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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. 
