70 MEMOIR OF 



Two daughters only survived Sir Hans Sloane, 

 a son and a daughter having died in their infancy, 

 Sarah, the eldest, was married to George Stanley, 

 Esq. of Poulton, in Hampshire,* and Elizabeth 

 married Lord Cadogan. Unwilling to deprive 

 these ladies of so large a portion of his fortune, 

 and yet reluctant to have his museum divided 

 after his death, and equally reluctant to deprive 

 his country of the benefit of so valuable a collec- 

 tion, Sir Hans, by his last will, bequeathed this 

 magnificent result of the exertions of his whole 

 life to the nation, on condition that Parliament 

 should reimburse his family to the extent of 

 20,000, a sum, though large, said to be "not 

 more than the intrinsic value of the gold and 

 silver medals, ores, and precious stones in it ;" 

 and he himself states in his will, that the first cost 

 to him had been at least 50,000. In con- 

 sequence of this, immediately after his death, 



* Mrs Stanley left one son and two daughters. Hans, 

 the son, died January 13, 1780, at Althorp, the seat of 

 Earl Spencer. He was a Lord of the Admiralty from 1757 

 to 1763. In 1761 he was appointed Charge des Affaires at 

 Paris ; and, in 1765, was sent ambassador extraordinary 

 and plenipotentiary to the Empress of Russia ; and, in 

 1766, he was appointed Cofferer of the King's household. 

 He was many years M. P. for Southampton. 



Anne, his eldest sister, was married to William Ellis, 

 Esq. created Lord Mendip ; and Sarah became the wife 

 of Christopher d'Oyley, Esq. who died January 19, 1795, 

 aged 87. 



