140 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



Born the 14th of May, O. S. 1750, 

 Died the 4th of June, N. S. 1810. 

 He was the only son of William Windham, Esq. 

 by Sarah, relict of Robert Lid^in, Esq. 

 He married, in 1798, Cecilia, third daughter of the 

 late Commodore Forest, 

 who erects this Monument in grateful and 

 tender remembrance of him. 

 During a period of twenty-six years. 

 He distinguished himself in Parliament by his 

 eloquence and talents. 

 And was repeatedly called to the highest Offices of 

 the State. 

 His views and councils 

 were directed more to raising the glory than in- 

 creasing the wealth of his coxintry. 

 He was, above all things, anxious to 

 preserve, vmtainted, the National Character, 

 and even those National Manners 

 which long habit had associated with that character. 

 As a Statesman, 

 He laboured to exalt the courage, 

 to improve the comforts, 

 and ennoble the profession of a Soldier. 

 As an individual. 

 He exhibited a model of those qiudities which denote 

 the most accomplished and enlightened mind. 

 Fiank, generous, unassuming, 

 intrejjid, compassionate, and pious, 

 lie was so highly respected, even by those from 

 whom he most differed in opinion, 

 that though 

 nnich of his life had passed in political contention. 

 He was accompanied to the grave 

 by the sincere and unqualified regret of his 

 Sovereign and his Country. 

 At noon, one of the large old two womeji in the house ; one of 

 nouses, situate in Clerkenwell- whom, alarmed Vjy the rocking of 

 close, formerly constituting part the tottering fabric, escaped be- 

 of the royal palace of the Stuarts, fore it fell; the other was buried 

 fell down with a tremendous in the ruins, but fortunately was 

 crash. The house was some time extricated from her perilous situa- 

 since condemned by the district tion without receiving any serious 

 surveyor as unsafe, notwithstand- injury. The furniture belonging 

 ing which every room was occu- to the poor people was all broken 

 pied by separate families : fortu- and destroyed, 

 nately, however, at the time the 17. From the Charleston City 



accident occurred^ there were only Gazette.— —On Sunday evening 



last. 



