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At his house in Bear-street, Leicester 
square, where the family had resided for neat 
acentury, Mr, Facab Furnell; currier, 55. AS 
a tradesman, none surpassed him i in integrity. 
— With a frame of body extremely feeble, and 
subject to frequent attacks of the palsy,-he 
possessed strong powers of mind ; his literary. 
attainmerts were considerable;, he had read 
much, and his memory wasretentive. Above 
all, He was aman of sincere and unaffected 
piety. 
At his house in-St. James’s Palace, William 
Wybrow, esq. aged 67, first master cook tothe 
king, after near fifty- three years. honourable 
and faithful duty to his royal master. He 
was apprenticed to his majesty when he was 
Prince George, as was the custom of those 
Gays; and, on his majesty succeeding to the 
throne, he appointed. him one of his cooks, 
and from his good and meritorious conduct,. 
rose to be first « cook. 
At her house in South-street, Finsbury, 
Bars. Rebecca Tomkins. 
Weil Steward, late of the.Custom House, 87. 
Soseph Cade, aig: of Garlick-hill, aged 38. 
At his house, in Eyre-street, Hatton Gar- 
den, in the 73d year of his age, MZ. Thomas 
Cruchley. He was one of the very few survi- 
‘yors who served under the imniortal Wolfe, 
‘at the memorable battles and taking of Qne-. 
bec, Louisburgh, and the Havannah. 
_ At his house in Manchester-street, Pierce 
Bryan, esq. 78. 
' At his lodgings in Great Russell-street, 
‘Major Silvester Ramsay; late of the Honourable 
East India Company’s service. 
At Dulwich, aged 77, Mrs. Sarab Hacks, 
relict of William H. esq. a lady whose loss 
will be severely felt by the poor, and whose 
memory will ‘be long cherished with affec- 
Sionate regret by her relatives and the select 
circle oi friends who enjoyed the happiness of 
her society. 
The Rev. Richard Cecil, A.M. of an apo- 
plectic fit, Jate minister of St. John’s Chapel, 
Bedford-row, and vicar of Cobham, in Surry. 
General Charles Vernon, 92. He was lieute- 
nant of the ‘Tower, dis senior general of his 
Majesty’s forces. 
~ At the Bush Ina, Staisies, Thomas Griffith, 
esq. Solicitor, Bath. 
| At Hackney-grovey Helen, fifth daughter 
of Mr. William Flower. 
At Vale-place, Hammersmith, Wm, Tims, 
esg. 54. 
At his house in Earl’s-court, Thomas Forsyth, 
esg. of Upper. Wimpole-street. 
Mrs. Wrnbolt, wife of thes Hey. Thomas Ww. 
of Southgate Chapel. 
At Chelsea, Berxjamin, second son of Mr. 
Wright, Solicitor, Hyde-street, Bloomsbury, 
15. 
In Charlotte=street, ‘Portman-place, Lieut. 
Charles Brown, of the royal navy, 35. 
Jn eee we Covent Garden, Mrs. 
Fobnstone, wile of Mr. J. of the Drury-lane. 
, Company. Loi 
Account of the late Mr. Windham. 
fSept. 1, 
Richard’ Chambers, esp: of Portrnan place. 
76. 
At Vauxhall Walk, Mrs Page, wife of 
Mr EF. P. of the Transport Office. ‘ 
At’ Paradise-row, Lambeth; Fobz Parry, ses. 
formerly barrister-at-law. 
Mr. Windham, (whese death is mentioned: 
in our Number forJuly,) was descerded from: 
an ancient and highly respectable family in 
_ the county of Norfolk,where they had resided’ 
for several generations, and possessed a con= 
siderable property. His father, William 
Windham; was one of the most admired 
characters of his time ;-and, in 1756, soon 
after the plan of a National Militia was- 
formed by Mr. Pite (afterwards Barl of Chat- 
ham), this gentleman, in conjunction with: 
the late Marquis Townshend, was extremely 
zealous and active if ptomating and car- 
Tying into execution that scheme,, which 
has since proved so salutary to his coun- 
try. On this subject he published one or 
two very excelient ‘pamphlets. He died: 
in. 1761, leaving his only son, then eleven: 
years old, under the care of the executors: 
of his: will, the Rev. Dr. Dampier, then: 
Under. Mister of Eton-school, and Mr. Gar= 
tick. Mr. Windham was born at Felbrigze 
hali, the family-seat in Nerfolk, in Marcie 
1750: He received the early part of his- 
education at Eton, where he continued: 
from 1762-to the autumn of 1766, when: 
he removed to the University of Glasgows. _ 
where he resided for about. a year in the 
house of Dr. Anderson, Professor of-Natu- 
ral Philosophy,. and diligently attended: 
his Lectures, and: those of Dr. Robert: 
Simson, Professur of Mathematics, the 
well-known author of a Treatise on Conic: 
Sections, and of other learned’ works.. 
Here first probably he became fond of: 
those studies, to which he was ever after- 
wards strongly addicted.* In September 1767, 
he became a gentleman. commoner of Unij- 
versity college in Oxford, Mr. (afterwards: 
sir Robert) Chambers, ‘being: his tutor. 
During his academic course} (from 1767 to: 
1771), he was highly distinguished for his- 
application to various stadics, for his love 
of enterprise, for that frank and’ graceful 
address, and.that honourable deportment,. 
which gave a lustre to his character through __ 
' * Mr. W. has left behind him three 
treatises on mathematical subjects, which 
he directed, by his will, should be’put inte: 
the hands of the Bishop of Rochester (Dr. 
Horsley,) who was then living; adding, 
that if le sheuld think them of any ‘value,. 
they might be published. 
+ In 41782, he was created M.A. and ine 
1793, D.€. B; at the Installation of the. 
‘Duke of Portland; when so high was the } 
admiration of his character, that on his 
entering the theatre, the whole assembly 
rose from their seats, and Sale. Diny with 
loud applause, ~ 
every ~ 
