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daughter of the late Sir John Shelley, bart. 
of Michel grave, Suffex. | 
Mrs. M. M. Benefold, widow, of Picca- 
dily y. . 
At Kennington-green, Mr. T, G. Tawney. 
In Great Ormond-fireet, Mrs. Bufh. 
In Fleet-ftreet, Mir. T, Kuapp. 
At Chelfea, Mrs. E, Cafileman, wife of H. 
Caftleman, efq. of the Tower of Londoii. 
_ In his 84th year, Capidin Philip Seymour.— 
He hadferved fevénty-four years im the royal 
navy. 
Aged 68, TF. Martin, ef7. of Oxford-firect. 
tn Great Ruiffell-ftreet, Bloomfbury, Zr. 
R, Price. 
At Enfield, %. Fertouillet, ef9. 
[ Further particulars relative to the late Mar- 
guis of Stafjord.—The mot noble Granville 
Levelon Gower, Marquis of Stafford, Earl 
Gower, Vifcount Trentham, Baron Gower, 
anda Baronet, Knight of the Garter, one of 
_his Majeity’s molt honourable privy council, 
recorder of Stafford, one of the governors of 
the Charter-houfe, and Vice Prefident of the 
Middlefex hofpital. His lordfhip was born 
inthe year 17173 he marfied firft in 1744, 
to Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Fazakerty, 
efq. of Prefton, in Lancafhire, and by her 
who died, in child-bed, of the {mall-pox, in 
May 1745, had one fon, John,.who died on 
the day he was born. He married fecondly, 
March 28, 1748, Lady Louifa Egerton, daugh- 
ter of Scrope, Duke of Bridgewater, and by 
her (who died March 14, 1761) he had iffue, 
Lady Louifa, born O€tober 22, 1749, mar- 
ried December 25, 1777, to Sir Archibald 
Macconald, Lord Chief Baron of the Exche- 
quer, Lady Caroline, born November 2, 
17535 married Match 22, 1770, to the Earl 
of Carlifle.. George Granville Levefon 
Gower (now Marquis of Staftcrd) born Janu- 
ary 9,175 3; married September 4, 1785, to 
the Countefs of Sutherland, 5y whom he 
has-iflue Lord .George Granville, now Earl 
‘Gower, born Auguft 8, 17863 Lady Char- 
lotte, born June 8, 1788, and Lord Francis 
Levefon Gower, upon whom the late Duke 
of Bridgewater fettled all his canal property. 
The iate Marquis had another.daughter by 
his fecond lady, viz. Lady Anne, born Febru- 
ary 22, 1763, who mairied, in February 
1724, the Honourable Dr, Edward Venables 
Vernon, now Bifhop of Carlifle. The late 
Marquis married thirdly, May 23, 176%, to 
Lady Sufannah Stewart, fifter to the Earl of 
Galloway, by whom he had iffue, Lady 
Georgina Augufta, bern April 
Lady Charlette Sophia, born January 11, 
47713; married May 26, 1791, to the Mare 
quis of Worcefter, fon to the Duke of Beau- 
fort. Lady Sufannah, borm in 1772; mar- 
ried in july 1795 te Lord Harrowby, and 
‘i Marquis of Stafford. 
£24 T7Dop, 
Jan 1, 
Lord Granville Levefon, born Odtober 32, 
1773. His Lotdfhip, im 1744, wae elected 
to parliament for Bifhop’sCaftle, in Shrop- 
fhire, and to the next parliament in 1747, 
was unanimoufly eleéted for Weftminfter; — 
but ia November 1749, being appointed one 
of the Lords of the Admiralty, his feat for 
that city became vacated; ahd, becaufe he 
had quitted his former political connexions, 
and joined the miniftry, hig re-éleétion was 
contefted by a very memorable and very vio= 
lent oppofition, in the perfon of Sir George 
Vandeput, fupported by the independent 
party, and headed, (notfecretly,) by Frederick - 
Prince of Wales; but Lord Gower was eleét- — 
ed, and confirmed in his feat, by a majority 
of the Houfe of Commons. Thé late Mr. 
Grenville’s act, for trying cuntroverted elec- 
tions, has happily abolifhed this fhamefui 
abufe of power. At the general eleCtion in 
1754, he was returned for the city of Litch- 
field, for which he fat until the death of his 
father, on December 25, 1754. . He was irn- 
mediately appointed Lord Lieutenant and 
Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Stafford, 
in the room of his father. And on the 23d of 
December 1755, he was appointed Lord Privy 
Seal, and a Privy Counfellor. In July 1757, 
he refigned the Privy Seal, and was made 
Mafter of the Horfe, which he held until 
November 1760, when he was appointed 
Keeper of the Wardrobe, which he refigned - 
in April 1763, upon being appointed Lord 
Chamberlain tothe King, Upon the change 
of the miniftry, in July 1765, he was re- 
moved from his pof& of Chamberlain. - Upon 
the next change of the minifiry, which was 
in July 1766, Lord Temple propofed to Lord 
Chatham to make the Marquis (then Lord 
Gower) Secretary of Sate, but Lord Chatham 
would not confent to it. At the end of the 
year 1767, when Lord Chatham had in fome 
meafure retired, his Lordfhip was appointed 
Prefident of the Council, which poft he held 
until November 1779, when differing with 
Lord North (then minifter) upon queftions 
‘concerning Ireland and America, he refigned 
the prefident’s chair, and continued out of 
office during tle remainder of Lord North’s 
adminiftration. When Mr, Pitt was appoint. 
ed Firft Lord of the Treafury, in the month 
of December 1783, his Lordfhip was again 
' Prefident of the Council, which-he refigned 
in November 1784, on being appointed Lord - — 
Privy Seal, which he held until July 17945 
and then retired. In January 1771 he, was 
ele@ed Knight of the Garter. The prefent 
Marquis of Stafford was the laft Englith am-_ 
baflador to the lait French king, and whem 
that monarch was dethroned, and fent to the 
Temple, he was recalled, and arrived in Lon- 
don on the fir day of September 1792] | 
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