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Obituary.
Svo . His last work was ' A short Account of the Parish of Waterbeach , in the Diocese of Ely , by a late Vicar , 1795 , ' Svo ; with a slight sketch of Denny Abbey ; but this was never published . Mr . M . was elected F . A . S . r-52 ; and published ' Remarks on Mr .
Walpola ' s Historic Doubts ; ' and au account of an ancient painting on glass , representing the pedigreee of the Stewart family . He was presented to the vicarage of Linton , which he resigned for that of Waterbeach 1759 ; which last he afterwards , by leave of the Bishop of E ! j-resigned to his son
, , for whom lie builfa house . A portrait of Mr . M . by the Rev . Mr . Kenrieh , of Magdalen college , was engraved by Facius , 1796 . 0 . At Bispham , in Lancashire , in great affluence , Mrs . Johanna Holt , daughter of Holland , of Holland , gentarid widow of Roger Holtof
, , Shevington and Park-hall , Esq . who died in 1773 , without issue . He was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Lancaster , and formerly a captain in Bragge ' s regiment of foot , when he was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy , being descended from the
ancient family of Holt of . Grizzlehurst , a younger branch ofthe Holts of Stubley aiid Castletown , in that county , as appears by their pedigree in the College of Arms . 10 . The Hon . James Bnice , son of the late , and brother of the present , Earl of Elgin , his Majesty ' s
ambassador at the Court of Berlin . Crossing the river Don , at Barnbydown , in Yorkshire , on horseback , he . was carried down by the stream , and unfortunately drowned . His body was . not found till the next day . He was educated on the foundation , at Westminster-school , whence , in 11786 , he was
elected a student of Christ Church , Oxford . In 1790 he took the degree'of B . A . ; and , according to the usual course , proceeded M . A . -in i 79 J . At the last general election he was chosen , on his cousin the Earl of Aylesbury ' s interest , M . P . for Aylesbury , Wilts , which he resigned a few months ago
, on being appointed precis writer in Lord Grenville ' s office . He supported , through his short career , the character 0 fa . 1 t amiable and virtuous man ; and his immature fate has created sensations ofthe deepest regret iu the breasts of his numerous friends .
At his house at Newcastle , after at fewdavsil ! ness , aged 75 , much lamented , Geo . K . Tuffneli , Esq . Colonel of the East Middlesex Militia ; he had been in the service of their late and present Majesties upwards of 60 years . 14 . Executed at Dublin , Messrs .
Henry and John Sheares , attoruies , sons ofthe iale Henry S . Esq . of Cork , a Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Cloglmakilty ; and who had a pension of 3 ooh a year en the Irish establishment , which continued till he obtained the lucrative situation of weighmaster of the city oi Cork . He
published in that city a series of periodical essays , underthe title of The Modern Monitor , ' which , by their fancj-, humour , and elegance , place him in the ren- first line amoimg the numerous imitators of Addison . He died about 20 years ago , leaving his widow and eldest son Henry 500 ! . annum each
per , and 4 C 00 I . to each of his five younger children . Two of the sons of this gentleman were drowned ; one of them oil board the Thunderer , which foundered on her passage to the West Indies , during the last war . plenry , the eldest of these unfortunate brothers , was
about 40 years of age . He married a Miss Sweete , an heiress , with whom he got a fortune of 600 I . a year . This lady died about nine years ago . leaving five children . Through . Ihe interest of Lord Shannon , who had on all occasions been a friend to the family , Henry obtained a commission in ihe 11 th regt . of
foot ; but he did not continue more than three years in the army ; after which he entered at the Temple , and was railed to the Irish bar . The ybnnger brother , John , was called to the Irish bar in 1790 . Unhappily for these gentlemen , they visited France togetherand were at
, Paris during the dreadful Era of August 10 , 1792 , when ihe Swiss guards were massacred , and Louis XVI .. and his family were imprisoned . They soon became acquainted in that metropolis with the principal leaders-of . the Jacobin party , and are supposed to . have imbibed there the revolutionary
principles Which ever-marked their conduct , both in public and . private life . . They were constantly in the company of Tho . Paine , attended tho different clubs , and . were introduced , . to . . it . obespie . rre , Roland , and Brissot , whose confidence thev enjoyed . They were so eslremelv
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Svo . His last work was ' A short Account of the Parish of Waterbeach , in the Diocese of Ely , by a late Vicar , 1795 , ' Svo ; with a slight sketch of Denny Abbey ; but this was never published . Mr . M . was elected F . A . S . r-52 ; and published ' Remarks on Mr .
Walpola ' s Historic Doubts ; ' and au account of an ancient painting on glass , representing the pedigreee of the Stewart family . He was presented to the vicarage of Linton , which he resigned for that of Waterbeach 1759 ; which last he afterwards , by leave of the Bishop of E ! j-resigned to his son
, , for whom lie builfa house . A portrait of Mr . M . by the Rev . Mr . Kenrieh , of Magdalen college , was engraved by Facius , 1796 . 0 . At Bispham , in Lancashire , in great affluence , Mrs . Johanna Holt , daughter of Holland , of Holland , gentarid widow of Roger Holtof
, , Shevington and Park-hall , Esq . who died in 1773 , without issue . He was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Lancaster , and formerly a captain in Bragge ' s regiment of foot , when he was wounded at the battle of Fontenoy , being descended from the
ancient family of Holt of . Grizzlehurst , a younger branch ofthe Holts of Stubley aiid Castletown , in that county , as appears by their pedigree in the College of Arms . 10 . The Hon . James Bnice , son of the late , and brother of the present , Earl of Elgin , his Majesty ' s
ambassador at the Court of Berlin . Crossing the river Don , at Barnbydown , in Yorkshire , on horseback , he . was carried down by the stream , and unfortunately drowned . His body was . not found till the next day . He was educated on the foundation , at Westminster-school , whence , in 11786 , he was
elected a student of Christ Church , Oxford . In 1790 he took the degree'of B . A . ; and , according to the usual course , proceeded M . A . -in i 79 J . At the last general election he was chosen , on his cousin the Earl of Aylesbury ' s interest , M . P . for Aylesbury , Wilts , which he resigned a few months ago
, on being appointed precis writer in Lord Grenville ' s office . He supported , through his short career , the character 0 fa . 1 t amiable and virtuous man ; and his immature fate has created sensations ofthe deepest regret iu the breasts of his numerous friends .
At his house at Newcastle , after at fewdavsil ! ness , aged 75 , much lamented , Geo . K . Tuffneli , Esq . Colonel of the East Middlesex Militia ; he had been in the service of their late and present Majesties upwards of 60 years . 14 . Executed at Dublin , Messrs .
Henry and John Sheares , attoruies , sons ofthe iale Henry S . Esq . of Cork , a Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Cloglmakilty ; and who had a pension of 3 ooh a year en the Irish establishment , which continued till he obtained the lucrative situation of weighmaster of the city oi Cork . He
published in that city a series of periodical essays , underthe title of The Modern Monitor , ' which , by their fancj-, humour , and elegance , place him in the ren- first line amoimg the numerous imitators of Addison . He died about 20 years ago , leaving his widow and eldest son Henry 500 ! . annum each
per , and 4 C 00 I . to each of his five younger children . Two of the sons of this gentleman were drowned ; one of them oil board the Thunderer , which foundered on her passage to the West Indies , during the last war . plenry , the eldest of these unfortunate brothers , was
about 40 years of age . He married a Miss Sweete , an heiress , with whom he got a fortune of 600 I . a year . This lady died about nine years ago . leaving five children . Through . Ihe interest of Lord Shannon , who had on all occasions been a friend to the family , Henry obtained a commission in ihe 11 th regt . of
foot ; but he did not continue more than three years in the army ; after which he entered at the Temple , and was railed to the Irish bar . The ybnnger brother , John , was called to the Irish bar in 1790 . Unhappily for these gentlemen , they visited France togetherand were at
, Paris during the dreadful Era of August 10 , 1792 , when ihe Swiss guards were massacred , and Louis XVI .. and his family were imprisoned . They soon became acquainted in that metropolis with the principal leaders-of . the Jacobin party , and are supposed to . have imbibed there the revolutionary
principles Which ever-marked their conduct , both in public and . private life . . They were constantly in the company of Tho . Paine , attended tho different clubs , and . were introduced , . to . . it . obespie . rre , Roland , and Brissot , whose confidence thev enjoyed . They were so eslremelv