314 Births and Marriages. Rev. J. H. Lowe, Holy Trinity R. Exeter. Rev. H. Miller, Tannington-cum-Brandish R. Rev. J. Peto, Preston by Faversham V. Kent. Rev. G. Traherne, St. George's R. co. Glamorg. Rev. F. Aston, to the Earl of Plymouth. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. N. Kymek, B.A. to be Second Master of Hert- Rev. A. Ramsay, to be Master of the Endowed Rev. R. Wilson to be Head Master of St. Pe- BIRTHS. Dec. 20. In Hamilton-place, Hon. Mrs. G. Hope, a dau. -20. At -21. At Jan. 17. At Brighton, the wife of Sir John land-st. the Countess de Palatiano, a dau.- Lately. At Bowness, co. Westmoreland, the Feb. 1. At Eton, the wife of the Rev. G. J. -12. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Keith, a MARRIAGES. Nov. 21. At Hampstead, Reginald Bray, esq. F.S.A. to Fanny, third dau. of T. N. Long man, esq. Dec. 28. At St. Clement Danes, Major Fred. C. Irwin, K. H. to Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of Mr. J. B. Courthope, of Rotherhithe. Jan. 14. At Caversham, Oxfordshire, the Rev. Arthur Buckeridge, son of the late Lieut.Col. Buckeridge, to Louisa, dau. of the late W. Vanderstegen, Esq. of Cane End House.16. At Bathwick, the Rev. F. Tyrell, to Augusta, dau. of the late Rev. T. Hardinge, of Dundrum Castle, co. Dublin.-18. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Lieut.-Col. E. H. Bridgeman, to Harriet Eliz. Frances, sister to the late H. H. Aston, esq.-19. At Mortlake, the Rev. S. Lloyd Pope, Vicar of St. Mary's, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, to Sophia, dau. of the late George Edinunds, esq.-At Saint George's, London, the Rev. J. Algar, Rector of Orchardleigh, Somersetsh. to Ellen, eldest dau. of the late J. Cookson, esq.-23. At Brighton, H. Shirley, esq. of Peppingford-lodge, Sussex, to Isabella Martha, second dau. of the late Sir -24. At Newark, Harry Verelst Darell, Bart.Notts. J. H. Lecky, esq. of Cullenswood House, Dublin, to Mary Anne, dau. of W. E. Tallents, esq. of Great George-st. Westminster.-At Llandudwen, the Rev. W. Crawley, Rector of Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire, to Mary Gertrude, third dau. of Col. Sir Love Jones Parry, M.P. of Madryn, Caernarvonshire.-At Richmond, Sir Walter Park Carew, Bart. of Hacombe, Devon, to Anne Frances, dau. of Col. Taylor, of Ogwell-house.At Brotherton, Yorkshire, Wm. second son of the late R. Gladstone, esq. of Liverpool, to Charlotte Louisa, third dau. of G. Watkin Kenrick, esq. of Woore Hall, Shropshire.-The Rev. H. Watkins, to Frances, second dau. of the late G. Courthope, esq. of Wiligh, Sussex.-25. At St. Pancras Church, the Rev. W. H. Howard, to Julia, third dau. of N. Wathen, of Euston-sq. esq.-26. W. S. Rose, esq. of Cransby, Northamptonshire, to Frances Priscilla, dau. of the late Rev. H. John Wollaston, Rector of Scotter, Lincolnshire.30. At Jersey, J. M. Nicolle, esq. youngest son of the late Judge Nicolle, to Harriette Berresford, second dau. of Major G. Nicolson.31. At Dean, Lancashire, the Rev. H. M. fourth son of the late Hon. George Villiers, to Amelia Maria, eldest dau. of W. Hulton, esq. of Hulton Park.-At Bromley, Kent, Rich. Harvey, esq. of St. Day, Cornwall, to Susanna, dau. of the late Rev. H. Marsh, Vicar of Maunden, Essex.-The Rev. C. H. Cox, Vicar of South Littleton, Worcestershire, to Eliz. eldest dau. of the Rev. G. H. Peel, of Ince, Cheshire. Feb. 2. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Christ. Turnor, esq. of Stoke Rochford, and Fanton House, co. Lincoln, to the Lady Caroline Finch Hatton, only dau. of the Earl of Winchelsea At Salisbury, the Rev. T. and Nottingham.Prothero to Georgiana Mary, only dau. of the Rev. M. Marsh, Canon Kesidentiary of Salisbury. At the Charter House, W. Strahan, esq. of Ashurst, Surrey, to Anne, only dau. of the late Gen. Sir G. B. Fisher.-7. R. Uniacke Bayley, esq. of Ballynaclogh, to Harriet, only dau. of the very Rev. John Head, Dean of Killaloe. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, G. T. Knight, esq. to the C'tess -At Dalham, of Nelson, Duchess of Bronte Suffolk, the Rev. T. F. Hall, Vicar of Hatfield Broad Oak, to Mary-Philippa, eldest dau. of the Rev. Sir R. Affleck, Bart.-At Westham, the Rev. P. D. Buttemer, to Mary, eldest dau. of J. E. Bomcott, esq. of Stratford House, Essex. At Rodden, Somersetshire, H. E. Wright, Rector of Litton, to Frances Eyre Edgell, second dau. of the Rev. E. Edgell, of East Hill. THE DUKE OF MONTROSE, K.G. Dec. 30. At his house in Grosvenorsquare, in his 82d year, the Most Noble James Graham, third Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Graham and Buchanan, Earl of Kincardine, Viscount of Dundaff, Lord Aberruthven, Mugdoch, and Fintrie (1707), sixth Marquis of Montrose (1614), tenth Earl of Montrose (1504-5), and twelfth Lord Graham (1445), ali honours of the Kingdom of Scotland; third Earl and Baron Graham of Belford in Northumberland (1722); K.G.; a Privy Councillor; Lord Justice General of Scotland, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Stirling, Hereditary Sheriff of Dumbartonshire, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, a General of the Royal Archers of Scotland, D. C. L. &c. &c. &c. His Grace was born on the 8th Sept. 1755, the only surviving son of William the second Duke, by the Lady Lucy Man ners, youngest daughter of John second Duke of Rutland, K.G. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was created M.A. in 1775. He was elected Chancellor of the University of Glasgow in Dec. 1780, and had consequently held that office for fifty-six years. He was returned to Parliament for the borough of Richmond at the general election of the same year, and for Great Bedwin at those of 1784 and 1790, in which latter year he succeeded to the peerage. In 1783 he zealously opposed Mr. Fox's India Bill; and at the formation of the Pitt administration at the close of that year, he was appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury on the 27th Dec. The commission of which he was one, lasted until the 8th April 1789. On the 8th May in the latter year he proposed Mr. Addington (now Lord Viscount Sidmouth) as Speaker of the House of Commons. On the 6th Aug. following he was himself appointed, jointly with Lord Mulgrave, Paymaster-general of his Majesty's Land Forces, in which office he continued until Feb. 1791; and two days after (Aug. 8, 1789) he was sworn a member of the Privy Council. On the 23d Sept. 1790, he succeeded his father in the dukedom; whereupon his Grace became as active a member of the House of Peers, in support of the administration of Mr. Pitt, as he had previously been of the House of Com. mons. At the close of that year we find him moving the address on the Spanish convention; and in 1803 he again moved In the address to the King, congratulating his Majesty upon the escape from the conspiracy of Col. Despard, &c. 1805 he voted Lord Melville "not guilty" on all the charges. In November 1790 his Grace was appointed Master of the Horse to his Majesty, which office he then enjoyed until March 1795. On the 12th May, 1791, he was nominated one of the Commissioners for controlling the affairs of India; and by several renewed commissions he was continued a member of that board until the year 1802. In 1803 he was re-appointed, and finally retired in 1805. On the 14th June 1793, his Grace was invested with the Order of the Thistle. In 1795 he was constituted Lord Justice General of Scotland, which office he retained to his death. In 1798 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire; and in 1802 he became Colonel of its militia. On the 10th June 1804 his Grace was appointed President of the Board of Trade, and on the 13th July, Joint Postmaster general. From these two offices he was removed on the change of admi. nistration in Feb. 1806; but, on his friends returning to power, the office of Master of the Horse was again conferred upon him, on the 4th April, 1807, and he now retained it until Dec. 1821, when he succeeded the Marquis of Hertford as Lord Chamberlain. This last office he resigned in May 1827. On the 26th March 1812, the Duke of Montrose was elected a Knight of the Garter, and thereupon resigned his companionship of the Thistle. Sir Nathaniel W. Wraxall, in his "Memoirs," ascribes the political good fortune of the Duke of Montrose, not to the possession of any extraordinary intellectual endowments, but to those sagacious, prudent, and business-like qualities which so often compensate for the absence of great ability. "His celebrated ancestor, the Marquis of Montrose," he remarks, scarcely exhibited more devotion to the cause of Charles I. in the field, than his descendant displayed for George III. in the House of Commons, while Lord Graham. Nor did he want great energy, any more than activity, of mind or body. During the progress of the French revolution, and after his accession to the peerage, he enrolled himself as a private soldier in the City Light Horse. "After Mr. Perceval's administration, in 1812, when the Prince Regent attempted to form a junction with some of his own former friends and Lord Liverpool, the Duke of Montrose owed both the preservation of his place, and the order of the Garter, solely to the inflexibility of the individuals who refused them. If the Earl of Jersey would have accepted the Mastership of the Horse, the Duke would have been instantly deprived of that employment; as, in like manner, the Duke of Norfolk's rejection of the Garter, determined the Prince Regent, after long hesitation, to confer it on the Duke of Montrose." Nevertheless, his Grace's public conduct must be allowed to have been upright, honourable, and consistent; while his private life was in the highest degree estimable. When at home at Buchanan, he set an example which produced the happiest effects in the neighbourhood, and added all that the influence of his rank could give, to the charities of social intercourse and the regular observance of religious duties. The Highlanders were indebted to his Grace for the restoration of their ancient dress, which had been long prohibited by law. The Duke of Montrose was twice married. He was first united, Feb. 22, 1785, to Lady Jemima-Elizabeth Ashburnham, by whom he had one son, William Earl of Kincardine, born 4th Sept. 1786, and died 29th April, 1787. His mother died on the 17th Sept. 1786, aged 25. His Grace married secondly, at Kensington-palace, July 24, 1790, Lady Caroline-Maria Montagu, eldest daughter of George Duke of Manchester, by whom he had issue four daughters and two sons: 2. the Right Hon. Georgiana- Charlotte Countess of Winchelsea and Nottingham, married in 1814 to George the present Earl of Winchelsea, and died in 1835, leaving issue one son and one daughter: 3. Lady Caroline, living unmarried; 4. the Right Hon. Lucy Viscountess Clive, married in 1818 to Edward Viscount Clive, eldest son of the Earl of Powis, and has a numerous family; 5. the Most Noble James, now Duke of Montrose, born in 1799, a Privy Councillor, Colonel of the Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross Militia, and formerly M.P. for Cambridge; his Grace is un. married; 6. Lady Martha, who died young; 7. Lady Emily, married in 1832 to Edward-Thomas Foley, esq. M.P. for Herefordshire, cousin to Lord Foley; and 8. Lord Montagu William Graham, born in 1807, Captain in the Coldstream Guards. His Grace's body was removed for in terment to the cemetery of his ancestors in the ancient chapel at Aberruthven in Perthshire. EARL OF ARRAN. Jan. 20. At his seat, Arran Lodge, Bognor, Sussex, in his 76th year, the Right Hon. Arthur- Saunders Gore, third Earl of Arran, co. Galway (1762), Viscount Sudley, of Castle Gore, co. Mayo, and Baron Saunders of Deeps, co. Wexford (1758), and the fifth Baronet (of Newtown, co Mayo, 1662). His Lordship was born July 20, 1761, the eldest son of Arthur-Saunders the second Earl, by his first marriage with the Hon. Catharine Annesley, daughter of William Viscount Glerawly, and sister to Charles-Francis first Earl Annesley. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father Oct. 8, 1809, but never sat in either House of Parliament. His Lordship married Dec. 29, 1787, Mary, the eldest and only surviving daughter and coheiress of the late Sir John Tyrrell, of Heron-ball, in Essex; but that lady died without issue Aug. 31, 1832. He is succeeded in his titles by his nephew Philip Yorke Gore, esq. born in 1802, Secretary of Legation at Rio de la Plata, the eldest son of the late Col. the Hon. William-John Gore, M.P. for co. Leitrim, and late Master of the Horse at the Court of Dublin, who died on the 15th Jan. last year (and has a memoir in our Vol. V. p. 306.) The body of the deceased Earl was interred on the 28th Jan. at Felpham, near Bognor, at which latter place his Lordship had resided for some years, and was highly respected. LORD AUDLEY, Jan. 14. Aged nearly 54, the Right Hon. George-John Thicknesse Touchet, seventeenth Baron Audley, of Heleigh, co. Stafford (1297). His Lordship was born Jan. 23, 1783, the elder and only surviving sou of George the sixteenth Lord by his first wife the Hon Elizabeth Delaval, fourth daughter and coheiress of John-Hussey Lord Delaval. In early life be obtained a commission in the guards, which he held for seventeen years. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father, Aug. 24, 1818. In 1821 a pension of 4621. on the civil list was conferred upon him. In the house of Peers Lord Audley voted with the administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne, and in favour of the Act for the Reform of Parliament. His Lordship possessed considerable natural talent, and a genius for mechanical inventions, among which may be reckoned a portmanteau and portfolio, which bear his name; also a lock, of which he was patentee, but which, it is believed, has not yet been offered to the public. He married, April 18, 1815, AnneJane, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Ross Donnelly, and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue four sons and two daughters: 1. the Right Hon. George Edward now Lord Audley, born in 1817; 2. the Hon. Jane-Elizabeth; 3. the Hon. John; 4. the Hon. William Ross; 5. the Hon. James; and 6. the Hon. Susan. Lord Audley, in person, was somewhat above the ordinary stature. His body was interred on the 23d Jan, in the family vault at Melksham, and a little difficulty was experienced at the interment in consequence of the narrowness of the aisles of the church, and the bulk of the coffin, which weighed about 8 cwt. The funeral was altogether plain, and suitable to the situation of the deceased. Sandridge Hill, near that town, now the property, by purchase, of W. H. Ludlow Bruges, esq. and Peak Garland, esq., was formerly the seat of his family, and was sold about twenty-one years since by bis Lordship's father. The remains of his Lordship's father and mother are deposited in Melksham church. The present peer, his brothers, and two friends, attended in two mourning coaches-andfour, and the carriages of the deceased Lord and of Mr. Ludlow Bruges followed. SIR M. S. STEWART, BART. M. P. Dec. 19. At Edinburgh, aged 48, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, the sixth Baronet of Blackhall, co. Renfrew (1667), and Knight in the present Parliament for that county, a Deputy Lieutenant for the counties of Renfrew and Lanark. He was the eldest son of Sir Michael the fifth Baronet, by his cousin Catharine, youngest daughter of Sir William Maxwell, of Sprinkell; and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in the year 1825. In 1827 he was returned to Parliament for Lanarkshire; but at the next election in 1830, he was chosen for the county of Renfrew, which had been represented by his ancestors for many generations, and of which he has since continued member. His politics were Whig. Sir Michael was, we believe, twice married; first to Eliza Mary, daughter of J. Murdoch, esq. and secondly to the only daughter of Robert Farquhar, esq. of Portland-place. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his son, now Sir John Stewart, a boy of about ten years of age. The disease of which he died was an inflammation of the spine, caused, it is understood, by a fall from his horse about a twelvemonth ago, and to which, at the time, he paid no attention. His body was interred in the family vault at Innerkip. SIR CHARLES COCKERELL, BART. M. P. Jan. 6. At his seat, Sezincourt, Gloucestershire, aged nearly 82, Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart. M. P. for Evesham; an honorary member of the India Board of Control, a Director of the Globe Insurance Office, &c. Sir Charles was born Feb. 18, 1755, the fifth son and ninth and youngest child of John Cockerell, of Bishop's Hull, co. Somerset, esq. (son of John Cockerell, of Carmarthen, M.D.) by Frances, daughter and coheiress of John Jackson, of Clapham, in Surrey, esq. He commenced his career in life at Bengal in 1776; and was attached to the Surveyor's office. After filling several high official employments, he was appointed Postmaster-general in India in 1804, and he finally returned to England in 1806. He was subsequently largely concerned in business as an India agent, merchant, and banker. In He first entered Parliament as one of the members for Tregony in 1802; and sat until the dissolution of 1806. 1820 he was first returned for Evesham, for which he was re-chosen on every subsequent election. He voted for the Reform Act; but was opposed to Catholic emancipation, and generally supported the Liverpool and Wellington administrations. He was created a Baronet by patent dated Sept. 25, 1809. Sir Charles Cockerell was twice married: first, at Calcutta, March 11, 1789, to Maria-Tryphena, daughter of Sir Charles-William Blunt, Bart. and sister to the present Sir C. R. Blunt, Bart. M. P. for Lewes. By that lady, who died on the 8th Oct. following, he had no issue. He married secondly, Feb. 13, 1809, the Hon. Harriet Rushout, second daughter of John first Lord Northwick, and sister to the present Lord, and by that lady, who survives him, he had one son and two daughters: 1. Sir Charles Rushout Cockerell, who has succeeded to the title; he was born in 1809, and married in 1834, the Hon. Cecilia-Olivia Foley, daughter of Thomas third Lord Foley, and sister to the present Lord; 2. Harriet-Anne; and 3. Elizabeth-Maria, who died unmarried in 1832. THOMAS KAVANAGH, ESQ. M.P. Jan, 20. At his seat, Borris-house, co. Carlow, aged 69, Thomas Kavanagh, esq. M.P. for that county; brother-in-law to the Marquess of Ormonde, and son-inlaw to the Earl of Clancarty. He was the son and heir of Thomas Kavanagh, esq. by Susan sister to John 17th Earl of Ormonde. His family was that of the native Kings of Leinster, a fact acknowledged in the reign of Queen Mary, who created the Kavanagh of that day Baron Ballyane, styling him in the patent, Princeps suæ nationis." He entered at an early period of life into the Austrian service, (in which several of his relatives, including his uncle Field Marshal O'Kavanagh, Governor of Prague, had been highly distinguished), and served throughout the war. On the death of his father he became one of the largest landed proprietors in Ireland, inheriting extensive and valuable estates spread over the countries of Carlow, Wexford and Kilkenny. Mr. Kavanagh was first returned to Parliament for the county of Carlow in 1826 on the accession of the present Lord Downes to the peerage; and he continued to represent the county, in conjunction with his son-in-law Col. Bruen, until at the election of 1831 he was defeated by the papistical faction under the patronage of O'Connell. At the election of 1832 Mr. Kavanagh and Col. Bruen were again unsuccessful; in 1835 they were returned, but their election determined to be void. At the re-election occurred the memorable contest with Mr. Vigors and exSheriff Raphael; memorable for the 10007. paid by the latter to O'Connell, and for the long-protracted contest before another committee of the House. The retirement of the sitting members at length restored Mr. Kavanagh and Col. Bruen to their seats. It need scarcely be added that Mr. Kavanagh was a warın friend of the present constitution of Great Britain, and a foremost opponent of the faction which now tyrannises over Ireland. "Descended from a line of princes, he was princely in thought, word, and deed; a polished and highly informed gentleman-an attached and faithful subject -a judicious and liberal landlord-a pious and unostentatious Christian. He died, as he lived, in the principles of honest allegiance to his King-of confiding faith in God his Saviour." Mr. Kavanagh was so good a landlord that his worth in that respect used to be readily borne testimony to, even by the most virulent of his political opponents. Mr. Kavanagh was twice married; first in 1798 to his cousin-german Lady Elizabeth Butler, daughter of John 17th Earl of Ormond. Her ladyship died in 1823; and Mr. Kavanagh married secondly, Feb. 28, 1825, Lady Harriet- Margaret Le PoerTrench, second daughter of Richard second and present Earl of Clancarty. This lady survives him; and he has left a son and heir, yet a minor. On the 7th Feb. his body was conveyed from Borris-house to the family vault at St. Mullins, amid the cries and lamentations of hundreds of the poor peasantry and their families, who had lived upon his bounty. The funeral extended about two miles of the road, every part of his extensive estates pouring forth their tributary streams to swell the melancholy procession. There were 21 elergymen of the Established Church in attendance, and on arriving at the burial ground, there could not be less than 10,000 persons present. The funeral service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Hawkshaw, Vicar of St. Mullins; after which an eloquent and appropriate sermon was delivered by the Rev. P. Roe, of Kilkenny. Throughout the whole day, not a person could be seen in the fields, the people having abandoned their usual pursuits, to pay their last respects to the remains of their lamented landlord. The chief mourners on the occasion, were his son-in-law Colonel Bruen, and his brother-in-law Lord Dunlo, who were accompanied by most of the gentry in the county, with their servants and equipages. J. B. PRAED, Esq. M.P. Jan. 15. At Tyringham, Bucks, aged 57, James Backwell Praed, esq. M.P. for that county. He was the son and heir of William Praed, esq. of Trevethow, co. Cornwall, M.P. for St. Ives, by the daughter and heiress of Backwell, of Tyringham. Mr. Praed was returned to Parliament for the first time at the last election in 1835, defeating G. H. Dashwood, esq. the previous Whig member, by a majority of 508. Though not gifted with the eloquence of his cousin the member for Yarmouth, he was a valuable and consistent Conservative. He married in 1823 Sophia, daughter of Charles Chaplin, esq. of Blankney, for many years M.P. for Lincolnshire, and sister to the present Col. Thomas Chaplin, M.P. for Stanford. JOHN CHARLES RAMSDEN, ESQ. M.P. Dec. 29. At Richmond, Surrey, JOHN CHARLES RAMSDEN, esq. M.P. for Malton. |