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marked the man, ever careless of the fame of great 

 and good actions, and only intent on performing 

 them. C To Mr. Brown, his librarian, he gave an an- 

 nuity of 200, with the use of his library and col- 

 lections, on condition that he should continue his 

 studies in natural history, and assist in superintending 

 the Botanic Garden at Kew. To Mr. Bauer, who had 

 been his draughtsman for thirty years, he gave an an- 

 nuity of 300, on condition of his continuing to reside 

 at Kew, and to carry on the drawings of the Kew plants. 

 He gave the whole collection of the Kew drawings to 

 the King, and strongly recommended the appointment 

 of a resident draughtsman, being of opinion that no bo- 

 tanic garden can be complete without one. He adds, 

 that he had hoped this truth would have obtained from 

 the Government a salary for Mr. Bauer, but if not, he 

 charges it on his Lincolnshire estates. So far the 

 bequests. The directions were, that he should be 

 interred in the parish where he might happen to die ; 

 he entreated his relatives to spare themselves the 

 affliction of attending the ceremony ; and he earnestly 

 requested that they would not erect any monument to 

 his memory. 



He left his widow surviving ; she was the daughter 

 and co-heiress of Mr. Hugessen, of Provender in Kent, 

 and had been married to him in 1779. His mother 

 only died in 1804, at a very advanced age ; and his 

 sister, who always resided with him, died in 1818. He 

 never had any children ; and his large estates devolved 

 upon his wife's relations, the Knatchbull and Stanhope 

 families, the late Sir E. Knatchbull having married 

 Lady Banks' sister, and co-heiress with her ; and his 

 property in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire being left by 

 his will to Colonel Stanhope, brother of the present 

 Earl, who was the grandson of his aunt, Margaret 

 Eleanor Banks, by Henry Grenville, brother of Earl 

 Temple. Sir E. Knatchbull, his nephew by marriage, 

 was appointed executor of his last will. 



