 ries to his majesty. He was second 

 son of the late Charles Manning- 

 ham, esq. of Thorp, in Surrey, for- 

 merly one of the council at Fort 

 William, in Bengal. The late ge- 

 nerals Sir Eyre Coote and Sir Ro- 

 bert Boyd, were both nearly related 

 to major-general Manningham on 

 the side of his mother, who was one 

 of the daughters of the late respect- 

 ed colonel Hutchinson, formerly 

 governor of St. Helena. It was 

 under his uncle. Sir Robert Boyd, 

 that the general commenced his ap- 

 prenticeship in arms, at the memor- 

 able siege of Gibraltar, being then 

 a subaltern in Sir Roberts own regi- 

 ment, the brave 39th foot, in which 

 corps he rose to the rank of captain. 

 On the breaking out of the war in 

 1793, major Manningham had the 

 honour of being appointed to the 

 light infantry battalion, formed in 

 the islands, in order to join Sir 

 Charles Grey, on his coming out to 

 attack the French West Indies, and 



was a sharer in the glory of that 

 campaign, at the reduction of Mar- 

 tinique, St. Lucia, andGuadaloupe. 

 He soon rose to be lieut.-col. of 

 the Slht regiment of foot; and in 

 1795 he was adjutant-gen. to the 

 forces in St. Domingo, then under 

 the command of lieut.-gen. Forbes. 

 While upon this service he had the 

 misfortune to be severely wounded 

 by an ambuscade of the enemy. 

 On his return to England, he had 

 the honour to be favoured by the 

 notice and protection of his sove- 

 reign ; and was, in 1793, advanced 

 to be one of his majesty's aid-de- 

 camps with the rank of colonel, 

 and soon after was appointed one 

 of his majesty's equerries. In 

 1805, he was promoted to the rank 

 of major-general, and was for some 

 time employed on the home staff. 

 On the breaking out of the war in 

 Spain, he anxiously sought per- 

 mission to serve in the army which 

 was forming to assist that coun- 

 try ; and he was appointed to the 

 division commanded by the gallant 

 Sir David Baird, whom he accom- 

 panied to Corunna as next in au- 

 thority, till the junction of the main 

 army was effected on the Duero, 

 when major-general Manningham 

 took the command of a brigade. 

 After sustaining with them the 

 almost incredible hardships and 

 fatigues of the latter part of that 

 campaign, hehadatla,=t the conso- 

 lation and satisfaction at the head of 

 these brave men, of successfully re- 

 pelling the furious attacks of very 

 superior numbers of the enemy, at 

 the memorable battle of Corunna. 

 Within a short period after the ge- 

 neral's return to England in January 

 last, his health began visibly to 

 decline; and it is probable that the 

 fatigues and sufferings he underwent 



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