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Sketch Of The Life Of Thomas Dunckerley, Esq. P.G.M.
by winch it appeared that Mr . Dunckerley owed his bir'h to the mst r - ersonage m the kingdom , and Nature was determined limit never should be questioned , for those who recoUect-the In ' o-h Personage aUuded to , will require no further proof when they s-e tiie subject of these Memoirs ; but as this is a matt er of much delicacy , our readers must excuse us from entering into fu ^ ber p-rticmars and permit to draw veil
us a over this part of the life we propose to record , which were we at liberty to illustrate would prove a most interesting part cf the historv . Notwithstanding this discovery of Mr . Dunckeriev ' s descent lie ceternuned nut to quit the service of his country until the end of Us war , but ^ unfortunately fbr him , in the mean time the sadden dissolution oi the great Personage we have alluded to , depri ved linn or a mend , who died without knowing that such a oV- ^ m
existed . * In r 7 6 4 he applied for and obtained superannuation ; but it was not until 176 7 that his case was laid before a Great Personao-e / who was graciously pleased to make a provision for him . Possessing a strong active mind , with an easy fluent delivery he was adviseu in the year 1770 , to become a student in the law , and during hve close lication
years app , acquired such a fund of Jeeal knowtecge tuat , in Michaelmas term 1774 , he was called to the bar by u-e honourable Society of the Inner Temple ; but beir ^ fond of an active life , and still animated by a thirst for dory , when'he court of France-became hostile to this country in " supoortinP-^ mencan independenceand an invasion threatened h
, was - accepted a commission in the South Hampshire regiment ofmiiiria where he greatly distinguished himself during three years service ' It has ueen the particular good fortune of Mr . Dunckerley to be honoured with the friendshi p of the first and be « t chai-cteis of ths age , from whom he has letters that would fill an octavo volume , and which reflect the highest honour ,, m , h ; m ... J
tuem . V , e were anxious to obtain many of these to enri-h our present Work , but such is his extreme delicacy , and fea > - of giving olience , that we could only obtain the two here subioined one is from a noble Viscount ( now a Marquis ) , and the other from ' the late General Sir Adolphus Oughton , K . B . which we are happy m being permitted to publish they offer tribute
, as a just of piaise to the benevolence of cur gracious and beloved Sovereign T^ StS ™ ™ 'Md regUrd for Mr - DUUCkeri ^ W0 rt VGratitude is a prominent feature in this gentleman ' s character — sne-. fr " -f elt the ] u ^ ryoF d 0 i ! 'S S ° when we have heard him speak ot the many obligations he is under to the followino-n bi
enieu and gentlemen which be relates with a heart over ^ owiiiovith a just sense of their kindness and favours . In 1 766 he wa ° s ino ? v ^ ° ^ iiiiam Gordon , Captain Charles ' Meadows tno \ v . Mr . t - ierpomt ) , and Captain Edward Meadows , of the Royal Advy , in i 7 o 7 by the Dukes of Beaufort and Buccleugh , Lord
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketch Of The Life Of Thomas Dunckerley, Esq. P.G.M.
by winch it appeared that Mr . Dunckerley owed his bir'h to the mst r - ersonage m the kingdom , and Nature was determined limit never should be questioned , for those who recoUect-the In ' o-h Personage aUuded to , will require no further proof when they s-e tiie subject of these Memoirs ; but as this is a matt er of much delicacy , our readers must excuse us from entering into fu ^ ber p-rticmars and permit to draw veil
us a over this part of the life we propose to record , which were we at liberty to illustrate would prove a most interesting part cf the historv . Notwithstanding this discovery of Mr . Dunckeriev ' s descent lie ceternuned nut to quit the service of his country until the end of Us war , but ^ unfortunately fbr him , in the mean time the sadden dissolution oi the great Personage we have alluded to , depri ved linn or a mend , who died without knowing that such a oV- ^ m
existed . * In r 7 6 4 he applied for and obtained superannuation ; but it was not until 176 7 that his case was laid before a Great Personao-e / who was graciously pleased to make a provision for him . Possessing a strong active mind , with an easy fluent delivery he was adviseu in the year 1770 , to become a student in the law , and during hve close lication
years app , acquired such a fund of Jeeal knowtecge tuat , in Michaelmas term 1774 , he was called to the bar by u-e honourable Society of the Inner Temple ; but beir ^ fond of an active life , and still animated by a thirst for dory , when'he court of France-became hostile to this country in " supoortinP-^ mencan independenceand an invasion threatened h
, was - accepted a commission in the South Hampshire regiment ofmiiiria where he greatly distinguished himself during three years service ' It has ueen the particular good fortune of Mr . Dunckerley to be honoured with the friendshi p of the first and be « t chai-cteis of ths age , from whom he has letters that would fill an octavo volume , and which reflect the highest honour ,, m , h ; m ... J
tuem . V , e were anxious to obtain many of these to enri-h our present Work , but such is his extreme delicacy , and fea > - of giving olience , that we could only obtain the two here subioined one is from a noble Viscount ( now a Marquis ) , and the other from ' the late General Sir Adolphus Oughton , K . B . which we are happy m being permitted to publish they offer tribute
, as a just of piaise to the benevolence of cur gracious and beloved Sovereign T^ StS ™ ™ 'Md regUrd for Mr - DUUCkeri ^ W0 rt VGratitude is a prominent feature in this gentleman ' s character — sne-. fr " -f elt the ] u ^ ryoF d 0 i ! 'S S ° when we have heard him speak ot the many obligations he is under to the followino-n bi
enieu and gentlemen which be relates with a heart over ^ owiiiovith a just sense of their kindness and favours . In 1 766 he wa ° s ino ? v ^ ° ^ iiiiam Gordon , Captain Charles ' Meadows tno \ v . Mr . t - ierpomt ) , and Captain Edward Meadows , of the Royal Advy , in i 7 o 7 by the Dukes of Beaufort and Buccleugh , Lord