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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
DEATHS 2 the Year 1815. 
January. 
4. The Marquis of Lothian, 
aged 78. He was a general in 
the army, and formerly a personal 
favourite of the King. 
Major-gen. John Picton. 
5. Mr. John James Ashley an 
eminent organist and music- 
master, aged 43. 
Sir Bysche Shelley, bart. in his 
85th year. 
7. John Peter Roberdeau, esq. 
author of various dramatic and 
other performances. 
10, At the attack on New 
Orleans, Major-gen. Sir Edw. M. 
Pakenham, brother of the Earl of 
Longford, aged 36. 
Major-gen. Gibbs, second in 
command on that occasion, 
Sir Wm. Young, governor of 
Tobago, aged 66. 
11. Lord Mackenzie, a Lieut- 
gen. in the army and Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ross-shire, in his 61st 
ear, 
The Princess of Leon, daugh- 
ter-in-law of the Duke of Rohan, 
at Paris, aged 25. Her death 
was occasioned by her dress tak- 
ing fire. 
14. William Creech, esq. an 
eminent bookseller, and late Lord 
Provost of Edinburgh. 
Mademoiselle Raucour, a cele- 
brated actressof the TheatreFran- 
cois. At her interment, a re- 
fusal being long made, according 
to ancient custom, to allow her 
Christian burial, a great con- 
course of people assembled, and a 
tumult was threatened, till at 
length an order came from the 
King for the performance of the 
funeral rites. 
15. The hon. W. Hervey, a ge- 
neral in the army. 
Professor Bugge, an eminent 
astronomer at Copenhagen. 
17.Hen. Thornton,esq.M.P.aged 
53. He was founder of the Sierra 
Leone Company, and sat in seven 
parliaments as representative for 
Southwark. ' 
Sir James Nassau Colleton, 
aged 63. : 
Emma, widow of Sir William 
Hamilton. This person, well 
known for her various adven- 
tures, and especially for the pas- 
sionate attachment of Lord Nel- 
son, died at Calaisin a state of 
desertion. 
24. Sir Cha. Warre Malet, 
bart. aged 62. He had filled 
some important posts in India. 
26 Sir Wm. Cha. Farrel Skef- 
Jington, bart. in his 73rd year. 
27. Dorothy, Lady of Sir Geo. 
Robinson, bart. 
Lately, Sir Cha. Watkins Simp- 
son, bart. : 
Rear Admiral W. Charleton. 
Lady Clarina, widow of Gen. 
Lord Baron Clarina. 
February. 
3. Lady Anne Talbot, relict 
of W. Talbot, esq. and daugh-_ 
ter of the Earl of Glendore. 
