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coiiragement he afforded to the numerous objects of his solicitude
and regard will long be remembered as striking proofs of his active
benevolence and the kindness of his heart. He died in Edinburgh
on the 17th February, 1839, in the enjoyment of the profound
respect of the public, the admiration of his friends, and the alfec-
tionate love of his family.
"William George Adam, third son of the Lord Chief Commissioner,
born in Loudon, 6th December, 1781. He was entered at Lincoln's
Inn in 1799, called to the Bar in 1806, and appointed King's Counsel
in 1824. The accuracy of his knowledge and talents for business
established him at an early period in full employment at the Bar ;
but his declining health obliged him ultimately to confine himself
to the practice of Parliament. His career and success were pre-
eminent, for to his professional acquirements he added independence
of conduct and a high and honourable bearing which commanded
the respect and confidence of those tribunals before which he
practised. His strength, however, was unequal to the incessant
labour, and his health was rapidly giving way, when by the friend-
ship and spontaneous kindness of Lord Chancellor Brougham he
was appointed, in 1831, Accountant-General of the Court of Chan-
cery. But this comparative ease came too late ; the seeds of
disease had sunk too deep to be removed, and overpowered by a
complication of maladies, he died at his cottage in Eichmond Park,
on 16th May, 1839, and was interred in the churchyard of Mort-
lake. His unbending integrity, his high sense of honour, his
boundless generosity of spirit, had secured to him alike the regard
and attachment of public and private friends, whilst the mildness
of his disposition and his other endearing qualities rendered him
the delight of those who witnessed the progress of his blameless
course in the privacy of domestic life.
"John Adam, of Blair- Adam, in Kinross-shire, eldest son of William
and Mary Adam. Firm in adversity, non-elated by prosperity,
the serenity of his temper and the kindness of his nature were
the source of happiness to his family, and a blessing to all within
his influence. His taste and spirit of improvement were most
distinguislied. He died in June, 1792, aged 71. His remains are
interred here.
"John, the second son of John Adam, of Blair- Adam, was educated
at Eton School, where his amiable qualities and his distinction as
a scholar gave great hope of future eminence. He died in London
in 1769, aged 16. His remains are deposited in Grosvenor Chapel.
" Mary, the wife of William Adam, architect, a daughter of
Eobertson, of Gladney, in Pife, a woman of exemplary virtue and
good sense. She died in 1761, aged 62. Her remains are interred
here.