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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY , at his seat at Audleyend , in his 79 th year , John Griffin Griffin , Lord Howard de Walden , and Lord Braybrooke , field-marshal of his Majesty ' s forces , lieutenant , custos rotulorum , and vice-admiral , of the county jof Essex , colonel of the Queen ' s own
dragoons , recorder of Saffron-Walden , and K . B . He was eldest son of Edward Griffin Lord Griffin of Braybrooke , son of James Lord Griffin , by Lady Essex Howard , eldest daughter and coheiress of James third Earl of Suffolk and Baron Howard of Walden . On the death of his fatherEdward
, , j 7 . 42 , without surviving issue , the title pf Lord Griffin became extinct , and his tiro sisters became lyVs coheirs ; Elizabeth , married , first , ' 'to Henry Grey , of Billingbere , Berks , Esq ; secondly , to John Earl of Portsmouth ; and died 1762 , without issue : and Anne , married to Wm- Whitwell , of
Ouiidell , co , Northampton , Esq . by whom she had four sons , of whom the eldest was the subject of this article . His aunt , the Countess of Portsmouth ,
gave him , 1749 , her share of the estate , at SarFron-Walden , and Audley-house by her- will ; upon which , by act of parliament 22 George It . he took the surname and arms of Griffin . Having greatly distinguished himself in the iv-ar in . Germany , he was made a knight of the Bath , " and installed May 26 ,
1761 , and returned in several parliaments for Andover , In 17 S 4 he claimed and obtained the barony of Howard pf Walden ; and in 179 6 the barony of Braybrooke devolved on him . He married , in 174 S-9 , Anne . Mary , daughter pf John Baron Schutz , who died Aug . rS , 1764 , and was buried at Walden ; he
and , on June 11 , 1765 , was mar ^ ried to his present lady , Catherine , daughter of William Clayton , of Harleyford , co . Bucks , Esq . ; but having tio surviving issue ,, the title of Baron . Howard of Walden will be extinct ; but that of Braybrooke was revived . 17 SS , with remainder lo Richard Aidworth Neville , Esq . of Billingbere , Berks , and his heirs-male . His Lordship ' s income , including his regiment ,
was about 7000 k per annum . His landed property devolves to his only surviving sister , Mary , wife of the Rev . Dr . Parker , one of his Majesty ' s chaplains in ordinary , and rector of St . James ' s , Westminster , who has no issue . The house at Audley-cnd ,
restored to splendour , and decorated with copies of many family-portraits , and other paintings by Rebecca , will be a monument of his Lordship's laste ; and the handsome stone bridge erected , at his expence , over the river in the road to Walden , will enroll him among the public benefactors of the county . —On
the 2 d of June his remains were removed from Audiey-end , and deposited , with those of his ancestors , in the family-vault in Saffron-Walden church . The procession from the house began at eleven o ' clock ; and the concourse ofpeople of all ranks , assembled at this awful solemnity to offer the last
tribute of their esteem for that truly respectable Nobleman , was very great . The funeral-service was read by the Rev . Dr . Hamilton , archdeacon of
Colchester , and accompanied by the heartfelt sorrow of multitudes , who have lost a most valuable protector and friend . To detail his several and numerous good qualities would be an arduous attempt . Suffice it to say of him , that , if unfeigned piety , if humanity , beneficence , charity ,
philanthropy , be virtues estimable in heaven , laudable on earth , all these he practised in a very superior manner ; for these he will be rewarded -above ; and long , very long recrriled in the memory of every grateful survivor . In Ireland , iu consequence of a wound he received in a duel with Mr . Gore ,
William Brabazon , ninth Earl ci'Meath , Baron Brabazon of Ardee . He was born July 6 , 1769 ; succeeded his father , Anthony , 1790 , being then knight of the shire for the county of Dublin . His death is much to he lamented , as he was a young nobleman of great worth and some abilities ; and has fallen a martyr , in the very prime of life , to the influence of false honour , and to the detestable practice of duelling . Dy-
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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY , at his seat at Audleyend , in his 79 th year , John Griffin Griffin , Lord Howard de Walden , and Lord Braybrooke , field-marshal of his Majesty ' s forces , lieutenant , custos rotulorum , and vice-admiral , of the county jof Essex , colonel of the Queen ' s own
dragoons , recorder of Saffron-Walden , and K . B . He was eldest son of Edward Griffin Lord Griffin of Braybrooke , son of James Lord Griffin , by Lady Essex Howard , eldest daughter and coheiress of James third Earl of Suffolk and Baron Howard of Walden . On the death of his fatherEdward
, , j 7 . 42 , without surviving issue , the title pf Lord Griffin became extinct , and his tiro sisters became lyVs coheirs ; Elizabeth , married , first , ' 'to Henry Grey , of Billingbere , Berks , Esq ; secondly , to John Earl of Portsmouth ; and died 1762 , without issue : and Anne , married to Wm- Whitwell , of
Ouiidell , co , Northampton , Esq . by whom she had four sons , of whom the eldest was the subject of this article . His aunt , the Countess of Portsmouth ,
gave him , 1749 , her share of the estate , at SarFron-Walden , and Audley-house by her- will ; upon which , by act of parliament 22 George It . he took the surname and arms of Griffin . Having greatly distinguished himself in the iv-ar in . Germany , he was made a knight of the Bath , " and installed May 26 ,
1761 , and returned in several parliaments for Andover , In 17 S 4 he claimed and obtained the barony of Howard pf Walden ; and in 179 6 the barony of Braybrooke devolved on him . He married , in 174 S-9 , Anne . Mary , daughter pf John Baron Schutz , who died Aug . rS , 1764 , and was buried at Walden ; he
and , on June 11 , 1765 , was mar ^ ried to his present lady , Catherine , daughter of William Clayton , of Harleyford , co . Bucks , Esq . ; but having tio surviving issue ,, the title of Baron . Howard of Walden will be extinct ; but that of Braybrooke was revived . 17 SS , with remainder lo Richard Aidworth Neville , Esq . of Billingbere , Berks , and his heirs-male . His Lordship ' s income , including his regiment ,
was about 7000 k per annum . His landed property devolves to his only surviving sister , Mary , wife of the Rev . Dr . Parker , one of his Majesty ' s chaplains in ordinary , and rector of St . James ' s , Westminster , who has no issue . The house at Audley-cnd ,
restored to splendour , and decorated with copies of many family-portraits , and other paintings by Rebecca , will be a monument of his Lordship's laste ; and the handsome stone bridge erected , at his expence , over the river in the road to Walden , will enroll him among the public benefactors of the county . —On
the 2 d of June his remains were removed from Audiey-end , and deposited , with those of his ancestors , in the family-vault in Saffron-Walden church . The procession from the house began at eleven o ' clock ; and the concourse ofpeople of all ranks , assembled at this awful solemnity to offer the last
tribute of their esteem for that truly respectable Nobleman , was very great . The funeral-service was read by the Rev . Dr . Hamilton , archdeacon of
Colchester , and accompanied by the heartfelt sorrow of multitudes , who have lost a most valuable protector and friend . To detail his several and numerous good qualities would be an arduous attempt . Suffice it to say of him , that , if unfeigned piety , if humanity , beneficence , charity ,
philanthropy , be virtues estimable in heaven , laudable on earth , all these he practised in a very superior manner ; for these he will be rewarded -above ; and long , very long recrriled in the memory of every grateful survivor . In Ireland , iu consequence of a wound he received in a duel with Mr . Gore ,
William Brabazon , ninth Earl ci'Meath , Baron Brabazon of Ardee . He was born July 6 , 1769 ; succeeded his father , Anthony , 1790 , being then knight of the shire for the county of Dublin . His death is much to he lamented , as he was a young nobleman of great worth and some abilities ; and has fallen a martyr , in the very prime of life , to the influence of false honour , and to the detestable practice of duelling . Dy-