Ossian Collection > Gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle > Volume 66, Part 2

1 796.] ■Oh'jtuaty ofremarkahle Per funs j with Biographical Anecdotes, yq-^
Oxney, in the fame comity, uncle to the
ipi< feiit V'ifcoimt Grlmfton, whofe fallier,
ijamo, 2il vfcount, m.irrieil Mary, da. of
if. R, B. efq and has by lier James Bufh-
jimll Giim'.ion, ^d and picfeiit vifcouiu, to
[whom Mr. }< has Isftliis foiiupc-, amount-
ing to 150,0-0!. [.lines B. efq. M-. P. for"
3c. A!b..ns, IS a diftant 'f.'atitu).
[ Aged 64, the Rev. Nich. Hacon, M. A.
jeftor of Karh.in], ami viryr of Coddenham
jA'ith Ciowfield, ill voiTolk. He was a li-
iiealdelcsndaiit finm ihe l"rd keeper Bacon.
[ In his 701I1 ye.<r, N!r. John Mxicquifton,
'if NckVMte-(ir>:et, .the oUlsil inliabitaiit of
he i>.uiai of Chrirtthmxli.
The Rev. Wiliia.Ti Peter, retSlor of He-
tmiiighrough, in the Kart Riihng rf Yoik.
I Ahcv a K lis a!:u hngeriog i'.hieff, ^jr?.
koithi.igtoii, wife of Mr. Juhn VV. cf Al-
irincham, ci-. Clieiler.
At her hou!,-, in H.'n-*^reet, Bloomf-
'miy, Mrs. Ifaiiiiah Bull, «idovv of the
Hon. WiMiain B late hcutenaat-gnvtriior
(.fS.m-hCandiim.
' 27. Oioaiie! liimfelf, Mr Parfons, late
fnaiter of tlie li 1! inn, Edmonton, and of
he Woolp ck ;a Southg.itc.
; At Thame, in his ioth year, Mr. Rich,
iimith, 2d fon of Richind S efq. a young
::Kin much rtfpec^ed for fob^-r and lleady
Snlua.
' At Edward Wells's, efq Hi!I-ftreet,
?erkeley.fqi)ari", of a linger ng diforder,
vhich he bore with gi eat hn ttnde and re-
,i7,n.itic)n, the Rev. P. Gecrgc Snow, of
iJIiplhr.m, Rutland.
At Law!yii-hall, Cliefh re, Mrs. Crewe,
liJow i{ the Re». Charles C. late rcitorof
lartlielcmy and Warrin^^ron, LancalTnir".
28. At his hoi/e at Richmond, in Sur-
,sy, aged 76, Henry Oonghty, elq.
1 At Bath, ]b,ady Sylveiter, widow and re-
ft of liie !a-e S'r Joljn S. and mother of
|1r. Common Serje.int of London.
, At Oral, Mif« 0.»kley, fecond daughter
t Thomas O. efq. bankc".
29. At his aui'.tV, in Weymouth-ftreet,
'oril.and-pLce, Matter Richard Cholmley,
^oungeft Ion of Montague C. ef<i. of Eaf-
w, Linculnilnre.
At Margate, after a painful il!nefs of 16
loiiths, occafioned by an emetx, Mafter
-nthony Harnfon.
At his houfeat Peckhatn, John Baker,efq.
AtSpon.lon, co. Derby, aged 51, Ifaac
'iborne, efq. of Lawrence-Pountney-hill,
■lerchant, and one of the directors of the
ank of England.
30. Aft.ra fhort illnefs, in his 8id year,
le Rev. T. Fothergill, D. D. provcft of
Heen's college, Oxford, and piebendary
f Durham. To the Society over which
i prefided 25 yrars, he exliibited a digni-
ed example of every ufefnl virtue, and
is memory will be there Ions cherilheJ
I'ith peculiar refpeft. His piety was mscly
and fervent ;-• his learning cxtenfive aAd
profound. He was a conttant bencfadlor ro
the jnior, the patron and the promcfter o£
every defijn th.at conduced to the jjeneral
good of mankind. In him tiis Univeif.ty |ias
loft; a dillitignilhed ornament, Chriflianity
an able advocate, and Society a valuahle
nrte.^^ber, He toolc thVUegres cf i\1. A. in
i7.p ; th:<t of B. D. 1755; .".nd D. D. in
J75i ; a'ld ftrved the ollicc of vice-chan-
cellor in 1772 and tlie 3 fucceeding year?.
He is fucceeded in his prebendary if Dur-
ham by the Rev. Mr. Proller, of B.Miolcoll.
Aged 8c, at S-oke Ne-.vington, where he
hid lived evs^r fmce 1748, pnirdfej of an
am|>le fortune, Mr. Samud Hoaie, one of
the moft refpetSlable inlmbitants of ih.it p.i-
rirti, always uir.fuun and canfi:»eiit in his
condiid ; ftricl and ftculy, but ncitlxip hi- .
goted nor tninblefome, with his llridl ad-
herence to the principles of his fed ; of the
moft irreproachMe int^giity ; always rea-
dy to aliift and ferve the jioor, without rc-
g:!rding their religious fentiments ; plain,
nnnffuming, and uiioftentatious, always
moie inclined to withdraw from, than to
pnrti iiimf'jf into, public notice. A man
whom nobody had any thing to fay a-
gainft. His family originated from Cork,
and he carried on a large trade with Ire-
l.md. Hem:iiried, May 17.^4, one of the.
daughters of Mr. Jonathan Curnell*, an
eminent, well-known, and refpedlahle,
merchant, with whom he was partner, .and.
whom he fucceeded. By her he had three
fons : Samuel, a partner in the banking-
iioufe of BToct, Hill, and Barnet, Lom-
bard-flreet, twice married, a^id father of
feveral children by his firft wife ; jiong-,
tlian, partner with Mr. John Haiman,
grandfon of Mr.Gurncll by another daugh-
ter, fucceflor to his father';, bufinefs ; [ofcpli
died young; a daughter married Mr. Jofeph
Wool?, wo.illep-draper, in Whitc-liurl-
coort, Gractchur«.h-ltree: J another, m;.i-
ried to Mr. Thomaf Bradfhaw, Pnen-ms-
nnfadturer in the North of ircbuid ; and
two other danshters enmarrisd ; .r!r. H.
W..S buried in the Qu.-.kers burying-grou4i4
at Winchmore-hill, Sept. 6.
At her houfc in .St. Sidwell's, Mrs.Vidal,
relid of the Lie Kobei t Studley V. <ift^. of
Uy.fier.
At Thorvcrton, co. Devon, after a fs-
vere illnels, aged 73, Mr.William Piillen.
The general lejret for the lofs of thi< iiuly
deferrin; man, fo univerfally lamentW by
al! with wh.un he had conny^ions, is a fuf-
ficient pri'of of the amiablenefs of his cha- .
radter. The law of Cod v;'a3 ever th.e rule
* Mr. G's only fon, Thomas, who died
pofftfTed cf Pi:::.h;nger, in Ealing (Ly-
fons, If. 2:7), leaving a fon, Jonath..!!. wlio
is alfo dead, and a daughter, wife of JVIr.
Dance, ar';hi'ei>.