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Article BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF MR. WILLIAM WHITE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR OF MR. THOMAS HULL, Page 1 of 2 →
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Biographical Notice Of Mr. William White.
cretary ; and from the attention shewn by Mr . White as a member of the Hal ! Committee to the concerns of the Society , he was , in 1780 , by the Grand Master , on the recommendation of Mr . Heseltine , appointed joint Grand Secretary . He continued to act with Mr . Heseltine until the year 1784 , when , from , the multiplicity of business in which that gentleman was engaged ,
he was under the necessity of redgningthe office of Grand Secretary ; and his long and meritorious services entitling him to hi gher honours in the Society , he was soon after appointed Senior Grand Warden , and afterwards Grand Treasurer ; since which Mr . White has continued to discharge the duties of Grand Secretary . He also holds the situation ot Secretary to the Honourable
Artillery Company of London , a military institution of great antiquity and respectability , being composed of gentlemen of the . metropolis , who voluntarily associate for the purpose of perfecting themselves in the use of arms , to be of service to their country when requisite . Mr . White is universally esteemed by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance ; and he is peculiarly respected by the society of which lie is a distingushed member , and an indefatigable officer .
Addenda To The Memoir Of Mr. Thomas Hull,
ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR OF MR . THOMAS HULL ,
GIVEN IN OUR . LAST NUMBER .
[ FROM A CORRESPONDENT /]
X } OR TUNE seems to have acted very capriciously by this gentle-A man . Although it is well known that he was bred to physic under his father , who was an eminent Apothecary in the Strand , yet his ori ginal destination was for the Church ; with which- intent he was placed , at ten years of age , on the foundation of the Charterhouse , by the Rev . Dr . King , then master of that establishment , and who '
was one of Mr . Hulls god-fathers . The late Thomas Corbett , Esq . Secretary to the Admiralty Office ( who was likewise his uncle in law ) was his other sponsor , after whom Mr . Hull was named . . Attfieclose of his studies at that seminary , and in the hope of being speedily removed to Oxford , to compleat his education , his prospect in life was whollchanged . He wasin a mannercompelled
y , , , through the influence , of some particular relations , to enter into his father ' s profession : and in the course of several years fruitless endeavours , domesric roisiomi / ies robbed him of that worthy parent , and left him without the . smallest hope of success in the physical line . Thus disappointed iti his first views in life , he applied himself to the stage . His earliest attempts , in this new undertaking , were at
the Theatre in Smock Alle }' , Dublin , which was then under the regulation of the late Thomas Sheridan , Esq . His residence there , however , was but of three years continuance , The well known re-
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Biographical Notice Of Mr. William White.
cretary ; and from the attention shewn by Mr . White as a member of the Hal ! Committee to the concerns of the Society , he was , in 1780 , by the Grand Master , on the recommendation of Mr . Heseltine , appointed joint Grand Secretary . He continued to act with Mr . Heseltine until the year 1784 , when , from , the multiplicity of business in which that gentleman was engaged ,
he was under the necessity of redgningthe office of Grand Secretary ; and his long and meritorious services entitling him to hi gher honours in the Society , he was soon after appointed Senior Grand Warden , and afterwards Grand Treasurer ; since which Mr . White has continued to discharge the duties of Grand Secretary . He also holds the situation ot Secretary to the Honourable
Artillery Company of London , a military institution of great antiquity and respectability , being composed of gentlemen of the . metropolis , who voluntarily associate for the purpose of perfecting themselves in the use of arms , to be of service to their country when requisite . Mr . White is universally esteemed by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance ; and he is peculiarly respected by the society of which lie is a distingushed member , and an indefatigable officer .
Addenda To The Memoir Of Mr. Thomas Hull,
ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR OF MR . THOMAS HULL ,
GIVEN IN OUR . LAST NUMBER .
[ FROM A CORRESPONDENT /]
X } OR TUNE seems to have acted very capriciously by this gentle-A man . Although it is well known that he was bred to physic under his father , who was an eminent Apothecary in the Strand , yet his ori ginal destination was for the Church ; with which- intent he was placed , at ten years of age , on the foundation of the Charterhouse , by the Rev . Dr . King , then master of that establishment , and who '
was one of Mr . Hulls god-fathers . The late Thomas Corbett , Esq . Secretary to the Admiralty Office ( who was likewise his uncle in law ) was his other sponsor , after whom Mr . Hull was named . . Attfieclose of his studies at that seminary , and in the hope of being speedily removed to Oxford , to compleat his education , his prospect in life was whollchanged . He wasin a mannercompelled
y , , , through the influence , of some particular relations , to enter into his father ' s profession : and in the course of several years fruitless endeavours , domesric roisiomi / ies robbed him of that worthy parent , and left him without the . smallest hope of success in the physical line . Thus disappointed iti his first views in life , he applied himself to the stage . His earliest attempts , in this new undertaking , were at
the Theatre in Smock Alle }' , Dublin , which was then under the regulation of the late Thomas Sheridan , Esq . His residence there , however , was but of three years continuance , The well known re-