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Italy, and long supported in the community of Britain the proprieties of his delegated rank. But, amid the revolutions and disasters of his devoted country, his income sunk suddenly be neath his feet; and our inquiry found him (for he had retired from us, and bis distress was proudly dumb) in destitution and the wretchedness of want. Need we say that we received him into our fostering care; and, if we could not fill his pillow with down, that we softened it under his dying head."

JAMES MONY PENNY, ESQ.

June 3. At Maytham Hall, Kent, James Monypenny, Esq. a Deputy Lieu. tenant, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace; descended lineally from Sir David Monypenny, created Lord Monypenny, Baron Monypenny of Pitmilli in the Shire of Fife, Scotland, who died in 1495; since which period the title and dignity have remained unclaimed.

On account of the dormancy of this Barony, David Monypenny, Esq. of Pit milli, a Lord of the Court of Sessions, and a Lord Commissioner of the Court of Justiciary, on his elevation to the Bench, assumed, and now bears, only the nominal title of Lord Pitmilli.

D. CAMPBELL, ESQ.

Lately. At Campbelltown, Scotland, aged 73, D. Campbell, Esq. Sheriff Substitute of Kintyre; who held that situation for his last thirty-five years. As aJudge he was patient and indefatigable, and in proof of the correctness of bis decisions, few of them were ever altered by the Supreme Court. His manners were unassuming, mild, and complacent; his honour and integrity irreproachable.

REV. WILLIAM SAMPSON. Lately, from an accident, in his 32nd year, at Grimsby in Upper Canada, of which place he was Minister, the Rev. William Sampson, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Sampson, of Petersham, Surrey. Pursuing his favourite amusements of working in his garden, and occasionally shooting pigeons which were flying over him, accompanied by one of his children, a girl about four years old, he sent her into the house, which was at no great distance, for a pair of pincers. She not returning so soon as he expected, he was proceeding himself towards the house; when, in passing through the garden-gate, as he held the fowling-piece under his left arm, he made a false step, and fell to the ground. The gun, from the shock, instantly discharged into the fleshy part of his right leg all its con

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tents, powder and shot; which entered just below the knee, perforated obliquely about twelve inches, and came out a little above the heel, without making any other external mark. Instead of sending for an army or navy surgeon, who are the most competent persons for the treatment of gun-shot wounds, he was attended by a young man, who assured his family that no danger whatever was to be apprehended. In three days, however, a mortification took place, which in a few hours carried him off, leaving two young children, and his wife far advanced in pregnancy. Having resided at Grimsby about five years, he had so endeared himself by a strict regularity of conduct, and an affectionate and sedulous deportment, that his funeral was attended by between three and four hundred persons, many of whom, as the Hon. Col. Clance, and others, came from Niagara, and various places distant thirty and forty miles. Though removed thus early, and almost suddenly, from this transitory scene, he has left to his deeply afflicted relatives the mournful but cherishing consolation, that he died in the midst of his flock, lamented, respected, and beloved.

MR. PETER FINNERTY.

May 11. At Westminster, aged 56, the well-known Mr. Peter Finnerty, many years an active reporter for the Morning Chronicle.

He was the son of a tradesman at Loughrea, in Galway. At an early age he had to seek his fortune at Dublin, and was brought up as a printer. In 1798 he succeeded Mr. Arthur O'Connor as the printer of "The Press." The violence of that paper causing it to be prosecuted, he removed to London, and engaged himself as a Parliamentary Reporter. Having become acquainted with Sir Home Popham, he sailed on the Walcheren expedition for the purpose of writing its history; but being prevented carrying that object into effect, after a delay of some weeks, be returned to England; and, on being tried for a libel, was sentenced to a long imprisonment in Lincoln gaol. He published "Report of the Speeches of Sir F. Burdett at the late Election, 8vo. 1804;" and "His Case, including the law proceedings against him, and his treatment in Lincoln gaol, 8vo. 1811."

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published several views of ancient buildings; a large S. E. view of the venerable church of St. Peter in Wolverhampton ; a view of Dudley Castle, with a short description in English and French; and views of the Abbeys of Lilleshail, Haughmond, and Buildewas, in Shropshire, with a short description of each appended thereto.

ABBE L. LE MAITRE.

June 16, 1822. Died at Shrewsbury, aged 65, much and deservedly lamented, the Abbé L. Le Maitre. He came to England in the height and frenzy of the French Revolution, where, as he gratefully expressed it, he found a safe and friendly asylum. He gained a comfortable subsistence by teaching the French language; and on the death of the Rev. J. Corne, in 1817, was appointed Officiating Minister of the Roman Catholic chapel of that place.

MRS. JULIANA HARDINGE. Lately. At the Grove, near Sevenoaks, a pretty little seat in the vicinity of the residence of her cousin, the present Marquis Camden, in her 72d year, Juliana, youngest daughter of Nicholas Hardinge, Esq. Clerk of the House of Commons, Joint Secretary of the Treasury, &c. by Jane, fifth daughter of Sir John Pratt, of Wilderness in Kent, Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1718 to 1724, and sister to the Lord

Chancellor Earl Camden. Her father, Nicholas Hardinge, Esq. died April 9, 1758; and her mother (who survived her husband nearly half a century), May 17, 1807*.

Like her eldest brother, the celebrated George Hardinge, Esq. Justice of the Counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, and Radnor, Mrs. Juliana Hardinge possessed considerable and highly cultivated talents, with peculiar vivacity, and was an ornament to society. The qualities of her heart even surpassed those of her mind; they were shown through her life by the exertion of acts of kindness, generosity, charity, and beneficence, which endeared her to all who knew her. She is deeply regretted, and, as she was valued, will be long remembered by her neighbours, friends, and relations.

JOHN MEDley.

May 27. At Bell Hall, in Skircoat, aged 88, John Medley, formerly in the Royal Artillery, and only surviving brother of late Mr. W. Medley, Merchant, of Halifax. This veteran had been a

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pensioner of the Artillery upwards of 40 years, in which corps he served at Gibraltar during the memorable three years siege; at the conclusion of which he lost both his eyes by the explosion of a shell, and received a severe contusion on the back, by which he was for the last 15 years confined to his bed, notwithstanding which his general health continued good, and his spirit undiminished to the last.

MR. THADEY DOORLEY.

Doorley, a respectable farmer residing April 8. Aged 126, Mr. Thadey near the Hill of Allen, co. Kildare. He and was able to take the pleasure of any retained his faculties to the last moment, sort of field amusement within the last six months of his life. He was father of the renowned Captain Doorley, well known in Kildare, and was married about 19 years ago, at the age of 107, to a woman of 31. His remains were accompanied to the grave by a numerous assemblage of friends and relations who are left to deplore his loss.

April 16. At Tottenham, aged 11, Henry Merzeau Bird Heraud, youngest son of Mr. James Abraham Heraud, of Lincoln's Inn. This promising and amiable youth early attached himself to drawing, and made a silent progress in facility of imitation which his friends the art, frequently surprising with a

were at a loss to conceive how he ac

quired. It was not so much the fruit of study as of natural aptitude. (See our Poetry for May, p. 452). His remains are deposited in the family vault at Bethnal Green. The following is his epitaph.

"Lo! Angels hail the Mind which Death awakes!

"In the third Heaven the Dawn of Promise breaks!"'

WILLIAM ADDIS.

June 18. At his mother's house, in the parish of Much Birch, Essex, Wm. Addis, belonging to the 3d batt. of the Grena dier Guards, now in Dublin. This brave fellow bore his share in the glorious battle of Waterloo in 1815, where he was wounded. In consequence of ill health, a short time since he obtained leave to visit bis friends, with the hope that his native air would prove beneficial to his shattered frame, but a rapid decline left recovery hopeless, and he contemplated the approach of death with the firmness of a man, and the resignation of a Christian, On the 18th

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(the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo), he requested his mother to decorate his room with laurel, and place his medal on his breast; he also received the sacrament, and after surveying the reward of his bravery with evident exultation and pleasure, desired it to be laid on his coffin when he should be buried, thanked his mother for all ber attentions to him, and in the evening resigned his gallant spirit for a better world, observing with a smile of satisfaction, just before he expired, "that it was a day on which a soldier ought to be proud to die!"

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS. Lately.-At Lambeth, David Jones, esq. of New-Inn, Solicitor.-In Park-lane, Charlotte, wife of G. Jones, esq. of Monmouthshire.-June 13. In Edwardes-street, Portman-square, the eldest dau. of late H. Cornelisen, esq.-June 14. Aged 65, Mr. Sam, Tagg, of Bell-yard, many years Clerk to Messrs. Graham, Kinderley, and Domville, Lincoln's Inn. At Knightsbridge, Col. George Evans, half-pay Royal African Corps. -June 15. Near Croydon, 79, John Brickwood, esq.-At Hammersmith, the widow of late Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor, esq. of Charborough Park, formerly M.P. for Chester. Her death took place, while she was requesting a magistrate not to punish too severely an impudent fellow who had quarrelled with her footman.-June 17. In Lincoln's Inufields, 81, Anne, relict of late J. Barnes, esq. -June 19. At Leyton, 17, Mary-Anne, dau. of Sam. Edenborough, esq. of Milk-st. Cheapside. June 21. At Prince's-st. Spitalfields, 95, Anne, relict of M. Dale, esq. of Winchmore-hill, Edmonton. At Enfield, 27, Louisa wife of C. P. Meyer, esq. and dau. of late R. H. Boddam, esq.-June 24. In Boltonrow, Emily, the relict of the late lamented Edward Jerningham, esq. She was the dau. of the late Nathaniel Middleton, esq. and was married in 1804 (see p. 564).—In Braynes's-row, Clerkenwell, Henry Harrison, esq. formerly a leather-seller in Shoe-lane.June 25. In Devonshire-sq. Maria, the lady of Sir Wm. Blizard, the eminent Surgeon. In Hill-st. Berkeley-sq. Mrs. Gomm.-June 26. Dorothea, wife of H. Powell Collins, esq. -June 27. Very much respected, Mr. Chas. Bonnor, of Fleet-street, linen-draper, one of the oldest inhabitants of the parish of St. Bride.- -Aged 62, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Geo. Lovell, of Henry-st. Pentonville.-June 28. At Maize Hill, Greenwich, after a short illness, Mrs. Collins, relict of the late William Collins, esq.-June 29. Maria, dau. of Ar. D. Stone, M. D. of Charterhouse-sq.-June 30. At Lady Cornewall's, in Park-st. Charles Amyand Cornewall, esq.

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-In Surrey-square, Kent-road, 78, Mr. Henry Metcalf.-Aged 82, the wife of F. Chapman, esq. of Chapel-st. Grosvenorplace. At Teddington, Susan, wife of Col. Sir Rob. Arbuthnot, K. C. B. Coldstream Guards.

BEDFORDSHIRE.-June 17. At Carltonhouse, 41, Mr. Robt. Battams. He has left a family of seven children, and his death will be long deplored by a numerous circle of relatives and acquaintance; and in him the poor have lost a most liberal benefactor.

BERKSHIRE. June 12. AtBradfield-house, 35, Frances-Rebecca, wife of W.Boulger, esq. -June 25. Aged 50, Mr. William Davis, an opulent and most respectable maltster of Abingdon and Radley. He had just returned to the former place, from his house at Radley, and alighted from his gig; while his servant was in the act of lifting down his children from it, on the opposite side, a double-barrelled gun, strapped in the apron, went off, and its contents were lodged in the left thigh of Mr. Davis. The only words he distinctly uttered, were, "Who could have cocked that gun?" He attempted to say something, which was thought to be, "God bless you," but was unable, for he sank into the arms of one of his men, and immediately expired. Mr. Davis has left seven children, the youngest of whom is only six weeks old.-June 29. At Reading, 82, Martin Annesley, esq.

CHESHIRE. Lately. At Chester, 84, T. Townsend, esq.—June 15. At Nantwich, 71, Geo. Cappur, esq.

CORNWALL-Lately. At Lansallos, 78, Mr. W. Stevens.-At Lavethan, General Morshead.- -June 26. At Truro, 97, Mrs. Lidgey.At Helston, R. Johns, esq.

DERBYSHIRE.-Lately. At Elvaston, 100, Mrs. E. Smedley.-At Winster, 81, Mrs. Norman.

DEVONSHIRE.-June 27. At Silverton, Louisa, 4th and youngest dau. of Col. Payne, of Exmouth.

DORSET.-June 24. At Weymouth, 75, James M. Hilhouse, esq. father of the present worthy chief magistrate of Bristol.

DURHAM. Lately. At Bishopwearmouth, Mr. J. Haughton.

ESSEX.-Lately. At Chelmsford, 80, Mrs. Brown.George Dellmor, esq. of Blake Hall, Wanstead. -At Colchester, 76, C. L. Spitta, esq.

GLOUCESTER.-At Kempsey, F. Wilson, esq.-June 15. At Cheltenham, Anne, wife of Mr. W. H. Cooper, formerly of Oxford, and dau. of Mrs. Fisher, of Alstone Villa-June 20. At Winterborn, 54, Anne, wife of Rev. Geo. D'Arville, of that place, and da. of late Alderman Shortland, of Oxford.-June 21. Aged 28, Elizabeth, wife of H. M. Ambury, esq. Solicitor, of Bristol.-June 22, Aged 101, Mrs. Anne Dyer, of Bristol. HAMPSHIRE.-AtMoira-place, Southamp ton, J. P. Edwards, esq.

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HERTFORDSHIRE.-June 22. At Northaw, 75, Patrick Thomson, esq.-June 23. At Buckendon Bury, Wm. C. A. Dent, esq. HUNTINGDONSHIRE -June 9. At Broughton, the wife of Mr. Blot, an extensive farmer of Hemmington-lodge, near Oundle.

KENT. Lately. At Bridge, G.-U. Leith, esq.-At Canterbury, J. Abbot, esq.-At Deal, Lieut. Clayson, R. N.-- June 16. At Stone-cottage, near Dartford, 72, Sarah, wife of Samuel Notley.-June 19. At Sandgate, Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of late T. Boone, esq. formerly of Lee, and niece of late C. Boone, esq. of Berkeley-sq.-June 26. At St. Mary Cray, 75, Geo. Warriner, esq. of Bloxham-grove, Oxfordshire.

LANCASHIRE. June 6. Aged 33, Anne, wife of Mr. W. Grapel, bookseller.

LEICESTERSHIRE.-Lately. At Woodhouse, near Loughborough, Miss Ashpinshaw, a maiden lady, sister to Rev. Dr. Staunton of Staunton, near Newark on Trent. So sudden was her death, that after writing a letter, she got up, saying she would go and take a walk in the garden, as she did not feel very well; very few minutes, however, elapsed, before she dropped down and died almost instantly.

LINCOLNSHIRE. Lately. At Brig, 80,
Rev. P. L. Mills.-At Boston, H. Clarke,
esq. -Aged 73, Miss M. Wilson.-At
Foston-hill, J. Needham, esq.

NORFOLK.-Lately. At Norwich, 98, Mrs.
Puc.- -Aged 73, Mrs. M. Bradford.-
At Aylsham, 80, Mr. J. Overton.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Lately.AtCraughton-house, T. Hopcroft, esq.-June 8. At Higham Ferrers, 61, Richard Dennis, esq.

OXFORDSHIRE.-June 12. At Oxford, 20, T. Musgrave, esq. commoner of University College, son of late Sir J. C. Musgrave, bt. of Eden-hall, Cumberland. He was drowned near Iffley, by accidentally falling over the side of a boat.-June 27. At Oxford, 45, Mr. James Betteridge.

SHROPSHIRE. June 23. At his mother's, Ruckley Grange, near Shiffnal, aged 30, Lieut. Harry Dale, R. N. son of the late Joseph Dale, esq. of Chester.

SOMERSETSHIRE.-Lately.AtLittleCleave, D. Griffin, esq. jun.-June 6. At Bath, Rev. Sam. Newton, who for more than 36 years had been the Pastor of the Protestant Indepen

dent Church at Witham.

SURREY.-June 22. At Jacob's Wells, near Guildford, 99, G. Stacey, formerly a taylor.-June 26. At North-end, Croydon, 76, John Walter Langton, esq. many years resident at Newington Butts.

SUSSEX.-June 25. At Wick House, near Brighton, Adelaide Maynard, dau. of Maj.gen. Sir Edw. and Lady Kerrison.

WARWICKSHIRE.-June 21. At Henleyin-Arden, 78, Mr. Burman.

WILTSHIRE.-At Stockton, Anne, widow of W. W. Pinchard, esq.-June 27.

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Overdown House, 16, Thos.-Benet, eldest son of Thos. Calley, esq. of Burderop Park. WORCESTERSHIRE.-June 10. At Pershore, Mr. Hen. Harding, late of Caldecot, near Abingdon, of which Corporation he had been a principal burgess nearly 30 years. -June 16. At the house of his uncle, W. Bricknell, esq. Everload, 21, Mr. John Bradshaw Bricknell.

YORKSHIRE.-June 19. At Leeds, 40, Mr. John Bray, comedian. He had resided in America for the last 17 years. His death. was occasioned by a complication of disorders, which baffled the skill of the faculty of Boston, and induced him to visit his native land. Attended by his eldest son, he crossed the Atlantic, and reached Leeds only two days preceding his death.-June 20. At Pocklington, 67, Mr. Rob. Catton, agent to Rob. Dennison, esq. of Kilnwick Piercy. June 22. In Nile-street, Hull, the Rev. John Hawkesley, late Pastor of the Church of Christ, meeting in Aldermanbury Postern, London. On account of indisposition, he had been obliged to retire from the exercise of his ministry, and for several months past had resided first at Cottingham, and then at Hull, the place of his nativity, whither he had been induced to come by the hope of re-establishing his health.

WALES. Rev. W. Howell, minister of the Presbyterian meeting, Swansea.

SCOTLAND.-At Edlestown-house, Rev. Dr. Patrick Robertson, minister of Edles

town.

ABROAD.-Dec. 15, 1821. At Barroda, in the East Indies, aged 31, Captain John Brough, of the Bombay European reg. and commanding a division of the Poonah Auxiliary Horse. He was the eldest son of Capt. Brough, Carlow Militia, and had been 17 years in the service.-Jan. 8. Off Linton, China, aged 23, Lieut. Edw. Swann, of Hull, son of late Rob. Swann, of Greystones, near Sheffield.-March 18. Near Graham's Town, South America, 21, George, youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Wilkinson, rector of Bulpham, Essex. He went out with a small party of settlers in 1819, and was unfortunately killed by a fall from his horse.-March 19. At Corfu, Sir Spridiron Foresti, for many years the British Minister in the Ionian Islands.-May 5. At Tours, France, 19, Mary Jane, eldest dau. of H. B. Thornhill, esq. of Montagu-pl. Montagu-sq. and granddau. of B. Thornhill, esq. of Stanton, Derbyshire.-June 2. At Hamburgh, 65, Dr. Redlich, father of Mrs. Strother of Hull. -June 4. At Nice, respected by all who knew him, Henry, youngest son of Alderman Thomas Smith.-June 19. At Madeira, Wm. eldest son of John Wells, esq. M.P. of Brickley House, Kent.. Lately. At Guernsey, W. Corbin, esq.-At Vienna, 80, Baron Puffendorff, a celebrated states

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VOL. XCII.

P. 187. The Will of the Hon. Dame Judith Noel, wife of Sir Ralph Noel, Bart. proved in Doctors Commons, on the 22d of February, by Dr. Lushington and Nicholas Wm. Ridley Colbourne, Esq. the executors, bequeaths the principal part of her Ladyship's property (sworn under 10,000l.) to her daughter, Lady Byron, for life; after her death, to her grand-daughter, the Hon. Ada Augusta Byron. A portrait of Lord Byron, described to be inclosed in a case at the house of Kirby Malory, is left to the trustees, with directions to keep it safely inclosed and shut up till Lady Ada Augusta attains 21, when it is to be delivered to her; but, should Lady Byron be then living, it is not to be so delivered until after her decease, unless with her Ladyship's assent. A copy of Handel's Works, presented to Lady Noel by his late Majesty, and now in the Library of Seaham, in the county of Durham, is left to Lady Byron in the same manner as the other property; and a miniature picture of her Ladyship, painted by Hayter, is given to Sir Ralph, as a testimony of affection. 40l. per annum, and wearing apparel, are bequeathed to a servant, named Lavinia Morle, as a reward for long and faithful services. The Will is dated Nov. 25, 1820.

P. 274. A Committee of Graduates has been formed for collecting subscriptions for procuring a bust by Chantrey of Dr. Clarke, to be placed in some conspicuous part of the University.

P. 322. A neat and appropriate monument (by Reeve) has been just erected in the South transept of the Abbey Church, Bath, to the memory of the late gallant Sir Henry Cosby, with the following inscription

"Sacred to the Memory of Lieut. Gen. SIR HENRY AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE COSBY, of the Honourable Company's Service, and of Barnsville Park, in the county of Gloucester, died January 17th, 1822. Aged 79." -" sed omnes una manet nox, Et calcanda semel via lethi." Thy course is finish'd, but thy long career, Sustain'd in Glory, clos'd without a fear, Has stamp'd upon thy grave the lasting seal Of Valour, Honour, Piety, and Zeal. Long must our hearts lament thee, and regret That to thy sorrowing Friends thy star is set; But it is well, nor should we dare repine, If lost to us, in brighter realms it shine, Regions of Joy, Tranquillity, and Peace! Where rest the weary, and where sorrows cease! [o'er, Oh! may we meet, when this short race is In life eternal, on that blissful shore !

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P. 371. The Will of the late Sir John Silvester, Bart. Recorder of London, was proved in the Prerogative Court on the 18th of April, by the oath of Dame Harriet Silvester, the relict and sole executrix, the personals being sworn under 16,000l. The bulk of the personal estate, including the leasehold house in Bloomsbury-square, is given to Lady Silvester, who is the residuary legatee. Amongst the legacies is one of 500l. to the testator's daughter, Matilda, wife of the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Isleworth, Middlesex; and an annuity of 301. for life to a servant. The freehold and copyholds in the county of Essex, are given to trustees (John Maule, of Bath, Esq. and Charles Dyneley, Esq. of Doctor's Commons), for the use of the widow during her life, and, after her death, to his nephew, Philip Carteret, Esq. of Lymington, Hants, a Post Captain in the Navy, and his heirs male; failing whom, to a nephew of Lady Silvester, with similar remainders. The residue of the real estate is also given to her Ladyship, absolutely.

P. 471. We are happy to announce that the Bishop of Meath is still living. We were misled by the newspapers, in supposing that he was no more.

P. 472. The remains of the late Countess Fitzwilliam were interred in the family vault at Marholm, co. Northampton, on Thursday, May 23, in as private a manner as possible.

P. 561. On Saturday, June 22, the corpse of the Marquis of Hertford was removed from his bed-room in Hertford House, Manchester - square, in a leaden coffin, into the sitting-room on the right side of the grand hall, and placed in the state coffin, covered with crimson velvet; in the centre of which was a richly embossed Marquisate coronet, with handles to correspond. Monday being the day appointed for the removal of the noble remains for interment, in the family vault at Ragley, co. Warwick (not at Sudborn, co. Suffolk, as stated in our last, p. 561), at seven o'clock the procession began to move in the following order.-Two Mutes on horseback. Six plumes of black feathers; an escutcheon on each plume. On each side the man carrying the black feathers was a man with a black wand. Six Pages on horseback. Two Mutes on horseback. The Marquisate coronet. The Hearse, drawn by six beautiful black horses. Three mourning coaches. In these coaches were the agents and principal domestics of the late respected Marquis.

Amongst other donations, the Marquis has bequeathed 1000% to the Middlesex Hospital.

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