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brought up to the Irish bar, and 

 . became professor of the civil law 

 in the University of Dublin ; but 

 entering into parliament, he chiefly 

 engaged in political life, and, 

 though descended from a Roman 

 Catholic family, distinguished 

 himself by his violent opposition 

 to the Catholic claims. He pub- 

 lished various tracts on Irish po- 

 litics, and from the places which 

 he obtained, appears to have been 

 regarded as an useful auxiliary in 

 the government of that island. 



14. Richard Malone, Lord Sun- 

 derlin, of Ireland. After sitting in 

 parliament for two Irish counties, 

 he was i-aised to the peerage in 

 ITBo. T.'ie title became extinct 

 at his death. 



1.5. Sir Simon Le Blanc, a 

 Judge of the Court of King's 

 Bench, in his 68th year. He was 

 of high reputation in his legal 

 and judicial capacity. 



17. East Apthorp, D. D. Pre- 

 bendary of Finsbury, in his 84th 

 year. Tliis learned divine was a 

 native of Boston, in New Eng- 

 land, whence he was sent foredu- 

 cation to Jesus college Cambridge. 

 He returned to America as a mis- 

 sionary, and founded an episco- 

 palian chinch at Cambridge N. E. 

 He published there several ser- 

 mons, and having at length quit- 

 ted his church and returned to 

 England, he engaged, under the 

 sanction of Archb. Seeker, in a 

 controversy with Dr. Mayhew of 

 Boston, on the mission of bishops 

 to Nortli America, and on the 

 conduct of the society for propa- 

 gating the gospel in foreign parts. 

 He was collated by the primate 

 to the vicarage of Croydon, where 

 he diligently performed the duties 

 of a parish priest, and published 



a variety of works, among which 

 were " Letters on the prevalence 

 of Christianity before its civil es- 

 tablishment, with Observations on 

 Mr. Gibbon's History of the De- 

 cline of the Roman empire." 

 This Avork is respectably men- 

 tioned by the historian, who, 

 however, speaks of it as only pre- 

 paratory to a notice of himself. 

 Another of his publications was, 

 " Discourses on the Prophecies," 

 preached at Dr. War burton's 

 Lecture. 



IS. Lord Arthur J. Hen. Somer- 

 set, M. P. for Monmouth, and 

 brother to the Duke of Beaufort, 

 in his 37th year. 



■23. Thomas Johnes, esq. of 

 Hafod, M. P. for Cardigan, and 

 Lord-lieut. of the county, aged 

 67. This gentleman rendered him- 

 self w'ell known by his creations 

 of picturesque beauty, and his ex- 

 tensive improvements ai'ound his 

 mansion, and by the treasures of 

 art and literature which he collect- 

 ed in it, and which induced him 

 to gire to the public translations 

 of Froissart's and Monstrelet's 

 Chronicles, and the travels of 

 Brocqulere and Joinville, illus- 

 trated by many curious appen- 

 dages. 



26. Geo. Hardinge, esq. Justice 

 for the counties of Glamorgan, 

 Brecknock, and Radnor, F. R. S. 

 and F. S. A. in his 72d year. He 

 was distinguished for his wit 

 and learning, which last he ac- 

 quired at Eton and Trinity col- 

 lege, Cambridge J and was much 

 admired both at the bar and from 

 the bench. He largely contri- 

 buted ti'the " Literary Anecdotes 

 of the Eighteenth Century," with 

 many of the subjects of which he 

 was intimately acquainted. He 



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