1810.) 
tures and prints, &c. which he continued to 
augment for Many years after his return-to 
this country. In the year 1761, he married 
Miigabeth, the only daughter and heiress of 
Peter Délamare, esq. of Greatness, whose 
ancestors were likewise refugees from France, 
in 1686. In right of his wife he became 
possessed of the silk milis at Greatness; they 
had been erected upon a very confined scale, 
and at thut period they did net preduce above 
3007, per annum. He however, soon per- 
ceived that great advantages were to be ob- 
tained\by them, and possessing a profound 
knowledge of mechanics and muthematics, 
after expending at least 20,000/. in enlarg- 
ing and improving the machinery, he very 
considerably increused their produce. Some 
parts of the machinery which he invented 
are so ingenious in their construction and 
movements as to render the’ silk, prepared 
by them for different branches of manufac- 
ture, far superior to that worked by any 
others in this country. He first introduced 
the manufacture of crapes~ into England, 
which, before his time, were imported from 
Bologna; by his own ingenuity he discovered 
the process of their manufacture, and soon 
fivalled them in his manner of preparing 
them. In the year 1778, partly through 
tlie imprudent speculations of a near relation, 
in whom he placed implicit confidence, and 
partly by heavy losses, occasioned by the 
failure of a house with which he transacted 
business, he became a bankrupt. The un- 
kindness and oppression which he experien- 
ced from some of his relatives upon this oc- 
cision considerably aggravated, and certainly 
tended to confirm this misfortune, which 
might have been averted, had proper time 
been given him to settle his affairs. He 
was; however, amply compensated by the 
€ountenance and friendly offers of assistance 
which ke received from many of the most 
eminent merchants in the city, amongst the 
Foremost Of whom was his ever. valued friend 
Peter Gaussen, esq. then Governor of the 
Bank. After the gale of his effects and 
collections, he prosecuted his business with 
unceasirig energy. The silk mills now be- 
came his thief object; he more’ than doubled 
their number, and brought them to so high a 
dégree Of perfection that they produced many 
thousands per annum, and in a few vears he 
was énabled, as he had hoped to do from the 
hour of his misfortune, most honourably todis- 
charge the'residwe of his debts, which would 
have been due to the creditors had not the 
bankruptcy taken place, ‘ad which after it 
Kad, he could’ be under 0 !éga! obligation 
to pay. It was a measure, dictated alone by 
that high serise of hohour’ and integrity, 
which uniformly diréctédall ‘his dealings 
with others. In 1800, having realised an 
independent fortune, which was then consi- 
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derably increased by the death of a near 
relation, he withdrew from Lusiness, giving 
up the manufactory and property connected 
with it to hig son, and retired to Sevenoaks, 
where he resided till the death of his wife, 
He then return- 
ed to pass the remainder of his days with his 
son at Greatness, About this time his ine- 
mory began to fail him; it was the only, 
Symptom he exhibited of old age, and was 
probably occasioned by. his intense applica- 
tion to studies of an abstruse nature, at an 
eatlier period of life. In the year 1792, 
when the mania of the French revolution 
had nearly obtained a footing in this country, 
and it became necessary for every one to 
testify their attachment to the constitution, 
his name appeared almost the first upon the 
list of those public-spirited men, who at 
that critical juncture established the associa= 
tion at the Crown and Anchor. He was 
blessed with a good, though rather ‘delicate 
constitution, which had never been impaired 
by intemperance, or enfeebled by disease 5 
and he had the enviable felicity of attaining 
to an advanced age without suffering from 
any of the infirmities which usually accom- 
pany that period of life, being able to read 
the smallest print without the assistance of 
glasses. He possessed a highly-cultivated 
understanding, and a considerable portion of 
general knowledve, refined by an exquisite 
taste ; the upright independence of his cha- 
racter and his high sense of honour, were 
manifested in every occurrence of his life. 
He had a strong sense of religion and piety 
and a sensibility and tenderness of feeling 
that rendered him ever alive tothe misfor- 
tunes of others. In addition to the many 
Christian virtues which he exercised, the | 
most prominent feature of his characte was 
an unbounded liberality and benevolence to- 
wards those who needed his support ; his purse 
was ever open to encourage and assist young 
artists in their professional pursuits. ‘To 
rescue merit from distress, and to bring into 
active. and useful exertion, talents, which 
would otherwise have been lost, he was ever 
foremost to contribute his kindness to all 
those employed in hi ig Services uniformly 
shone forth upon every occasion, amply pro- 
viding for the comforts of those who had 
grown old 4n his employ. Tothe poor he 
was a kind friend and benefactor, and no one 
Was moze deservedly esteemed in the neighe 
bourhood where he resided: the respect which 
attended him through lite was equalled only 
by the sorrew which accompanied him to the 
grave. Fie was buried at Christ Church, 
Spital-fields, and ‘has left a son, who suc- 
cetds him in the business, and one daughter, 
‘who was married in 1791 to Edward Rudges, 
esq. 
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