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both in the history of his trans- 

 actions, and in his unhappy fall, 

 we shall now put a close to the 

 scene. 



At Hatfield, co. York, Sir 

 Hector Maclecin, Bart. 



At Dungannon Park, co. of 

 Tyrone, in his 90th year, the 

 Right Hon. Thomas Knox, Vise. 

 Northland, a Governor and Gustos 

 Itotulorum of the county of 

 Tyrone. 



12. At Ashted Park, Surrey, 

 at the age of 86, Richard Hoimrd, 

 Esq. brother of the late and uncle 

 of the present, Lord Bagot, whose 

 name he originally bore. 



Charlotte Doivagcr Countess of 

 Dunmore, daughter of Alexander 

 Earl of Galloway, at a very 

 advanced age. 



December. 



1. Sir Edward Leslie, Bart, of 

 Tarbert-house, co. Kerry, in his 

 71th year. 



13. In St. James's- square, the 

 Right Hon. Edivard Lord Ellen- 

 borough, who for sixteen years 

 had filled the second rank in the 

 judicial office of this country, 

 that of Chief Justice of the King's 

 Bench. He was born in 1750, 

 ^nd was the fourth child of Dr. 

 Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle. 

 After receiving an excellent 

 education, chiefly at the Charter- 

 house, he was removed to Peter- 

 house, Cambridge, where he dis- 

 tinguished himself by his classical 

 attainments. Upon leaving col- 

 lege, he commenced the study of 

 the law, and for some time 

 practised as a special pleader. 

 When he arrived at the bar, he 

 got into business first in the 

 Northern circuit, where, it is said, 



he exercised unbounded control 

 over the juries. In fact, he fre- 

 quently displayed much warmth 

 of temper ; and on many oc- 

 casions, his intemperance of 

 language was not more conspi- 

 cuous than his legal abilities. In 

 his progress towards professional 

 advancement he received assist- 

 ance from some eminent lawyers, 

 but on the other hand, he in- 

 curred the strong dislike of Lord 

 Chief Justice Kenyon, who was 

 scarcely able to treat him M'ith 

 common civility. His rise, how- 

 ever, was finally rapid ; and after 

 he had been engaged in the seven 

 years contest in favour of Warren 

 Hastings, he found himself pos- 

 sessed of a great accession of 

 reputation. The French Revo- 

 lution broke out about this time; 

 in which Mr. Law was in general 

 retained for the Crown. In Lord 

 Sidmouth's administration he 

 was first appointed to the office 

 of Attorney General in 1801, and 

 in 1802 he was raised to the Chief 

 Justiceship of the King's Bench, 

 and to the Peerage. His conduct 

 in the latter place was perhaps 

 not free from reproach, yet for 

 the most part it bore the marks of 

 sincerity, and his language was 

 remarkable for its force. In 1782 

 he married Miss Towry, the 

 daughter of George Phillips 

 Towry, Esq. by whom he had a 

 numerous family. His remains 

 were removed for interment in 

 the Charter-house, where they 

 were deposited by the side of 

 those of Mr. Sutton, the founder. 

 22. Died at his house in St. 

 James's-square, after a long ill- 

 ness to which he was a martyr, 

 Sir Philip Francis, aged 78. He 

 was born m Dublin in 1 740, and was 



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