No. IV. ALDERMAN SIR CHARLES PRICE, OF SPRING-grove, ricHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY, BART. LATE M.P. FOR THE CITY OF LONDON; COLONEL OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS; GOVERNOR OF THE TACKLEHOUSE, AND TICKET PORTERS; PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER'S SOCIETY, &c. THIS HIS Baronet, was the son of the Rev. Ralph Price, clerk, patron, and incumbent of Farnborough, in the county of Berks, by Sarah, daughter, and co-heiress of William Richardson, Gent. of Derby. He was born in 1745, and received a good education, under the inspection of his family. Being a younger brother, he was sent to the city of London, at an early period of life, under the auspices of an uncle, who was residing on Snow-hill, in search of fortune; and after a variety of struggles early in life, at length became an opulent oil-man and banker. Mr. Price, on the death of Mr. Wilkes in 1797, was chosen alderman of the ward of Farringdon-Without, in opposition to Mr. Waddington; and, in respect to his political conduct and principles, seemed to prefer the latter to the earlier part of the career of that very singular man, who was his official predecessor. About 1774, he married Mary, daughter of William Rugge, Esq. of Conduit-street, with whom he obtained a considerable fortune. Mr. Price, now began to aspire to the honours of the corporation, and accordingly served the office of sheriff, in 1799. In the course of the year 1802,*, he was chosen one of the four representatives of the city of London; and in 1803, succeeded * On this occasion, he stood second on the poll, being next to the late Alderman Harvey Christian Combe, with 3236 votes. Having towards the close of that parliament been advanced to the baronetage, we find Sir Charles Price, in 1806, third on the poll, with only 2254; yet still superior, in point of numbers, to Sir William Curtis. In 1807, we descry his name for the first time, at the head to the chair, as lord mayor. At the general elections in 1802, 1806, and 1807, he was re-chosen, by his former constituents, and on Feb. 2. 1804, created a baronet. As a private man, Sir Richard Price, was a good husband, and father; and when Mr. Alderman Waithman succeeded to his gown, all parties concurred in his praises. He had been long in a declining state of health, and died at his house, Spring-Grove, Richmond, in the county of Surrey, on the 19th of July, 1818, in the 73d year of his age. As a magistrate he was punctual in his attendance, and humane and just in his decisions. As a legislator, he seldom or ever spoke in parliament; but, like his colleague, Sir William Curtis, was a strenuous admirer, and constant supporter of Mr. Pitt's administration. He has left behind him a large family, consisting of several sons and daughters; and is succeeded by Sir Charles, who was a major under him in the 4th regiment of London loyal volunteers; in which a second served as a captain; and a third, as a lieutenant. No. V. SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL, BARONET; MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY Of Kent. SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL, descended from a family long seated at the Hatch, near Ashford, in Kent, was born in 1758. He was educated, first at Tunbridge-school, and then at Winchester; and did not succeed his father, the late Baronet, who died in 1789, until he had attained the mature age of thirty-one. At the general election, which occurred in the year 1790, Sir Kent, as knight of the shire; and, on this occasion, he was placed at the head of the poll. He was again returned in 1796; but, in 1802, he lost his election, after a long and severe contest. During the protracted period of twenty-nine years, the life and fortune of the subject of this memoir have been successively employed in one continued struggle for the representation, with Sir William Geary and the Honeywoods. Sir Edward was greatly devoted to Mr. Pitt, and, of course, supported his administration. His zeal, indeed, was so excessive, that he assented to an additional tax on hops, which lost him his next election for Kent. As a magistrate, he was indefatigable; and we have seen him presiding as chairman at the quarter-sessions, with an unexampled degree of attention to the business of the court. He died suddenly at his son's house at Provender, Sept. 21. 1819, of the gout in his stomach, and was buried in the family vault at Mersham. As colonel of the yeomanry cavalry, the hearse was preceded by the trumpeters, playing the Dead March in Saul, and followed by his charger, bearing his sword, armorial achievements, &c. No. VI. RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT DUNDAS, OF ARNISTON; LATE LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER IN SCOTLAND. THE HE family of Arniston, of which the late Viscount Melville was a conspicuous branch, has given lawyers and legislators to Scotland, for more than a century and a half. His Lordship was born in 1759, and educated, from his one of the ornaments. it was not long before he attained the highest legal offices in the gift of the crown. He was nominated lord-advocate at a critical and eventful period, and conducted himself on that occasion with exemplary moderation. With talents and interest such as his, While yet a young man for a judge, in 1801 he was appointed chief baron, and presided in the court of exchequer during the long period of eighteen years. At length, infirmities, not age, forced him to retire from the bench; and, by a strange coincidence, he died on that very day (June 17. 1819), when Sir Samuel Shepherd, late attorney-general, arrived to succeed him. We shall not dwell on his private virtues, which are common to many men; but it ought not to be omitted, that his indefatigable exertions and inflexible integrity as a judge, formed a prominent feature in his public character. Mr. Chantry, the statuary, has lately completed and sent to Edinburgh, a fine statue of the Lord Chief Baron, in marble. No. VII. THE REV. THOMAS GEORGE CLARE. THIS divine was born October 31. 1779, at Betton, in Warwickshire. His father, the Rev. Dr. Clare, a clergyman of the church of England, had been fellow and tutor of St John's College, Oxford, and afterwards obtained several valuable livings. In 1783, his son, Thomas George Clare, was admitted on the foundation at Rugby school; in 1792, he was elected, as a founder's kin, to a fellowship in St. John's College, and soon after, to one of the exhibitions of Rugby school, No. IV. ALDERMAN SIR CHARLES PRICE, OF SPRING-GROVE, RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY, BART. LATE M.P. FOR THE CITY OF LONDON; COLONEL OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS; GOVERNOR OF THE TACKLEHOUSE, AND TICKET PORTERS; PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER'S SOCIETY, &c. THIS Is Baronet, was the son of the Rev. Ralph Price, clerk, patron, and incumbent of Farnborough, in the county of Berks, by Sarah, daughter, and co-heiress of William Richardson, Gent. of Derby. He was born in 1745, and received a good education, under the inspection of his family. Being a younger brother, he was sent to the city of London, at an early period of life, under the auspices of an uncle, who was residing on Snow-hill, in search of fortune; and after a variety of struggles early in life, at length became an opulent oil-man and banker. Mr. Price, on the death of Mr. Wilkes in 1797, was chosen alderman of the ward of Farringdon-Without, in opposition to Mr. Waddington; and, in respect to his political conduct and principles, seemed to prefer the latter to the earlier part of the career of that very singular man, who was his official predecessor. About 1774, he married Mary, daughter of William Rugge, Esq. of Conduit-street, with whom he obtained a considerable fortune. Mr. Price, now began to aspire to the honours of the corporation, and accordingly served the office of sheriff, in 1799. In the course of the year 1802,*, he was chosen one of the four representatives of the city of London; and in 1803, succeeded * On this occasion, he stood second on the poll, being next to the late Alderman Harvey Christian Combe, with 3236 votes. Having towards the close of that parliament been advanced to the baronetage, we find Sir Charles Price, in 1806, third on the poll, with only 2254; yet still superior, in point of numbers, to Sir William Curtis. In 1807, we descry his name for the first time, at the head |