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Obituary.
Sept . i . At Brighton , the Right Hon . David Murray , Earl Mansfield . He was possessed of the following employments : Per ami . Clerk of the Court of King's Bench , - - 6000 Dord Justice General of
Scotland , - - 2000 I _ ord President of the Council , ' - - 5000 Hereditary Keeper cf Scoon Palace , - - 6000 £ i « ° oo
. His Lordship was Knight of the Thistle , Chancellor of Mareschal College , and a Cabinet Counsellor . He was a most excellent Greek and Latin scholar ; a complete historian ; had a perfect knowledge of all the Courts in Europe , which he often visited in a
public and m a private capacity ; spoke the polite languages fluently ; was considered as a complete orator , in the Ciceronian stile of Eloquence , and always claimed the greatest attention . He had been for a considerable time Ambassador at the Court of France , ¦ where he was in the highest estimation ;
many years Secretary for the Foreign Department in this country , and a firm friend to Royalty . During the Inst four years his health began to decline , pie several times , when speakingin the House of Lords , was attacked with apoplectic fits ; and fell down apparently dead . Of latethereforehe seldom
, , attempted to debate . His ' Lordship ' s eldest son , Lord Stormont , is now at the University of Leipzic : and only left this Country a few week's since , to complete his education bv a residence on the
Continent . His Lordship was twice married : his' first wife was the daughter of Count Butian , of Saxony , by whom he had a daughter , married in 17 S 5 to George Finch Kaltcn , Esq . Her Ladyship died in March , 1767 ; and in 1776 his Lordship united himself to
the third daughter of the late Lord Cat heart , bv whom he had issue four sons , the eldest of whom , David William , born Match 7 , 1777 , succeeds to the title and estates . The remains of the venerable Earl having been brought to town on the 7 th inst . from Brighton , were 0 : 1 the Sth ,
at noon , removed from his late residence in Portland-place , in great funeral pomp , to the Abbey church , Westminster . The following was the order of the procession : Twelve Horsemen , two and two . The Plume of Black Feathers .
THE HEARSE , Richly adorned with Escutcheons , Banners , and Trophies , contahiing THE BODY . On the Plate was inscribed His Age and Honours . Three Mourning Coaches and six
, With all hi . Lordship ' s Domestics , The Family Coach , and Set of Horses , The postilion , coachman , and footmen , according to etiquette , were in their livery suits , with silk hat-bands and gloves . On the cavalcade arriving at the
church , a great number of persons collected together : the hearse door being opened , two of the bearers drew out the coffin , and had got it on their shoulders , but through the indecency of the multitude , who pressed forward to tear off the ornaments , the horses took
fright , and ran off before the other men were ready ; the corpse fell to the ground , and the coffin was so much shattered that the foot part bulged . The concussion must have broken the leaden receptacle , as a great quantity of water proceeded from it . This unpleasant accident was remedied as .= 00 . ) as
possible , and the body was interred in , the family vault of his ancestors . The former Lord and his Lady are the only two , beside his Lordship , who are bu-r ried in the tomb contiguous to the Ear ! of Chatham ' s monument , en the north west side of the Chance ! . On the 21 st of November 179 at
, ; , Bnnkpore , near Patr . a , the . Rev . Robartes Carr . Uniting the mildness of unoffending simplicity and the ardour of elevated sentiment with the noblest qualities of the mind , Mr Cnrr was snatched from a society which he had long continued to adorn , and from his friends and his 'familyto whom all his
, wishes , al ! his endeavours , and his happiness particularly tended , many years before the natural life of man attains the usual measure of its completion . The dignity of his virtue , the purity of his morals , and the fervour of his reli-
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Obituary.
Sept . i . At Brighton , the Right Hon . David Murray , Earl Mansfield . He was possessed of the following employments : Per ami . Clerk of the Court of King's Bench , - - 6000 Dord Justice General of
Scotland , - - 2000 I _ ord President of the Council , ' - - 5000 Hereditary Keeper cf Scoon Palace , - - 6000 £ i « ° oo
. His Lordship was Knight of the Thistle , Chancellor of Mareschal College , and a Cabinet Counsellor . He was a most excellent Greek and Latin scholar ; a complete historian ; had a perfect knowledge of all the Courts in Europe , which he often visited in a
public and m a private capacity ; spoke the polite languages fluently ; was considered as a complete orator , in the Ciceronian stile of Eloquence , and always claimed the greatest attention . He had been for a considerable time Ambassador at the Court of France , ¦ where he was in the highest estimation ;
many years Secretary for the Foreign Department in this country , and a firm friend to Royalty . During the Inst four years his health began to decline , pie several times , when speakingin the House of Lords , was attacked with apoplectic fits ; and fell down apparently dead . Of latethereforehe seldom
, , attempted to debate . His ' Lordship ' s eldest son , Lord Stormont , is now at the University of Leipzic : and only left this Country a few week's since , to complete his education bv a residence on the
Continent . His Lordship was twice married : his' first wife was the daughter of Count Butian , of Saxony , by whom he had a daughter , married in 17 S 5 to George Finch Kaltcn , Esq . Her Ladyship died in March , 1767 ; and in 1776 his Lordship united himself to
the third daughter of the late Lord Cat heart , bv whom he had issue four sons , the eldest of whom , David William , born Match 7 , 1777 , succeeds to the title and estates . The remains of the venerable Earl having been brought to town on the 7 th inst . from Brighton , were 0 : 1 the Sth ,
at noon , removed from his late residence in Portland-place , in great funeral pomp , to the Abbey church , Westminster . The following was the order of the procession : Twelve Horsemen , two and two . The Plume of Black Feathers .
THE HEARSE , Richly adorned with Escutcheons , Banners , and Trophies , contahiing THE BODY . On the Plate was inscribed His Age and Honours . Three Mourning Coaches and six
, With all hi . Lordship ' s Domestics , The Family Coach , and Set of Horses , The postilion , coachman , and footmen , according to etiquette , were in their livery suits , with silk hat-bands and gloves . On the cavalcade arriving at the
church , a great number of persons collected together : the hearse door being opened , two of the bearers drew out the coffin , and had got it on their shoulders , but through the indecency of the multitude , who pressed forward to tear off the ornaments , the horses took
fright , and ran off before the other men were ready ; the corpse fell to the ground , and the coffin was so much shattered that the foot part bulged . The concussion must have broken the leaden receptacle , as a great quantity of water proceeded from it . This unpleasant accident was remedied as .= 00 . ) as
possible , and the body was interred in , the family vault of his ancestors . The former Lord and his Lady are the only two , beside his Lordship , who are bu-r ried in the tomb contiguous to the Ear ! of Chatham ' s monument , en the north west side of the Chance ! . On the 21 st of November 179 at
, ; , Bnnkpore , near Patr . a , the . Rev . Robartes Carr . Uniting the mildness of unoffending simplicity and the ardour of elevated sentiment with the noblest qualities of the mind , Mr Cnrr was snatched from a society which he had long continued to adorn , and from his friends and his 'familyto whom all his
, wishes , al ! his endeavours , and his happiness particularly tended , many years before the natural life of man attains the usual measure of its completion . The dignity of his virtue , the purity of his morals , and the fervour of his reli-