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June 2. At Little Milton, co. Oxford, Sir John D'Oyly, Bart. aged 71, whofe title devolves upon Mr. D'Oyly, of Adderbury Weft.

3. In Mortimer-ftreet, Thomas Dummer, Efq; member for Lymington in Hampshire.

4. At Rome, aged 51, his Eminency John Octavius Manciforte, Cardinal Prieft of the Holy Roman See. This makes the 12th vacancy in the Sacred College.

9. At Dublin, the Right Hon. Lord Dunfany; his estate and title devolves to his fon Randal, now Lord Dunfany..

13. At Orton, Huntingd. Sir C. Cope, Bart.

14. The Lady of John Aubrey, Efq; member for Wallingford, Berks.

15. Rt. Hon. John Lord Baron Lifle, aged 79.

23. At Merton, in Norfolk, Tho. De Grey, Efq; elder brother of the late Lord Walfingham, and representative in two parliaments for that county.

27. At Hampstead, Sir John Honeywood, Bart.

At Inverness, Lady Amelia Halkett, widow of Sir Peter H. of P.tfirran.

July 1. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mr. Baron Maule.

6. At Ely-Houfe in Doverftreet, of a dropfy in the breast, in the 68th year of his age, the Right Rev. Dr. Edmund Keene, Lord Bishop of Ely. His lordship was a native of Lynn in Norfolk, and younger brother of the late Sir Benjamin Keene, K. B. formerly ambaffador to Spain, who left him his fortune.

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9. At Eton-school, the eldeft fon of Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart. His death was occafioned by a fall as he was running the preceding evening, but did not then perceive he was hurt; he awoke feveral times in the night, and was fick; his brother coming to him to enquire how he was in the morning, he answered he was very well, and expired in ten minutes.

18. At Stobhall, Right Hon. James, Earl of Perth.

29. Suddenly, at his feat at Dodderfhall in Bucks, the Right Hon. Richard Fienes, Viscount and Baron Say and Sele, and LL.D. His father the Rev. Rich. Fienes, married Penelope, daughter of Geo. Chamberlain, of Wardington, in Oxfordfh. Efq; by whom he had iffue (befides the late vifc.) Sufanna, who died unmarried; Vere-Alicia, married to Richard Wykeham, of Swacliff, Oxfordsh. Efq; Elizabeth to the Rev. Henry Quartley, Rector of Wicken, Northamptonshire; and Cecilia, to Alex. Gordon, of Greenwich in Kent, Efq. His lordship was the grandfon of the Hon. Rich. Fienes, fourth fon of William firft Visc. Say and Sele, fo created July 7, 1624, 22 James I.; and in 1742 (being then fellow of New College, Oxford, of which the Fienes's are founder's kin) fucceeded to the title on the death of his father's first coufin, Laurence, and thus became the fixth viscount. He married, in 1754, Christabella, daughter of Sir John Tyrell, of Bucks, Bart. and relict first of John Knapp, Efq; and afterwards of John Pigot, of Dodderfhall, in the fame county, Efq; by whom he had no iffue. The title of viscount is now fuppofed to be

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extinct. Col. Twifleton has lately been called up by writ to the barony.

31. At his feat at Cobham Hall, Rear Rochester, the Right Hon. John Bligh, Earl and Vifc. Darnley, and Baron Clifton, of Rathmore, in Ireland; and Lord Clifton of Lighton Bromfwold, in England, hereditary High Steward of Gravefend and Milton in Kent. His lordship was born in 1719. In 1739, being then a commoner, he was returned member of the Irish parliament for Athboy; and in 1741, of the parliament of England for Maidstone in Kent. In 1747, he fucceeded his brother, the late earl; and in Sept. 1766, he married, in Ireland, the daughter and heiress of the late John Stoyte, Efq. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldest fon, Lord Clifton, a youth of 17, now at Etonfchool. The late earl has ordered, by his will, his remains to be interred, or entombed, in a maufoleum to be built and confecrated for that purpose in his park. In the mean time they are to be embalmed and foldered up.

Lately, at Sidcup, the Hon. Thomas Arundel, Count of the Sacred Roman Empire, brother to Lord Arundel of Wardour.

At Envil, Staffordsh. the Right Hon. Lady Dorothy Grey, aunt to the Earl of Stamford.

At. St. Catharine's, Dublin, Sir Richard Woolley, Bart.

At Pyrmont, Baron De Veltheim, lieut. gen. of the cavalry in his majetty's Electoral army at Hanover.

At Stettin, in Germany, in the 66th year of his age, his Serene Highness Prince Auguftus Wm.

of Brunswick Bevern, general of infantry in the Pruffian fervice, and Governor of Stettin.

Aug. 6. Drowned as he was bathing in the Thames, the second fon of Sir Charles Cox, Bart. an amiable and most promising youth of Westminster-school.

30. After a long illness, during which he was feveral time confidently reported to have been dead, Geo. Hayley, Efq; Alderman of Cordwainer's Ward, and one of the four reprefentatives in parliament for the city of London. He married the fifter of John Wilkes, Efq; widow of Mr. Stork, an eminent Weft-India merchant, and by her had two fons, who died young, and two daughters, one of whom survives.

At Auchiries, the Hon. John Forbes, of Pitiligo, aged 68. He was only fon to Alexander Lord Forbes, of Pitfligo, by his first Lady Rebecca Norton, of London. He married, the 2d of Aug. 1750, Rebecra Ogilvie, eldest daughter of the late James Ogilvie, of Auchiries; by whom having had no iffue, the male line of the ancient and noble houfe of Pitfligo is extinct. The family is now reprefented by Sir Wm. Forbes, Bart. banker in Edinburgh.

At Tobago, a few days before the French took poffeffion of it, the Hon. Lieut. Sutton, of the 86th reg. of foot, fon of the Right Hon. Lord Geo. Sutton.

At Philorth, aged 61, the Right Hon. George Lord Saltoun.

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for the county of Forfar in Scotland.

Sept. 1. At Drefden, his Serene Highness Prince Charles, brother to the Elector of Saxony, in the 30th year of his age.

10. Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart. of Benacree-Hall, co. Suffolk.

12. At Naples, aged 30, of a dyfentery, Lord Rich. Cavendish, next brother to the D. of Devonfhire, and brother to the Duchefs of Portland. His lordfhip was member in the laft parliament for Lancafter, and chosen at the late geneneral election for the co. Derby.

16. At Bristol, the Right Hon. Dorothy Countess of Harborough, Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Harborough, of Stapleford, Leicestershire.

21. At Ah-Hall, co. York, Sir Laurence Dundas, Bart. member for Richmond in the laft parliament. By the death of Sir L. D. an estate of 16,000l. per ann. devolves to his fon, now Sir Thomas Dundas. He is also faid to have left behind him, in various legacies to his nephews and other relations, the immenfe fortune of 900,000l. in perfonalities and landed property.

Sir Tho. Mannock, Bart. who is fucceeded in title and estate by his brother Geo. Mannock, Efq; of Bromley-Hall, Effex.

At Bristol, the Rev. Sir Robert Pynfent, Bart. a gentleman well known for his conteft with the E. of Chatham for the Pynfent eftate. At Eyre Court, in Ireland, the Right Hon. John Lord Eyre.

At Brough Hall, Yorkshire, Sir Henry Lawfon, Bart. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his el left fon, now Sir John Lawfon. At his feat at St. Ofyth,

in Effex, aged 64, the Right Hon. William Henry Naffau De Zuleftein, Earl of Rochford, Viscount Tunbridge, Knight of the Garter, one of his majesty's privy council, one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House, a Governor of the Charter-Houfe, Vice-admiral of the coafts of Effex, Lord Lieut. and Cuft. Rot. of the county, and Col. of the western battalion of the Effex militia. He married Lucy, daughter of Edw. Young, Efq; of Durnford, Wilts, and one of the maids of honour to the princess of Wales. Dying without iffue, his titles and estate devolve to his nephew, Wm. Henry Nassau, Esq; eldest fon of the late Hon. Rich. Savage Naffau, formerly M. P. for Malden in Effex.

Oct. 1. In Tavistock-street, Mr. John Charles Newby, brother-inlaw to the Rev. Mr. Bate.

The Rt. Hon. Vere Beauclerk, Lord Vere of Hanworth, one of the Vice-prefidents of the Asylum, and uncle to the Duke of St. Alban's. His lordship was the third son of Charles the firft Duke of St. Alban's, by his wife the Lady Diana Vere, fole heir of the 20th and laft Earl of Oxford of that illuftrious family. He married the eldest daughter and co-heir of Tho. Chambers, Efq; of Hanworth, in Middlefex, and fifter to the Countefs Temple, by whom he left a fon Aubry, now Lord Vere, member in the parliament that met in 1768, for Aldborough in Yorkfhire, who in 1763, married Lady Catharine Ponfonby, daughter of the Earl of Befborough, by whom he has iffue; and a daughter, Mary, married in 1762, to Lord Cha. Spencer, next brother to the Duke of Marlborough.

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3. At Witham-Place, in Effex, William Lord Stourton, a Roman Catholic peer. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his fon, the Hon. Cha. Philip Stourton.

4. Sir Rich. Murray, Bart. of Blackbarony. He is fucceeded in title by his brother, now Sir Arch. Murray.

6. Right Hon. Henry Fred. Thynne Howe, Lord Chedworth, aged 66. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his nephew, Tho. Howe, Efq.

7. Lady Honywood, relict of Sir John Honywood, Bart. of Evington, Kent. Her ladyship was aunt to Sir John Filmer, Bart.

13. Cha, Millar, Efq; brother to Sir Tho. Millar, and to the Countess of Albemarle, and equerry to his R. H. the Duke of Gloucefter.

14. At Beckenham, in Kent, Sir Piercy Brett, Knt. Admiral of the Blue, an elder brother of the Trinity-Houfe, and one of the directors of Greenwich Hospital.

15. At Bruffels, the Rt. Hon. Alex. Erskine, Earl of Kelly, in Scotland, Viscount Fenton, &c. &c. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his brother, the Hon. Major Arch. Erfkine, of the 11th reg. of foot.

16. At Sunbury, in Midd. the Right Hon. Edward Lord Hawke, K.B. Vice Adm. of Great Britain, admiral of the fleet, Prefident of the Maritime-School, and an elder brother of the Trinity-Houfe.

19. In Fifeshire, Sir Robert Henderson, of Fordell, Bart.

20. At Trelowarren, in Cornwall, Sir Rich. Vyvyan, Bart. who is fucceeded in title and estate by his brother, now the Rev. Sir Carew Vyvyan.

22. Suddenly, at Burford, Oxfordshire, aged 75, Wm. Lenthall, Efq; one of the juftices of the peace for that county, and great grandfon to Lenthall, fpeaker of the long parliament in Cromwell's time.

24. In Charles-str. Grosvenorfquare, aged 97 years 4 months, Lady Gray, relict of Sir James Gray, Bart. and mother of the late Sir James and Sir George.

27. At Nackington, near Canterbury, Mrs. Milles, mother to Rich. Milles, Efq; late M. P. for that city, and to the Lady of Sir Edw. Aftley, Bart.

Nov. 5. At Stapleford, co. Leic. the Right Hon. Lady Dorothy Sherard, only daughter of the E. of Harborough, by Dorothy, the late countess.

10. At his houfe in the Warren, Woolwich, aged 77, Lieut. Gen. Geo. Williams, col. of the 2d battalion of the royal reg. of artillery; he was near 60 years an officer, and was buried on the 16th at Woolwich with military honours.

12. At Hartford, near Huntingdon, Mrs. Wadeson, relict of Robert Wadefon, Efq; formerly of the Island of Barbadoes.

Lutely, at Lifbon, where he went for the recovery of his health, the Right Hon. Lord John Pelham Clinton, 2d fon of the Duke of Newcastle, member for East Retford, co. Nottingham, and one of the gentlemen of the bed-chamber to the Prince of Wales.

Hon. Edm. Butler, brother to 'the late Lord Dunboyne. Dec. 2. Of an apoplexy, the Rev. Edw. Barnard, D. D. Provost of Eton College, Canon of Windfor, Rector of Paul's Cray, Kent, and one of his majefty's chaplains

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in ordinary. He was formerly fellow of St John's College, Camb. and mafter in Eton fchool. He has left one fon, now at St. John's.

4. At Norwich, Sir Thomas Churchman, Knt. Alderman of Mancroft Ward. He ferved the office of theriff in the year 1757, was elected an alderman in 1759, and chief magiftrate in 1761.

11. At his feat at Weft Wycombe, Bucks, after a tedious illnefs, the Right Hon. Fra. Dashwood, Lord Le Defpencer, Premier Baron of England, a Privy Counsellor, Lord Lieut. and Cuft. Rot. of Buckinghamshire, joint Poftmafter-General, one of the Vice-Prefidents of the Foundling Hofpital and of the Medical Afylum, FR. and A.SS. and LL.D. His lordship, in May 1763, was appointed Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, and Lord Lieut. of the co. of Bucks; and one of the joint Poftmafters-Gen. Dec. 19, 1770.

He married Mifs Gould, of Iver, Bucks, daugh. of the late Henry Gould. Efq. Her ladyfhip died without iffue, Feb. 2, 1760. The ancient Barony of Le Despencer new defcends to Sir Tho. Stapleton, Bart. of Grey's Court, near Henley, Oxfordshire, grandson of Vere, Earl of Weftmoreland, and Lord Le Defpencer.

22. In Upper Brook-ftr. Grofvenor-fquare, the Right Hon. Lady Frances Conningby. She was ftruck with the palfy in her heart as fhe was going out in her carriage, and expired immediately. ̈ By her death, Lord Malden comes into poffeffion of 7000l. a year, and a large fum of money.

25. The eldest fon of the late Sir John Cope. The above young gentlemen was not above 12 years old, and but a few days on an excurfion from Eton College. The title defcends to his uncle, a private gentleman.

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