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I fg(y.] Olttuayyo/rematkQblt ^irfons \ utiti Biii^raphkai Jnecdotei. 8-83
Aged 72, on lier birth-day, Mrf. Bronkes,
a very old inliabiiAnt ot Dowiiing-ltieet,
\yeftmit)lter.
Mr. North, one of his Majefly's niefien-
gars, who had for feme years retired on a
penfion.
5. At Bromptoii-ro\\\ Knighifbridsje,
Mifs Hc"ri«tra Floycr, one of (Tie daughters
of the late Pstcr i. efq. of 9iiinficld, ne:ir
Reading. t.
AdvT.nced in years, Mr- Edward Hay-
lock, a BentW-Tiau of Lrg* property, at
Weftwratting, co. C^fn'^ridge.
6. In Albeaiai )e-ftreet, after a long and
fevers iUnefs, L^'dy Daftiwood, thcldy of
Sir Her.ry D. ban. of Kirtlin^iton par^co,
Oxford, lady of the hed-chatnbcr to ilie
piiiiceffes. and governtisof ilie royal nur-
fery, C.irlton-houfe. Sli^ was the eldeft
tUughter of the late Mr. Graham, f.-rmerly
a member of the coiwcil in Bengal, aiul
niece to the late Lord Newhaven; and
married at Gatton-purk, July 17, 1780,
Sir Henry D.flhvvood, by whom ibe had
feveial childr'en, of whom the eldeft was
appointed a page at Court. Thofe v/ho re-
colledl ihe domeftic misfartnnes of this
amiable aa<l plcafiiig woman, and the cruel
treatment (he txiierienced within the walls
of a royal palace from the hands of one
mnft uufceliug creditor of her own fx,
Vd'iW drop the tear of fynipnthy on her me-
morvj and agree that the lofs her rehttives
and, the publick luftain by her d,:cea''e,, in
flie prime of life, muft be feverely felt.
The wife of Joiin Groves, efq. of the
Board of Works.
At Aberdeen, Duncan- Forbes Mitchell,
efq. of Thainfton, third iop. of tbs late
Sir Arthur F. qf Craijjieval^ ^art,
7. At CaiU^ Donujogton, afi«r a long
illnefs, M,r. Towle.
At Spalding, co. I^iojcoln, Mr, Tiiomas
Tilley, ma:(tcr of the blijQ-coat charity-
fchooi of that town.
Aged iQ^, a; Little Be;-kh3rtipftea'-!,
Heels, Jane Collins, a poor iiidufiri,i)us wi-
dow, who, a very few days bcj[«i;e her
d«ath, walkftd more than four milts, car-
rying a bafket of vegetables under her arm.
At Glafgovv, in his 87th year, Thgmat
Reid, D.D. profctfor of moral philofopliy
in this univerfity of Gla.'jow. He atfurJicd
8 u-pnderfiil, example of early pioftciency
in mxiiheraatickjs, frncc he was mafltrof
: Sir Jfaac Newton's Principia at the age of
Jo. He wrQte, fQm« papt^s in the Philofo-
' plicl Tranf:i6lions ofi, matbe.m^icaJ C^ib-
. jerts, wtuch i!o hiiTj much honour. But
h's ftrae chiefly reils Qo his nB«ta^h>ii,«;aI
writings, in whidi lie maintains tii* doc-
Vwe* of eommoa (wfe agaiwfl fcepttcks ;
.•*id fe««j-6ly anaigns tlie phil.ofophy of
i'^Ufi, wham he QoiJidprs. as the great
firomoier, tjumsu qnintfiuionally, of mo-
iltrn tiaptieifno. His, firtt w^rk on com -
n;<M fetjif WM »i»fwe(«l by Of. trieftjty,
wJio told hinti, with his ufu;il polirenefs,
tliiit " Ins ignorance was a difgrace to any
univerfuy."
At Caroline Park, Scotl.ind, in his 8id
year, Sir John Stuart, of All.inbankj bait.
8. At his houfe in Bath, in his 76U»
year, the Rev. James Fordyce, D. D m.Hyj
years paflor of a numerous and rcfiienahlii
congregition in Monkwcll-ftreet. [A more
partic.glar acc^>unt of ihis juftly-celsbraied
Divine Ih.ill b« given in our uexi].
Suddenly, at Uppingliam, aged 63, Mr£.
MiJ'riott.
At BaMi, afer a fh"rt illnefs, in her 91^
year, the Hon Frances-Mary Egertu*,
yonngert daughter of Lord Grey dt Wilton.
At his houfe at Upper Clapton, Mr. Jolm
Leat-iil^y.
William Withycombe, efq. of Bxkhana,
CO. Sona^rfct.
9. Near the AfTembly-roofn, Leiceftc*",
Mr. RevnoUis-.
Mr. Simuel Allen, one of the aldermen
of Stamford.
Afrer a feiv hours illuefi, Mr. Peter
Smith, attorney at law, late oae of Use co-
roners for the Ifltiof Ely, and for many
years deputy-fteward to the biftiop aruilke
dean and chapter,
Mr. Richard Bicknell, fon of Mr. \},
brewer. Mile-end.
Mr. Joliii Rogers, of Sun-court, Cornhill.
At Dover, Richard Phillips, of \\;po,!-
lanjs, near Swanfea, efq- one of iXvt pev
pie called Quakers.
After a lingeri«g illnefs, Mifs Ana? I^i-
chard£(»n, da. of Mr. R, of Chancery luje.
Mrs. Mary LudbrooJt, of Great Mili^n,
CO. Oxfijrd.
10. Mrs. H^ighes, relift of John Hughes,
efq. of Oi:gar, Elfcx.
At Fligligate^ in lu6 70th year, H. Peter
Knhff, efq. an eminent tviejcUanr, aj^d
many years.a diieftor of thp Royal Affu^
rauce Company.
In her 77th yea^-, at Wymoadiliam, co,
Leicefter, Mrs. Bullivant.
11. At Send-he.uh, Sarr?y, aged ^7,
Mr. Ge«rge Bixley, jun.
Mrs. Blake, of Gloucefter- place, Nevv-
road, forrrwdy Mrs. Mills, of HatnpHeaJ.
Aged 81, at Bortoii, co. Liiituln, Mr.
Jc^in Bradiiir^.!.
12 At his hoi/e in Carnomile-Paeet,
M«-. George Maxwell, mercJ,iant.
Mrs. Barbara Ba'm.iin, w-ife of Ad^m
Pe«i fon, ei'q fecreiarj; of £xcife iiiScptlAjnd.
13. At H.alherftone, ru. VV.trwicii, ill
bis 41ft yea-, Mr. Coriselius Grove Ha-
rold, a furgeon and aiji.ithecary of c<ujfiv!era-
ble eminence, and fow of t'>c late Ruv. Mr.
Slierman Harold, rcclor of Tetfipk Pair c,
and vicar of AntriR\, in die coyjaiy of in»
trim, IreL-vad. Hi' d^ath was [lieoiM)(eq-i,nge
of a violent f-ver, wliicb ihe nreli^; • of Uio
much Inifuitfiat a fick-ly J*sfai bfui^p 'ftJ
to l]«ve «t<:;:i;&<4wed.
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