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Obituary.

At his house in May-fair , Joseph Darner , Earl of Dorchester , Viscount and Baron Milton , of Shrone-hill in Ireland . He is succeeded by his son , George Darner , Lord Milton , who was secretary to Earl Fitzwilliam , when Lord-lieutenant of Ireland , and M . P . for Ihe borough of New Maltoncounty of YorkHe

, . was eldest son of Joseph D . Esq . of Come , county of Dorset ; was born March 12 , 1717-1 S ; M . P . for Wevmouth and Melcomb Regis , 1741 ; for ' Bramber , county of Sussex , i 747 ; for Dorchester , 1754 ; created a peer of freland , Mav 30 , 1753 , 16 Geo . II . by the title of Baron Miltonof

, Shronehill , county of Tipperarv , and , at the same time , ' appointed one of his Majesty ' s most honourable Privy Council in that kingdom ; and , May 10 , 1762 , 2 Geo . fit . created a peer of Great Britain by the style and title of Baron Milton of Milton-abbeycountv

, , of Dorset ; and , May 15 , 1792 , 32 Geo . III . Earl of Dorchester and Viscount Milton . He married , 1742 , Caroline , daughter of Lionel Duke of Dorset , who died March 23 , 1775 , leaving him three sons . The eldest , John , died 1776 ; 2 , George , his successor ; and , 3 , Lionel

; and one daughter , Caroline . His Lordship purchased , 1752 , the great manorof Milton Abbas , county of Dorset , of the representatives of Jacob Bancks , Esq . who inherited it by marriage ^ of his father with the heiress of theTregonwells , to whom it was granted at the dissolutionandhaving taken

; , down the whole that remained except the great hall , re-built it in a very superb manner , 1771 ; and erected a new church for the use of the parish , which was consecrated 17 S 6 : the old monastic church is the famil y chapel and burialplace , the chancel beautifully

ornamented , and an organ erected in it . The free-school , founded at Milton by the last abbot but one , was also transferred to Dorchester . Lately , at his lodgings in Great Marlborough-street , Amboise Marquis Du Dresnay , general-officer in the King of

France ' s service , and late colonel of a foot regiment of his name in his Britannic Majesty's service . At Craigvechan , near Fort William , aged 107 , Alan M-Lean , Esq . Aged 63 , Joseph Lockey , Esq . of Lambeth-road , St . George ' s-fields , supposed to be as corpulent a man as any in

the country , measuring ( when living ) 6 feet 6 inches in the girth , and 6 feet in height . __ . Lately , at Constantinople , of the plague , M . AubertDubayet , the French ambassador . The funeral pomp was conducted with great festivity . His body was no sooner committed to " the earth

, in an open field , and without the least religious ceremony , than the French , who composed the procession , danced round his grave , and sang the Marseillois hymn in the presence of the diplomatic coips . At Berne , in Switzerland , Lady Keith , relict of Sir

Ba . il K . late a captain in the royal navy , and formerly governor of the island of Jamaica . Suddenly , as he was walking up Holborn-hill . Mr Berwick , banker , of Worcester , and one of the partners in the house of Mess . RobartsCurtisand Co

, , . At Stutgard , after a few days illness , her Serene Hi ghness the Duchess-dowager of Wirtemberg Stutgard . At his house in Grosvenor-square , of a violent lever , Henry Lord Calthorpe , eldest son of the late Sir Henry Gough , of Edgbaston , county of Warwick , Bart !

by Barbara daughter of Reynolds Calthorpe , Esq . of Elvetham ,, county of Hants , and sister of Sir Henry Calthorpe , K . B . on whose death he became possessed of his estate and title , and assumed his name . He was bom Jan . 1 , 1749 ; created Baron Calthorpe , of Calthorpecounly of Norfolk

, , May 1796 ; married , 178 3 , Frances youngest daughter of the late Gen . Carpenter ^ by whom he had six sons and four daughters , of whom the eldest son and second daughter deceased , and the second son , Charles , born March 22 , 17 S 6 , succeeds to the estate and title . Lord C . 's

attachment to the consti ' ution of his country , and to his Sovereign , while in the House of Common , was rewarded by advancement to thc peerage . His private and domestic virtues will be at-, tested by his relatives who survive to lament him ; and those who transacted

business with him will bear witness to his exactness and discernment . His Lordship's remains were interred in the family vault at Edgbaston . At Vintners , near Maidstone , Kent , after a few days illness , James Whatman , Esq . -an eminent paper-maker , which business is carried on by his two

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Obituary.

At his house in May-fair , Joseph Darner , Earl of Dorchester , Viscount and Baron Milton , of Shrone-hill in Ireland . He is succeeded by his son , George Darner , Lord Milton , who was secretary to Earl Fitzwilliam , when Lord-lieutenant of Ireland , and M . P . for Ihe borough of New Maltoncounty of YorkHe

, . was eldest son of Joseph D . Esq . of Come , county of Dorset ; was born March 12 , 1717-1 S ; M . P . for Wevmouth and Melcomb Regis , 1741 ; for ' Bramber , county of Sussex , i 747 ; for Dorchester , 1754 ; created a peer of freland , Mav 30 , 1753 , 16 Geo . II . by the title of Baron Miltonof

, Shronehill , county of Tipperarv , and , at the same time , ' appointed one of his Majesty ' s most honourable Privy Council in that kingdom ; and , May 10 , 1762 , 2 Geo . fit . created a peer of Great Britain by the style and title of Baron Milton of Milton-abbeycountv

, , of Dorset ; and , May 15 , 1792 , 32 Geo . III . Earl of Dorchester and Viscount Milton . He married , 1742 , Caroline , daughter of Lionel Duke of Dorset , who died March 23 , 1775 , leaving him three sons . The eldest , John , died 1776 ; 2 , George , his successor ; and , 3 , Lionel

; and one daughter , Caroline . His Lordship purchased , 1752 , the great manorof Milton Abbas , county of Dorset , of the representatives of Jacob Bancks , Esq . who inherited it by marriage ^ of his father with the heiress of theTregonwells , to whom it was granted at the dissolutionandhaving taken

; , down the whole that remained except the great hall , re-built it in a very superb manner , 1771 ; and erected a new church for the use of the parish , which was consecrated 17 S 6 : the old monastic church is the famil y chapel and burialplace , the chancel beautifully

ornamented , and an organ erected in it . The free-school , founded at Milton by the last abbot but one , was also transferred to Dorchester . Lately , at his lodgings in Great Marlborough-street , Amboise Marquis Du Dresnay , general-officer in the King of

France ' s service , and late colonel of a foot regiment of his name in his Britannic Majesty's service . At Craigvechan , near Fort William , aged 107 , Alan M-Lean , Esq . Aged 63 , Joseph Lockey , Esq . of Lambeth-road , St . George ' s-fields , supposed to be as corpulent a man as any in

the country , measuring ( when living ) 6 feet 6 inches in the girth , and 6 feet in height . __ . Lately , at Constantinople , of the plague , M . AubertDubayet , the French ambassador . The funeral pomp was conducted with great festivity . His body was no sooner committed to " the earth

, in an open field , and without the least religious ceremony , than the French , who composed the procession , danced round his grave , and sang the Marseillois hymn in the presence of the diplomatic coips . At Berne , in Switzerland , Lady Keith , relict of Sir

Ba . il K . late a captain in the royal navy , and formerly governor of the island of Jamaica . Suddenly , as he was walking up Holborn-hill . Mr Berwick , banker , of Worcester , and one of the partners in the house of Mess . RobartsCurtisand Co

, , . At Stutgard , after a few days illness , her Serene Hi ghness the Duchess-dowager of Wirtemberg Stutgard . At his house in Grosvenor-square , of a violent lever , Henry Lord Calthorpe , eldest son of the late Sir Henry Gough , of Edgbaston , county of Warwick , Bart !

by Barbara daughter of Reynolds Calthorpe , Esq . of Elvetham ,, county of Hants , and sister of Sir Henry Calthorpe , K . B . on whose death he became possessed of his estate and title , and assumed his name . He was bom Jan . 1 , 1749 ; created Baron Calthorpe , of Calthorpecounly of Norfolk

, , May 1796 ; married , 178 3 , Frances youngest daughter of the late Gen . Carpenter ^ by whom he had six sons and four daughters , of whom the eldest son and second daughter deceased , and the second son , Charles , born March 22 , 17 S 6 , succeeds to the estate and title . Lord C . 's

attachment to the consti ' ution of his country , and to his Sovereign , while in the House of Common , was rewarded by advancement to thc peerage . His private and domestic virtues will be at-, tested by his relatives who survive to lament him ; and those who transacted

business with him will bear witness to his exactness and discernment . His Lordship's remains were interred in the family vault at Edgbaston . At Vintners , near Maidstone , Kent , after a few days illness , James Whatman , Esq . -an eminent paper-maker , which business is carried on by his two

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