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the sea at the Havannah, he had the misfor- 
tune to have his right leg bitten off by a 
shark, and was preserved from destruction 
with some difficulty. This accident obliged 
him to quit the profession of his choice, and 
he turned his mind to the acquiring of in- 
truction adapted to mercantile pursuits. Af- 
ter this, he served as an assistant commissary 
under Col. Monckton, at the siege of Beause- 
jour, in Nova Scotia, in 1755, and at the 
siege af Louisbourg, with the immortal 
Wolfe, in 1758. The year following, he 
settled in London as a merchant, and carried 
on a large mercantile intercourse with Ame- 
rica till the time of his death, In1779, he 
was among the first gentlemen who formed 
the respectable corps of Light Horse Vo- 
lunteers, and was with them when.that 
Corps was found extremely serviceable in sup- 
pressing the alarming riots-in 17803 and 
in the following year, he had the honour of 
presenting them with a standard from the 
King, in testimony of his Majesty’s appro- 
bation of their meritorious’services. At the 
latter end of the American war, he was called 
upon to fill the office of commissary-general 
to the army serving én that country, under 
the command of his friend, the brave and 
upright general Sir Guy Carleton, now Lord 
Dorchester; and on his return from that 
service, parliament granted an annuity of 
sool. to his wife, without deductions, as a 
reward for the faithful and diligent discharge 
of the duties of his office. In January, 1734, 
he was elected one of the representatives in 
parliament for the city of London, on the 
death of Mr. Alderman Bull, and in the 
same year, a director of the Bank of England. 
He was also soon afterwards elected alderman 
“of Cordwainers ward. In 1786, he served 
the office of sheriff for London and Middle- 
sex; and during the debates of the house of 
commons relating to the regency bill, he 
had the honour of presiding as chairman of 
the committee of that house. Being called 
upon to serve aS commissary-general to the 
army on the continent in the year 1793, 
commanded by his royal highness the Duke 
of York, and from that circumstance no 
longer able to attend his duty in parliament, 
he accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern 
Hundreds, and thereby voluntarily vacated 
his seat. Having retired from the service in 
the year 1796, he was elected to the dignity 
of lord-mayor of the city of London, and dis- 
charged the duties of that high office in the 
most exemplary manner, during a period re- 
plece with unexampled difficulties, arising 
from the effervescence of party spirit, the 
Mutiny in the fieet, and tne restraint laid 
on the payment of specie by the Bank of 
England, of which he continued to be a di- 
rector to the time of his death. In March, 
1798, he received a commission from the 
King, as commissary-general of England; 
and on the sth of December, 1803, his Ma- 
jesty was graciously pleased to express his 
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approbation of his services, by creating bim 
gratuitously a baronet of the united kingdom, 
with remainder, he having no issue, to the 
two sons of his sister, William and Brook 
Kaye, esqrs. Sir Brook Watson married, in 
1760, Helen, daughter of Colin Campbell, 
of Edinburgh, goldsmith and jeweller, who 
survives him, He has devised his inherited 
estate, after the death of his wife, to his 
sister, the widow of the late William Kaye, 
esq. and his slender acquired property, after 
paying a few inconsiderable legacies to rela- 
tions, friends, and servants, to be placed ia 
the public funds, the interest to be paid to 
Lady Watson during her life, and the prin+ 
cipal at her decease to his own and her named 
relations, in equal proportions. His character 
may be summed up in a few words: he was 
a diligent, zealous, and faithful servant; a 
firm, upright, and merciful magistrate; a 
constitutional and loyal subject; an affec- 
tionate and tender busband ; a kind and sub- 
_ stantial friend; a firm Christian; and a be- 
nevolent 2nd honest man. 
In Nottingham-place, aged 72, the Right 
Hon. Thomas Wynn, Baron Newborough of the 
kingdom of Ireland, and a baronet. He was 
advanced to the peerage on the 14th of July, 
1776, acd was the third baronet of his fa- 
mily. He married, in 1776, Lady Catha- 
rine Perceval, eldest daughter of Jolin Earl 
of Egmont. By this lady, who died in April, 
1782, he hada son, John, who died Dec. 13, 
1800. His lordship married, secondly, Ma- 
ria-Stella-Petronella, niece of the late Gen 
Chiappini, in the imperial service, and Mar- 
chesina of Modigliana, and has left issue by 
her, John, born in April, 1302 ; and Spencer- 
Bulkeley, born in May, 1803. 
Alured Henry Showe, esq. of Lincoln’s Inns 
recorder of Queenborough, and commissioner 
of bankrupts. He was a fervent partizan of 
the late Mr. Fox, and had been very active 
in supporting that gentleman’s early preten~- 
sions to a seat for Westminster. His zealous 
attachment to the cause which he supported, 
formed the strongest feature in his life. 
At Brompton, aged 74, Charles Wright, esq. 
chief clerk in the Admiralty-office. He had 
completed a period of more than fifty years 
as a servant of the public, in a manner hoe 
nourable to himself, and gratifying to the re- 
collection of his surviving family. In addi- 
tion to his long and faithful discharge of pub- 
lic duty, he had actively contributed, during 
his life, to the benefit of various charities, 
particularly the Asylum, and Grey Coat Hos- 
pital, of both which he was governor and 
treasurer. 
Mr. Fokn Makin, 2ged 78, near fifty years 
a faitoful servant to Messrs. Pickford, care 
riers, of the Castle Inn, Wood street. 
At Hackney, Mr. Fames Lack, aged 105. 
He had served as a private soldier under 
kings George I. and Il. was in the German 
wars of those two monarchs, and atteaded 
General Woife in his last momen‘s at the > 
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