CHRONICLE. 
senting minister under Dr. Dod- 
dridge and other tutors, and set- 
tled in that character, first, at 
Honiton, and then in London. 
He quitted the profession for a 
civil employment, and resided at 
Gravesend till 1777, when he re- 
movedinto Dorsetshire. Becoming 
acquainted withthe Duke of Leeds, 
then Secretary of state, in 1790, 
he was admitted into his con- 
fidence, and wrote in favour of 
administration. In 1781, he ac- 
companied, assecretary, Mr. Jack- 
. son, when appointed to negociate 
the commercial treaty with France. 
He finally retired to his native 
county of Somerset, and his last 
literary performance was a poem 
for its celebration. Mr. Webb 
first appeared as an author of ser- 
mons, of which four volumes were 
published, distinguished for de- 
vout and benevolent sentiment, 
and a florid style of diction. He 
afterwards wrote a number of 
pieces, in prose and verse, on a 
variety of topics, in which he dis- 
played a well-informed and cul- 
tivated mind, and truly virtuous 
disposition. 
7. Gen. Charles Leigh, Groom 
of the Bedchamber to the Prince 
Regent, and Lieut.-governor of 
the Isle of Wight. 
Hon. J. Talbot, brother of the - 
Earl of Shrewsbury. 
12, The Duke of St. Albans, 
aged 50. He succeeded his father 
in the title, in 1802, and has left 
an infant heir. 
The Countess Dowager D’ Alton. 
_ 29. Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, 
in his 60th year. He had pos- 
sessed the several offices of Master 
of the Mint, joint Postmaster- 
general, and Master of the Horse. 
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September. 
2. William O'Brien, esq. for- 
merly an admired actor in genteel 
comedy, but who retired from 
the stage in 1764, on his marriage 
with Lady Susan Strangeways, 
daughter of the Earl of Ilchester. 
He was long the Receiver-general 
of Dorsetshire. 
4. Viscountess Fitzharris, aged 
thirty-two. 
5. R. B. Cheston, M.D. F.R.S. 
a magistrate and deputy-lieut. for 
the county of Gloucester, aged 77. 
Dr. Cheston, when a surgeon to 
the Gloucester infirmary, pub- 
lished a valuable work, entitled— 
«« Pathological Inquiries.” 
_6. Samuel Whitbread, esq.M.P. 
aged 55. This distinguished per- 
son, at the time of his death, was 
generally regarded as the most 
eminent among those members 
of parliament, who form the really 
independent party, neither swayed 
by private views, nor enlisted un- 
der the banners of leaders either 
in the ministry, or the opposition. 
Of a character full of energy and 
resolution, zealous in every cause 
which he considered as that of 
justice and benevolence, the open 
foe of corruption and abuse of 
every kind, he held on a steady 
course of active exertion, some- 
times, perhaps, too hastily giving 
way to impulses, but always per- 
fectly sincere and honourable in 
his motives, and highly respect- 
able from his talents and infor- 
mation. The great mass of bu- 
siness, national and private, in 
which he was immersed, and the 
consequentagitation of mind which 
he often experienced, at length 
