1804.] 
At his apartments in Holborn, much re- 
fpe&ted, the Rew. W. Keddon, M.A. of Mag- 
dalen-cullege, Oxford, F.S.A. curate and 
morning preacher of St. Giles in the Fields, 
Middlefex, and one of the domettic chaplains 
of the Earl of Port{mouth. 
At her houfe in Hill-ftreet, Berkeley- 
{quare, Lady Grefbam, reli& of the late. Sir 
John Gretham, bart. of Titfey-place, Surrey. 
fr. T. Sealey, of the Eaft India-heufe, In 
paffing through Pedlar’s Acre in the evening, 
it being very dark, he unfortunately! ran 
againft a fhort poft, which, ftriking him in 
a tender part, occafioned his death. His re- 
mains were interred in Lambeth-church, with 
military honours, attended by the Lambeth 
Volunteer Corps,-of which the deceafed was 
a ferjeant. . 
F. Grant, efq. of Hill-ftreet, Berkeley- 
{quare, juftice of peace for the county of 
Berks, and a partner in the firm of Pybus 
and Co, bankers, in Old Bond-ftreet. This 
gentleman was a native of Scotland, from 
which unthriving clime he tranfplanted him- 
felf to the more profperous one of India, as 
‘a regimental furgeon in the fervice of the 
Honourable Eaft India Company, from which 
fituation he afterwards rofe to bear 4 major’s 
commiilion in the fame fervice. ‘This gave 
him an opportunity of acquiring a fortune oy 
the fpoils of war; which fortune, after his 
arrival in England, was improved by a mar- 
riage with Mifs Gilbert, of Salifbury. He, 
a few years after, made the purchafe of his 
feet at White-Waltham, near Maidenhead ; 
and, taking out a dedimus, he aflumed the 
character of a country gentleman; but that 
way of life not being altogether congenia! to 
- his habits and difpofition, he entered into the 
more profitable one of a banker. His wife 
dying, he again bound himfelf in the chains 
of wedlock with a lady of fortune, who was 
tized of long celibacy, and who, being certain 
of not being prolific, adopted a fon of Mr. 
Grant by his former wife, for her heir. Since 
his death, no will of a date fubfequent to the 
month of Augutt, 1787, having been found, 
a reward has been offered, in the London Ga- 
zette for the difcovery of one, if fuch fhould 
exift, of a later date. 
Aged 84, Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, a lady 
who has long been diftinguifhed for her genius 
and literary merit. She was the protegée of 
Dr Johnfon, and the friend of Richardfon 
and Mrs. Yates. Mrs. Lennox publithed, in 
the year 1752, ‘* The Female Quixote,” and 
‘* Memoirs of Harriet Stuart.” In the for- 
mer of thefe novels, the charaéter of Arabella 
is the counterpart of Don Quixote; and the 
work was very favourably received. In the 
following year the publithed ‘* Shakefpeare 
Hiluftrated,’? in 2 vols. rz2mo. to which fhe 
afterwards added-a third. This work confifts 
of the novels and hiftories on which the 
Plays of Shakefpeare are founded, colle&ed 
and tranflated from the original authors: to 
which are added critical nores, intended to 
Nontuiy Mag. No. t22, 
Deaths in and near London—Mrs. Lennox. 
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prove that Shakefpeareihas generally fpoilt: 
every ftory on which his Plays are founded, 
by torturing them-into low, contrivarces, ab-, 
furd intrigues, and,improbable incidents. In: 
19¢6, Mrs. Lennox publifhed, ‘* The. Mea 
moirs of the Countefs of -Berci, taken from 
the French,” 2 vols. 12m03 and, ** Sully’s~ 
Memoirs,” tranflated, 3 vols. 4to; which 
have fince been freatiently reprinted in. 8 vo, 
and are executed with no {mall ability,, Ja 
1758, the produced *¢ PhiJdnder, a Dramatic 
Paftoral,’’ and ¢* Henrietta,” a novel of cone 
fiderable merit, 2 vols. 12m0; and, in 317605 
with the afliftance of the Earl of Cork and 
Orrery, and Dr. Samuel Johnfon, fhe pub- 
lifhed a tranflation of ‘¢ Father. Brumoy’s 
Greek Theatre,” 3 vols. 4:05 the. merit: of 
which varies materially in different parts of 
the work, Two years after, the publifhed 
6¢ Sophia, a Novei,”’ 2 vols, 12mo0, which is 
inferior to her earlier performances;and, 
after an interval'of feven years, fhe brought 
out, at Covent-garden theatre, ** The Sifters, 
a Comedy,” taken from her novel of Hen- 
rietta, which was conéemned on the frt 
night of its appearance. In 1773, fhe fur- 
nifhed Drury-lane theatre with a comedy, in- 
titled, ** Old City Manners ;’? and has only 
written, we believe, fince that time, ‘¢ Eu- 
phemia, a Novel, 1790,” 4 vols. I2mo3 a 
performance which by no means deviates 
from the creditable line in which fhe aiways 
moved, Her father was a field-officer, licu~ 
tenant-governor of New York, who fent her 
over at the age of 15 to a wealthy aunt, who 
unfortunately, on the arrival of her niece, 
was out of her fenfes, and never recovered 
them; immediately after which, the father 
died, and the daughter from that time fup- 
ported herf-lf by her literary talents, which 
fhe always employed ufefully. Her latter 
days have been clouded by penury and fick- 
nefs 3 calamities which were in a confiderable 
degree alleviated by the kindnefs of fome 
friends, who revered alike her literary and 
her moral character. Among thefe it would 
be unjuft not to mention the names of the 
Right Han. George Rofe, and the Rev. Wm. 
Beloe. But the mo effectual balm to her 
wounded fpirit arofe from the affitance the 
has received from 7bé Literary Fund Szciety, by 
whofe timely aid, her only fon. was, a few 
years fince, enabled to fit himfelf out for an 
employment in the Anglo American States ; 
and by whofe bounty the means of decent 
fubfiftence have, for the lait twelvemonth, 
been afforded to the mother, ; 
[Sir William Gordon, bart. whofe death was 
announced in the February Magazine, was one 
of the oldeft Nova Scotia baronets. He en- 
‘tered into the army as an enfign about the 
year 1756, in the 19th regiment of foot, and- 
ferved in it as lieutenant, captain, and pay- 
mafter, for above 20 years; was at the fiege 
of Belleifle, in 9761, and went with the corps 
to Gibraltar, where he remained till the regi- 
ment was ordered to Ircland. In 1775, he 
Cc was 
