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‘the late Sir John Ramfden, of Byram, Bart. 
of which marriage the prefent Sir Joun Ramf- 
den and Mrs. Weddell are the only furviving 
iffue.- Some of her early years were {pent 
at Byram, til! the beginning of the year 
1752, when fhe was married to the iate 
Marquis of Rockingham, with whom fhe en- 
joyed as much hapjinefs as is attainable in 
this mortal ftate, during the fpace of up- 
wards of 30 years. In the menth of July, 
1782, their union was diffolved by the death 
of that great and good man. For many 
years previous to this event, her ladyfhip 
had mixed but hitile with hy world ; and 
fubfequent, to that period her life has been 
paiied | in almof total riba With tome 
few exceptions, fie has been known only by 
the goodnefs of her works. In. 1785, ie 
pucchafed a beautiful feat from the Talbo 
family, at Hilliugdon, near Uxoridge, hes 
the conttantly refded till the day of her dif- 
folution. Her ladyfhip poflefied a frong 
and comprehentive ‘mind ; her judgment was 
folid, clear, and difcriminating ; and fhe 
poileffed an uncommon tacalty of qsickly 
_ perceiving, and jufily appreciating, the cha- 
racters of men, She was deeply read in 
theology, and the writer of this article has 
feldom met with any perfon of more exten- 
five information, and more correct views on 
thofe fubjects which are connetted with the 
beft interefts of mankind. She was a firm 
friend to the Church of England, but with- 
out the flightef intolerance. She was a fted- 
faft believer, but no bigot. Her piety was 
exalted, her devotion fervent, but fhe was a 
ftranger to fanaticifm. Her humil ity was, 
indeed, lowly, bordering, at times, on def- 
_ pondency ; but the evening of her days was 
cheered with the rays of animating hope. 
Her charity was unbounded, and her lofs 
will be feverely felt by the poor of Lilling- 
don. Her lat moments, and her laft words,, 
were directed to the fupply of their wants, 
and the augmentation of their ‘comforts, 
Her liberal hand left her not much to dif 
pofe of at her death. In the dipolition of 
her.aftairs, her fir object was the aise and 
her afflicted fervants, to whom fhe has be- 
queathed Jiberal legacies or annuities. To 
a few friends the has left expretlive tokens of 
her regard, and the relidue of her property 
to her firt and deare& friend, Mis. Wed- 
dell. This imperfeét outline of the character 
of a moft excellent woman is fketched with 
the ftricteft regard to truth. Unmerited 
raife is ufele{s to the dead, and offenfive to 
the living ; but to commemorate the real ex- 
Marriages and Deaths in near London 83 
cellence of departed worth, may be of ufe 
to furviving friends, by exciting virtpous uml- 
tution. Thetitles of Marquis “and Marchio- 
nefs of Rockingham are extin¢ét, but the me- 
mory of them will long furvive ; and isng, 
very long, may t the virtues that adorned their 
charatters continue to adorn and diguify the 
Sr and future reprefentatives of the 
noble houfe of Wentworth. 
,At Ewhurft, near Guildford, Sarah, the 
wife of Walter Antel, labourer, of a drop- 
fical diforder inthe abdomen, for which fhe 
had been tapped by Mr. Borer, furgeon, 
twenty different times; the firft of which 
was on the goth of September, 1802, and 
the lat on the oth of December, 1304, 
which fhe furvived only a week 5 inthe whole 
of which times were taken from the poor 
woman upwards of one hundred gallons of 
waterith humour or fluid matter. 
At his brother’s houfe, in Burbach, the 
Rev. William Cooper, vicar of Chertfey, 
and formerly feventeen years curate of the 
parith where he died. Though a found fup-= 
porter of the church, yet he was by no 
means a bigot: his Hocesl fentiments led 
him to cherith the frienathip of good men, of 
every denomination, and cauled him to be 
refpeéted by them. He was a fteady friend, 
and good companion; for, though naturally 
referved, yet, among his intimate friends, 
his converfation was often fhrewd and enters 
taining. Poflefled of a firong conftitstion, 
he too lightly regarded. the fymptoms of that 
fatal difordex, confumption, which, in the 
end, rapidly undermined bis natural @rength, 
and hurried him toa lamented grave, in the 
gift year of hisage. He was buried in the 
church-yard, at Burbach; and follewed to 
his laft home by feveral relpeGable perfons 
of the parifh, from aregard to the ehier es 
of aman who fo long officiated in bis cleri- 
cal capacity with ad vantag e to them, and 
pleafure and fatisfaction to piled 
At Croydon, aged 59, Mr. -T. Levensy 
many years clerk of the parifh. Some few — 
years back, having a very nymerous family, 
he fiiled the following offices in Croydon and 
its neighbourhood, to maintain them; he 
was parifh clerk, barber, and publican, hav. 
ing, for many years kept the Whice Hast, 
on Dubben Hill, near the church; provided 
mufic for dinners, balls, &c. pice he the wo 
eal fluce, ane rae Ligh and ae 
and ate bailiff to the c ourt af Gonlses 
aod many yearsfone of thewardens of the Royall 
Mecklenburgh Freermatons* lodge, at Crovdam, 
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