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testator , although he might have retained them for his life . Sir John Turner Dryden , of Cannon ' s-Ashby , com . Northampton , bart . { whose death tve announced in our Obituary for last May , ) so created April n , 1795 , ( and who died on Sunday the 16 th of April last ) , was the third son of Sir bro
Edward Turner , bart . and younger - ther of Sir Gregory Page Turner , bart . of Batlesden , co . Bedford ; also of Ladies Hawke and Say and Sele . William , the second brother , has been guily of much irregularity , and though inheriting a good fortune , wants resolution to do himself justice in
conducting it ; and was a prisoner in the fleet , July 1793 , when he had six guineas aweek allowed him by his family . Sir Gregory Turner Page , his elder brother , took the name and arms of Page pursuant to the will of S f Gregory Page , bart . ofWrickle mars / , , an Blackheath ; and married , in ? 1784 , Miss street
Howell , a milliner in St . J ' ames ' s- , by whom he has several children , bom in Portland-place . Sir J .. T . D . after receiving a liberal education , made the grand tour under the auspices of Dr . Nugent , author of the ' Travels to Mecklenbnrgh . ' ' The Grand Tour , ' and other works , and fatherin law to the Right Hon . Edmund
Burke . He stayed some time in Germany , at the court kept by the Queen ' s brother , to whom he was introduced . On his return to his native country , he entered into the guards , and Captain Turner soon became one of the most fashionable officers about town , both with respect to dress and equipage .
At length he lefi the guards , and relinquished a life of dissipation on his union with a very amiable lady , who survives him , and is the great grand daughter of our English poet , Dryden , and daughter of Sir Edward D . bart . of Canon ' s-Ashby , co . Northampton , who was of the family advanced to that
dignity in 1619 . With her he obtained a considerable fortune ; and , on the death of the dowager Lady Dryden , came into the possession of nearly 2000 I . a year landed estate , a small portion of which belonged to the poet . Mr ' . Turner took some pains , on getting possession of Cannon's-Ashby , to
discover the papers and MSS . of his wife ' s ancestor , but with little success ; for , he soon found out that they had all Veen carried to Rome by his son , and
are to be deposited in the Vatican . He served the office of high sheriff of the county of Northampton in " i 7 ... ; was soon after knighted , and speedily after that created a baronet ; for he had raised a troop of yeomen cavalry , and been at great , pains not only to promote , but also to present , a petition from
Northamptonshire , approvingof the present war . On many occasions he exhibited repeated instances of great liberality in politics ; was above all little personal enmities ; and an exceedingly elegant and well-bred man . The disease , or rather the complication of diseases , which proved fatal to him , was an
asthma , with which he had been long afflicted , accompanied with a nervous complaint , attended , as usual , by an uncommonly high degree of irritability . This was rather increased than abated by the unhappy turn of public affairs , he being passionately attached to his country and its welfare .
" England ! with all thy faults I love thee still , ' was a sentiment to which he most cordially assented . He lived long enough , however , to express his abhorrence and detestation of a war he had once
supported ; a circumstance which gave him great uneasiness . He was accustomed ' , indeed , within his last three months , frequently to exclaim , that , like Mutius Scaivoia , he would burn that hand which had presented a petition to the King , countenancing the present unhappy contest . He was about 49 years of has left and is
age ; a large family ; succeeded by an infant son , now Sir Edward Dryden . In his 55 th year , athis seatat Hurstbourne park , Hants , John Wallop , Earl of Portsmouth , Viscount Lymington , Baron Wallop , of Over Wallop , in that county . His Lordship succeeded
his grandfather , as earl of Portsmouth , Nov . 23 , 1762 ; married Urania Fellowes , youngest daughter of the late Coulson F . late M . P . for the county of Huntingdon , in August , 1763 , who still survives , and by whom he had issue four sons and four daughters , of whom are now livingJohn Charles Viscount
, Lymington , now Earl of Portsmouth ; the Hon . Newton Fellowes , of Eggesford , co . Devon , who changed his name in consequence of a large property left him by his maternal uncle ; the Hon . Coulson Wallop , M . P . for Andover ; and three daughter ; .
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Obituary.
testator , although he might have retained them for his life . Sir John Turner Dryden , of Cannon ' s-Ashby , com . Northampton , bart . { whose death tve announced in our Obituary for last May , ) so created April n , 1795 , ( and who died on Sunday the 16 th of April last ) , was the third son of Sir bro
Edward Turner , bart . and younger - ther of Sir Gregory Page Turner , bart . of Batlesden , co . Bedford ; also of Ladies Hawke and Say and Sele . William , the second brother , has been guily of much irregularity , and though inheriting a good fortune , wants resolution to do himself justice in
conducting it ; and was a prisoner in the fleet , July 1793 , when he had six guineas aweek allowed him by his family . Sir Gregory Turner Page , his elder brother , took the name and arms of Page pursuant to the will of S f Gregory Page , bart . ofWrickle mars / , , an Blackheath ; and married , in ? 1784 , Miss street
Howell , a milliner in St . J ' ames ' s- , by whom he has several children , bom in Portland-place . Sir J .. T . D . after receiving a liberal education , made the grand tour under the auspices of Dr . Nugent , author of the ' Travels to Mecklenbnrgh . ' ' The Grand Tour , ' and other works , and fatherin law to the Right Hon . Edmund
Burke . He stayed some time in Germany , at the court kept by the Queen ' s brother , to whom he was introduced . On his return to his native country , he entered into the guards , and Captain Turner soon became one of the most fashionable officers about town , both with respect to dress and equipage .
At length he lefi the guards , and relinquished a life of dissipation on his union with a very amiable lady , who survives him , and is the great grand daughter of our English poet , Dryden , and daughter of Sir Edward D . bart . of Canon ' s-Ashby , co . Northampton , who was of the family advanced to that
dignity in 1619 . With her he obtained a considerable fortune ; and , on the death of the dowager Lady Dryden , came into the possession of nearly 2000 I . a year landed estate , a small portion of which belonged to the poet . Mr ' . Turner took some pains , on getting possession of Cannon's-Ashby , to
discover the papers and MSS . of his wife ' s ancestor , but with little success ; for , he soon found out that they had all Veen carried to Rome by his son , and
are to be deposited in the Vatican . He served the office of high sheriff of the county of Northampton in " i 7 ... ; was soon after knighted , and speedily after that created a baronet ; for he had raised a troop of yeomen cavalry , and been at great , pains not only to promote , but also to present , a petition from
Northamptonshire , approvingof the present war . On many occasions he exhibited repeated instances of great liberality in politics ; was above all little personal enmities ; and an exceedingly elegant and well-bred man . The disease , or rather the complication of diseases , which proved fatal to him , was an
asthma , with which he had been long afflicted , accompanied with a nervous complaint , attended , as usual , by an uncommonly high degree of irritability . This was rather increased than abated by the unhappy turn of public affairs , he being passionately attached to his country and its welfare .
" England ! with all thy faults I love thee still , ' was a sentiment to which he most cordially assented . He lived long enough , however , to express his abhorrence and detestation of a war he had once
supported ; a circumstance which gave him great uneasiness . He was accustomed ' , indeed , within his last three months , frequently to exclaim , that , like Mutius Scaivoia , he would burn that hand which had presented a petition to the King , countenancing the present unhappy contest . He was about 49 years of has left and is
age ; a large family ; succeeded by an infant son , now Sir Edward Dryden . In his 55 th year , athis seatat Hurstbourne park , Hants , John Wallop , Earl of Portsmouth , Viscount Lymington , Baron Wallop , of Over Wallop , in that county . His Lordship succeeded
his grandfather , as earl of Portsmouth , Nov . 23 , 1762 ; married Urania Fellowes , youngest daughter of the late Coulson F . late M . P . for the county of Huntingdon , in August , 1763 , who still survives , and by whom he had issue four sons and four daughters , of whom are now livingJohn Charles Viscount
, Lymington , now Earl of Portsmouth ; the Hon . Newton Fellowes , of Eggesford , co . Devon , who changed his name in consequence of a large property left him by his maternal uncle ; the Hon . Coulson Wallop , M . P . for Andover ; and three daughter ; .