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son, William Lewis, who was eight years behind his brother ; and three 

 daughters, Louisa Catherine, Mary Hannah and Anne. The last is 

 said to have been distinguished for a poetical talent.* Of these sisters, 

 Louisa Catherine was born 1754, and Mary Hannah about 1752, accord- 

 ing to the inscriptions in the church yard at Bath- Hampton, where they 

 are buried ; the last of these two dates going far to fix that of Major 

 Andre's birth as of 175 1. 



In 1780, also, there were yet living at London, two brothers of the 

 elder Andre : Mr. David Andre, of New Broad street, and Mr. John 

 Lewis Andre, of Warnford Court, Throgmorton street, who were known 

 to the community as respectable Turkey merchants, and who doubtless 

 still carried on at the old place, the business in which their brother had 

 prospered well, but which their nephews had declined. 6 



In 1769, while at the head of his mother's house at Buxton, Mat- 

 lock, he first became acquainted with Miss Seward. It is almost cer- 

 tain that he formed with another lady a friendship that left its coloring 

 on the whole of his future life. d This was Miss Honora Sneyd, daughter 

 of Edward, the younger son of Ralph Sneyd, Esq., of Bishton, in Staf- 

 fordshire. This lady in 1773, married Richard Lovell Edgeworth. 

 Upon finding that his attentions to Miss Sneyd were unavailing, Mr. An- 

 dre quitted his profession and entered the British Army in America. 

 His first commission was dated March 4th, 1771. 



The regiment which Andre joined was the Seventh Foot, or Royal 

 English Fusiliers; one of the oldest corps in the line, and dating its 

 formation in the year 1685. The rank of ensign does not exist in a 

 fusilier regiment, the grade being supplied by a second lieutenant; it was 

 in this latter capacity that he seems to have first served. In April, 1773, 

 the regiment had been embarked for Canada, where it performed garri- 

 son duty at Quebec for several months, until it was sent to Montreal 

 and variously posted in Lower Canada. Before leaving England to 

 join it, however, it is asserted that Andre paid a final visit of farewell to 

 Miss Seward and to the scenes of his former happiness. During his 

 stay, we are told, Miss Seward had made arrangements to take him to 

 see and be introduced to her friends, Cunningham and Newton — both 

 gentlemen of a poetical turn. e 



Whilst these two gentlemen were awaiting the arrival of their guests, 



a Ditto. 



b Life of Major Andre by Winthrop Sargent. 



c Ditto. Anna Seward, the eulogist of Major Andre", was born at Lyam, in Derbyshire in 

 1747. The Bishops Palace at Lichfield, in which her father— who was a Canon of the Cathe- 

 dral there — was the headquarters of the literary world of that region and of the better classes 

 of society generally. 



d Life of Andre, by Sargent. 



c Life of Major Andre' by Winthrop Sargent. 



