224 ANNUAL REGISTER, 18l6. 



December. 



11. Lady Catharine Murray, 

 widow of \V. J. Murray^ esq. and 

 daughter of the Earl of Gal- 

 loway. 



Richard Howard Earl of Effiii'^- 

 ham, in the G9th j ear of his age. 



1 5 . Charles Stanhope, Earl Stan- 

 hope, in his G-lth year. This no- 

 ijlenian was son to Philip Eail 

 Stanhope, and received a great 

 part of his education at Geneva. 

 Ho bidught thence a warm at- 

 tachment to the principles of civil 

 and religious liberty, which di- 

 rected his conduct during his 

 whole life, regaidless of all fa- 

 mily or party connections, and in 

 modes jieculiarly his own ; ihe 

 consequence of which was, that 

 in his purliamentaiy plans he fre- 

 quently acted alone, and was not 

 less sing'ular in his language and 

 manners, than in his notions and 

 projects. It is, however, allowed 

 that many of his reforming at- 

 tempts were turned to useful ob- 

 jects, and tlicy occasionally re- 

 ceived support as well from the 

 ministers as the opposition. This 

 ■was exemplified by their adopting 

 his bill respecting the jirohibition 

 of purchasing gold at a price 

 higlier than the numerary value 

 of bank notes 3 a)id their admis- 

 sion of his proposal for the digest 

 of all the statutes, which was the 

 laboui' that engaged his last pub- 

 lic cares. His knowledge was 

 vaiious and extensive, and his in- 

 dustry indefatigable. He pursued 

 with ardour every thing he imder- 

 tooli, uncliccked by disappoint- 

 ment, and regardless of criticism. 

 From a mere boy he exhibited 

 talents for scientific inquiry and 

 {iiccbunical inveution, and almost 



numberless were the contrivances 

 for improving the useful arts 

 which he laid before the public, 

 and put to the test of experiment. 

 Among those was an important 

 improvement in the printing- 

 press, which has been largely 

 adopted under his name. No one 

 could stand more apart from de- 

 signs of private interest, either in 

 his political conduct, or his scien- 

 tific pursuits } and he appeared to 

 regard perfect independence as 

 more dignilied and honourable 

 than high office or court favour. 

 He has been thought hard and 

 unfeeling, and his domestic cha- 

 racter may iia various points be 

 impeached, but he wiis a kind 

 landlord, and a liberal benefactor 

 to the poor. 



Lord btanliope was married first 

 to Hester Pitt, eldest daughter to 

 the great E;irl of Chatham ; and 

 secondly to Louisa, daughter of 

 Henry Gienville, esq. Governor 

 of Barbadoes. AVhen he broke 

 off his political connection with 

 his brother-in-law, Mr. Pitt, his 

 family prefei'red the patronage of 

 the minister to the paternal joof ; 

 vvliich occasioned him to say, that 

 as they had chosen to be saddled 

 on the ])ublic purse, they must 

 take the consequences. The re- 

 sidt was, that none of them were 

 named in his will, and all his dis- 

 posable property was bequeathed 

 to eight executors not in the least 

 related to him. 



17 . In France, in his 36th year, 

 Sir Hen. HoUis Bradford, a knight 

 conimander of the Bath, and 

 knight of orders in Russia and 

 the Netherlands. 



18. Sir JVilliam Pcppertll, bart. 

 aged 70. 



35- IHary HalUjhurton, Countess 

 Dowager 



