464 : 
In Down-fireet, Piccadilly, Adrs. Pettis, 83, 
At Greenwich, Aérs: Read, of Sale-hiil, 
Chefhire.. _ 
In Portugal-ftreet, Lady E. Keppel, fecond 
daughter of the earl of Albemarle. 
In Upper Charlotte-fireet, drs, Pepys, 
wife of E. Pepys, efq. 
In Albemarle-ftreet, Mr. 7. K. Corbet, 
eldeft fon of J. Corbet, efg. of Sundom, 
Salop. 
In Parliament: ftreet, Mrs. Ricbardfen, re- 
Hi& of William Barrington, R. efq. late of 
Bermondfey. 
At Lambeth, Mrs. Thempfon, wife of 
John T. efq. and one of the coheirc fies of the 
fate Nathaniel Bever, efq. of Bafingftokes 
Hants. 
In Kennington-lane, Mrs, Tyers, widow of 
the late Jonathan T. efq. of Vauxhall, pro- 
prietor of the gardens there. 
To Brunfwick-fguare, eminent for all the 
virtues that reflect honour on domeftic life, 
and fincerely regretted by all who knew her, 
Mrs. Rees, wife of the Kev. Abraham Rees, 
D.D. F.R.S. “ 
In Park-fireet, Grofvenor-fquare, irs. 
Wilks, wife of Major W. refident at the court 
of the Rajah of Myfore. 
At Viicount Howic’s cffice, tn the Admi- 
salty, Sir Michael Lefleming, bart. He had 
called at the Admiralty refpecting fome naval 
bufinefs, and while Lord Howic was taking 
down his name, Sir Michael fell fideways off 
the chair on which he was fitting and never 
{poke afterwards. Myr. Andrews, an apothe- 
cary of Charing-crofs, was inftantly fent for,” 
but on his arrival informed his lordfhip that 
there was no fymptom of life remaining, nor 
any chance of its return. On his examina- 
tion the following day at the Coroner's In- 
queft, which was held at the Ship tavern, 
Charing-crofs, he faid that the caufe of Sir 
Michael’s death was an apoplectic fit, occa- 
fioned by an arterial eruption upon the brain. 
The verdi&t of the jury was, Died by the wvifi- 
tation of God. Sir Michzel was defcended 
from a Flemifh family, which was honoured 
with a baronetage at the commencement of 
the laficentury. His father Sir William F. 
reftored the ancient appellation witout re- 
curring to the King’s fign manual, by chrif- 
tening his fon Michael Le. The particle 
has fince been incorporated with the furname. 
Sir Michael’s guardian was Sir James Low- 
ther, the late earl of Lonfdale, who lived in 
great intimacy with him, and left him a le- 
gacy at his death. He married Lady Diana 
Howard, only child of Thomas, the late earl 
of Suffolk and Berkthire, by whom he had 
one daughter, Anne Frederica Elizabeth, bora 
in 1735. He had for many years reprefented 
the county ef Weftmoreland in parilament, 
and ever fince 1799 had been lieutenant-co- 
lonel of the Cumberland militia. 
At Tatton park, near Knutsford, in Che- 
fhire, of a rapid dropfy, aged about 56, Wi- 
liam Tatten ggerton efg. M.P. tox that 
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Deaths in and near Landany 
[June 1, 
county. He was much refpeéted and bes 
loved; and diflinguifhed for his amiable dif- 
pofition in every relation of life. His birth 
and very large eftate (faid to be 20,0001. a- 
year and upwards) placed him one of the 
foremoft among the leading Commoners 
of the kingdom, an order which the great in- 
creafe of the Peerage has of late years much 
diminifhed: and his {plendid habits and large 
eftablifhment in St. James’s-fquare, as well 
as in the country, did honour to his ftation. 
He had been married four times: firft, to the 
daughter of Dr. Fountain, Dean of York, 
whofe epitaph, written by Mafon, is among 
that Poet’ss works; and by whom he had a 
fon and heir, who was M.P. for Beverlev, 
and died about fix years ago, in the Mower of 
his age; fecondly, toa daughter of the late 
Wilbraham Bootle, efq. by whom he has left 
two fons and one daughter; thirdly, to a 
fifter of Sir George Armitage, bart. 
fourthly, in 1803, to his coufin Char- 
lotte, only daughter of Thomas Watkinfon 
Payler, efq. of Ilden, near Canterbury, by a 
grand-daughter of William Egerton, LL.D. 
prebendary of Canterbury, which lady died 
by an accidental fall from ber park-chair in 
Auguft, 1804. His eldeft fon, Wilbraham 
Egerton, efq. who lately married his firft 
coufin, daughter of the Jate Sir Chrifopher 
Sykes, bart. fucceeds to his principal eftates. 
Mr, E. was fon and heir of William Tatton, 
efq. of Withenfhaw, in Chefhire, by the only 
fitter, and at length heir, of Samuel Egerton, 
efq. of Tatton-park, M.P. for that county in 
feveral parliaments, till his death in January 
1780; which Samuel E. was fon and heir of 
John Egerton, efq. of Tatton, by Elizabeth 
filter and heir of Samuel Hill, efq. of Shen- 
ftone park, co. Stafford, fon and heir of the 
Hon. ‘Thomas Egerton, of Tatton, which 
eftate he inherited from his father John, fe. 
cond Earl of Bricgwater, to whom it defcend- 
ed from Lord Chancellor Egerton. It was a 
fingular coincidence, that Mr. E. fhould fuc. 
ceed to the inheritance of a place of his own 
paternal name, im right of another family, 
whofe name it then became neceflary to af- 
fume inftead of his own, Mr, E. was re- 
building the manfion of Tatton on a magnifi- 
cent plan, after the deigns of S. Wyatt. He 
was formerly M.P. for Beverley, and aftere 
wards, for Newcaftle-ynder-Lyme. _ 
At Hull Sobn Ruffel, efg. R. A. This emi- 
nent artift was'the fon of Mr. John Ruffel, 
bookfeller, of Guildford, in Surry, and was 
burn at that place in April, 1744. From 
early youth he evinced a decided predilection 
for the art of painting, ‘and was in confe- 
quence bound apprentice atthe age of 15 te 
the celebrated Crayon Painter, Mr. Francia 
Coates. During the latter part of his Ray with 
this.gentleman, whilft a ftudent of tae Royal © 
Academy, he rivailed Mortimer and Riley,and 
' gained the filver medal for the beft academicak 
figure. At the expiration of his apprentice- 
fiip with Mr. Coates, about the age of 21, 
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