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the Restoration, where he chiefly devoted his time to agricultural pursuits.

His Lordship was twice married; firstly, Nov. 6, 1781, to Jane, daughter of Richard Chapman, of London, Esq. by whom he had four sons and three daughters: 1. Lady Jane; 2. the Right Hon. Edward now Earl of Winterton, born in 1784; he married in 1809 LucyLouisa, daughter of John Heys, esq. and has issue; 3. Lady Anne, married in 1810 to Sir Charles Chad, Bart.; 4. the Hon. Arthur Richard Turnour, a Com. mander R.N.; he married Sept. 1, 1829, Charlotte-Fitzherbert, eldest daughter of the late George Daysb, esq.; 5. Lady Isabella-Elizabeth; 6. the Hon. and Rev. Adolphus-Augustus Turnour, Vicar of Besthorpe, Norfolk, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich; he married in 1812 Jessie, second daughter of John Dewar, esq. and has several children; and 7. the Hon. John-Josiah, who died in 1728, aged ten.

The Earl, having lost his first Countess June 18, 1792, married secondly, May 30, 1795, Harriet, eldest daughter of William Board of Paxhill Park in Sussex, esq. and widow of the Rev. John Bodicote. Her Ladyship survived her second widowhood only two days, dying at Shillinglee Park on the 25th April, aged 77.

THE EARL Of Lisburne.

May 18. Aged 62, the Right Hon. John Vaughan, third Earl of Lisburne (1776), sixth Viscount Lisburne and Baron Vaughan of Fethers (1695); a Colonel in the army.

His Lordship was born March 3, 1769, the only son of Wilmot the first Earl by his second marriage with Dorothy eldest daughter of John Shafto of Whitworth, co. Durham, esq. He was appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Loyal Sheffield regiment 27 Aug. 1794; and obtained the rank of Colonel in the army, Jan. 1, 1800. He succeeded his half-brother Wilmot in the family honours, May 6, 1820.

His Lordship married Aug. 2, 1798, the Hon. Lucy Courtenay, fifth daughter of William second Viscount Courtenay, and sister to the present Earl of Devon; and by her Ladyship, who died Dec. 17, 1821, had a family of five sons and one daughter: 1. John-WilmotCourtenay, who died in 1818, in his nineteenth year; 2. the Right Hon. Ernest now Earl of Lisburne, born in 1800; 3. the Hon. George Vaughan, a Captain in the Rifle brigade; 4. the Hon. John Shafto Vaughan; 5. the Hon. William - Malet Vaughan, Lieut. 4th drag. guards; and 6. Lady Lucy-Harriet.

LORD CLIFFord.

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April 29. At his seat, Ugbrooke Park, Devonshire, aged 71, the Right Hon. Charles Clifford, sixth Lord Clifford of Chudleigh in Devonshire (1672), F.S.A.

His Lordship was born Nov. 28, 1759, the second son of Hugh fourth Lord Clifford, by Lady Anne Lee, daughter and coheir of George-Henry second and last Earl of Lichfield. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his brother Hugh-Edward-Henry, Jan. 15, 1793.

Lord Clifford married Nov. 29, 1786, the Hon. Eleanor-Mary Arundell, second daughter and coheiress of Henry eighth Lord Arundell of Wardour, second cousin and maternal aunt to the present Lord Arundell; by whom he had seven sons and eight daughters: 1. the Hon. Anna-Maria, who died in 1805, aged 16; 2. the Hon. Christiana-Maria, married in 1811 to Humphrey Weld, esq. of Chidiock in Dorsetshire, esq.; 3. the Right Hon. Hugh-Charles now Lord Clifford ; he was born in 1790, and married in 1818 his second cousin MaryLucy, only daughter of Thomas Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshire (now a Cardinal of the Church of Rome), by Lucy-Bridget, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Clifford; his Lordship has a son and heir, born in 1819, and several other children; 4. Mary-Louisa, who died an infant; 5. Charles-Everard, who also died in infancy; 6. the Hon. Elizabeth-Mary; 7. the Hon. Charlotte-Mary, who was married in 1817 to the Hon. Charles Langdale, brother to Lord Stourton, and died in 1819, leaving two daughters; 8. the Hon. Charles-Thomas Clifford, who married in 1822 Theresa, the youngest daughter of Marmaduke-Constable Maxwell, of Everingham Park, Yorkshire, esq. and has several children; 9. the Hon. Edward-Charles, who died in 1798, three days after his birth; 10. the Hon. Apollonia, his twin sister; 11. the Hon. Mary-Lucy, married in 1825 to the Hon. Charles Stourton, eldest son of Lord Stourton, and has three sons; 12. the Hon. Louisa-Mary; 13. the Hon. Edward-Charles; 14. the Hon. WalterCharles; and 15. the Hon. RobertHenry, born in 1806.

LORD WALSINGHAM.

April 26. In Harley-street, aged 54, the Right Hon. George de Grey, third Lord Walsingham, Baron of Walsingham in the county of Norfolk (1780), a Lieut.-General in the army, Lieut.-Col. of the first dragoons, and Comptroller of the First-Fruits Office.

He was born June 11, 1776, the elder son of Thomas the second Lord Walsingham, by the Hon. Augusta-Georgina

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Elizabeth Irby, only daughter of Elizabeth first Lord Boston. He entered the army in 1794 as Cornet in the first dragoons, and obtained a Lieutenancy in the same regiment. He received a troop in the 25th light dragoons on that corps being raised, and succeeded to a Majority. In 1796 he embarked with the regiment for India; it was landed on its passage at the Cape of Good Hope, and did duty there during the arrival and capture of the Dutch fleet in Saldana Bay. He afterwards proceeded to Madras, and served with the cavalry of Gen. (afterwards Lord) Harris's army during the campaign of 1799, which ended in the capture of Seringapatam, He was present with his regiment at the battle of Mullavelly. In 1799 he was appointed to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the first dragoons, which he retained to his death, and in 1800 he returned to England.

On the breaking out of the war in 1803, Lieut. Col. de Grey was appointed to the staff of the Home District, as Assistant Adjutant-general, and was employed in that situation until the beginning of 1805, when he returned to the command of the 1st dragoons, and did duty with his regiment from 1806 to 1808 in Scotland and Ireland. In 1808 he was appointed one of the King's Aidede-camps, with the rank of Colonel. He accompanied his corps to Lisbon in August 1809, and served with the cavalry in the Peninsula until the beginning of 1812, when he was compelled by illhealth to return to England. He had been appointed in the beginning of 1810 to the command of the brigade consisting of the 3d dragoon guards and 4th dragoons; with which he was present at the battle of Busaco, the battle of Albuera, and the battle of Usagre. On his return home he was placed on the staff at Canterbury, where he continued till the peace in 1814. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1811, and Lieut.-General in 1821.

Lord Walsingham succeeded his father in the peerage Jan. 16, 1818, and also in the sinecure office of Comptroller of the First Fruits. He married May 10, 1804, Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Paul Cobb Methuen, of Corsham House in Wiltshire, esq. and sister to the present Mr. Methuen, now High Sheriff of that county.

The lives of both Lord and Lady Walsingham were terminated at the same time, in their house in Harley-street. His Lordship appears to have accidentally set his bed on fire, and, either from the weakness consequent on previous indisposition, or from drowsiness, was unable to make his escape. His re

mains were found in the drawing-room below (having fallen through the floor), so dreadfully burnt that the head and part of the body alone remained. Her Ladyship, who was in the back room, when suddenly awakened, so entirely lost her presence of mind, that she immediately followed her first impulse to throw herself out of window, although the passage by the staircase was uninterrupted. She fell on the roof of an outhouse, broke both her thigh bones, and her right arm, and dreadfully mutilated her face. She survived only four hours. The remains of the unfortunate couple were conveyed for interment to Merton in Norfolk.-Views of Merton Hall and Church, with memoirs of the family of de Grey, were published in our vol. xcv. pt. ii. p. 11.

Lord Walsingham having had no family, he is succeeded in the title by his brother the Rev. Thomas de Grey, Archdeacon of Surrey.

SIR HENRY WAKEMAN, BART. April 23. At Perdiswell, Worcestershire, aged 78, Sir Henry Wakeman, Bart.

Sir Henry was born Feb. 27, 1753, the second son of Thomas Wakeman, of Worcester, esq. by Mary, daughter of Henry Parry of Welchpool, esq. and was created a Baronet by patent dated Feb. 20, 1828. He was twice married: firstly, Aug. 25, 1787, to Theodosia, daughter of John Freeman, of Gaines in Herefordshire, esq., and by her had issue, two sons and one daughter: 1. Henry, and 2. Charles, who both died unmarried; 3. Anne, married to Thomas Snepp, esq. His first marriage having been dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1796, he married secondly, June 29, 1797, Sarah, only daughter and heiress of Richard Ward Offley, of Hinton in Shropshire, esq. and had two other sons and one daughter: 4. Sir Offley Parbury Wakeman, born in 1799, who has succeeded to the title; 5. the Rev. Edward Ward Wakeman, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Claines in Worcestershire; and 6. Emily-Offley.

ADMIRAL SIR J. S. YORKe.

May 5. Drowned in the Southampton Water (from the accident noticed in p. 476), aged 62, Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, K.C.B. Admiral of the Blue, and M.P. for Reigate; half-brother to the Earl of Hardwicke.

He was born in London, June 6, 1768, the third and youngest son of the Right Hon. Charles Yorke, Lord High Chancellor, by his second wife Agneta, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Henry

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Johnson, esq. of Great Berkhampstead in Hertfordshire. He entered the naval service Feb. 15, 1780; and, after serving some time as Midshipman in the Duke of 98 guns, commanded by Sir Charles Douglas, Bart. removed with that distinguished officer into the Formidable, another second rate, bearing the flag of Lord Rodney, to whom he acted as Aidde-camp, at the great battles fought off Guadaloupe, April 9th and 12th, 1782, in which the French fleet was totally defeated, and Adm. the Count de Grasse taken prisoner. The Formidable having returned to England, Mr. Yorke, after a short interval, joined the Assistance of 50 guns, Commodore Sir Charles Douglas, stationed on the coast of America; and subsequently the Salisbury 50 guns, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, bearing the broad pendant of Adm. J. Elliot, in which ship he continued on the Newfoundland station nearly three years, in the capacity of master's mate. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, June 16, 1789, and served as such on board the Adamant of 50 guns, Rear-Adm. Sir R. Hughes, Bart., Thisbe frigate, and Victory of 100 guns, in the last of which he continued during the Spanish and Russian armaments. In February 1791, he was promoted to the command of the Rattlesnake sloop of war, in which vessel he cruised in the Channel, until the commencement of the war with the French Republic, when he was made Post into the Circe of 28 guns, by commission dated Feb. 4, 1793. The Circe was actively employed in the Channel Soundings, Bay of Biscay, &c.; and Capt. Yorke had the good fortune to capture several of the enemy's large privateers, and a number of merchant vessels. He also took the Espeigle French corvette close to Brest harbour, and in sight of a very superior French squadron.

In August 1794, Capt. Yorke removed into the Stag of 32 guns; and after serving some time on the same station as before, and the coast of Ireland, he was ordered to join the North Sea Fleet, at that period commanded by Lord Duncan.

On the 22d of August, 1795, Captain Yorke being in company with a light squadron, under the orders of Capt. James Alms, gave chase to two large ships and a cutter, and brought the sternmost to action. After a conflict for about an hour, the enemy struck, and proved to be the Alliance Batavian frigate, of 36 guns and 240 men; her consorts, the Argo, of the same force, and Veigheld cutter of 16 guns, effected their escape, after sustaining a running fight with the other ships of the British

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squadron. In this spirited action, the Stag had 4 men slain and 13 wounded, and the enemy between 40 and 50 killed and wounded.

Capt. Yorke continued to command the Stag, and cruized with considerable success against the armed and trading vessels of the enemy, until March 1800, when he was appointed to the Jason of 36 guns; and in the following year removed to the Canada, 74, which formed part of the western squadron during the continuance of the war.

After the renewal of hostilities in 1803, Captain Yorke commanded successively the Prince George 98, Barfleur 98, and Christian VII. of 80 guns, until called to the Admiralty Board in 1810. He was knighted April 21, 1805, when he acted as proxy for his brother the Earl of Hardwicke, at the installation of the Order of the Garter then celebrated.

When his brother the Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in June 1810, Sir Joseph was nominated one of the junior Commissioners, and he retained his seat until 1818. On the 31st July, 1810, he was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue; and in January following, hoisted his flag on board the Vengeur of 74 guns, and assumed the command of a strong squadron, with which, and a large body of troops intended to reinforce Lord Wellington's army in Portugal, he arrived in the Tagus March 4. It was in consequence of this reinforcement that the French army, under Marshal Massena, broke up from Santarem, and began its retreat into Spain. He afterwards sailed to the Western Isles with a squadron consisting of three sail of the line and two frigates, for the protection of the homeward bound East India fleet, the whole of which reached England in safety. Sir Joseph attained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1814; and of Admiral in 1830. On the enlargement of the Order of the Bath, he was nominated a Knight Commander, Jan. 1, 1815; and in the course of the same year, he was presented with the freedom of the borough of Plymouth.

Sir Joseph Yorke was for the greater part of his life a member of the House of Commons. He was first returned to Parliament for the borough of Reigate (in which his family has long had considerable interest) at the general election of 1790. He was re-chosen at those in 1796 and 1802; but in 1806 retired in favour of his nephew Lord Royston, and was elected for St. Germans, which he vacated in 1810 in favour of his brother. In 1812 he was elected for Sandwich; in 1818 again for Reigate, and also at the

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subsequent elections of 1820, 1826, 1830, and 1831. His lengthened Parliamentary career was distinguished by sound and constitutional views, unflinching zeal for the interests of his profession, and invincible and irresistible good humour. In the tumult of the most stormy debates, his voice was wont to appease the conflicting senate, and restore at least a momentary harmony by the quaint phraseology and shrewd observations he brought to bear upon the discussion. It has been truly added, that "his loss is doubly to be deplored at the present crisis, when his attachment to the Constitution, and unswerving honesty, would have rendered him a valuable ally to the cause of rational freedom, and the menaced institutions of his native land."

Sir Joseph was Chairman of the Waterloo Bridge Company, in the management of whose concerns he took a very active part. His last appearance in public was on the 29th of April, when he presided at a meeting at the Thatched house Tavern, for the consideration of a plan suggested by Commander Dickson, R.N. for "A School for the Education of the sons of Naval and Marine Officers, together with an Orphan Foundation, under the sanction of the King's most excellent Majesty."

Sir Joseph Yorke was twice married; firstly, March 29, 1798, to ElizabethWeake, daughter of James Rattray, esq. by whom he had six sons and one daughter; 1. Charles Philip Yorke, a Captain R. N. who, in the event of his surviving his uncle, will succeed to the Earldom and other family titles; 2. Sydney-John, who died in infancy; 3. Henry-Reginald; 4. Eliot-Thomas; 5. Horatio-Nelson, who died in 1814, in his twelfth year; 6. Grantham Munter Yorke, esq. who married in 1830 Marian-Emily, sister to Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart.; and 7. Agneta-Elizabeth.

Lady Yorke having deceased Jan. 29, 1812, Sir Joseph married secondly, May 22, 1813, the Most Hon. Urania-Anne Marchioness dowager of Clanricarde, widow of Henry Marquis of Clanricarde; and secondly of Colonel Peter Kington; and sister to the present Marquis of Winchester, and to Vice-Adm. Lord Henry Paulet, K.C.B. Her Ladyship is now for the third time a widow.

Sir Joseph Yorke's will has been proved at Doctors' Commons. He gives a legacy of 500l. to his wife the Marchioness, and his house and furniture at Hamblerice for life, after which they are to devolve to his eldest son. He declares that he does not bequeath her Ladyship any larger sum, in consequence GENT. MAG. June, 1831.

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of her being amply provided for by marriage settlement. After a few legacies to servants, he bequeaths the residue of his property amongst his five children, and appoints three of his sons executors. The personal effects were sworn under 40,000l.

The remains of Sir Joseph Yorke were interred in the family vault at Wimple in Cambridgeshire. One half of the yacht to which the fatal accident occurred, has been thrown on shore, and there is now little doubt that it was struck with lightning: we subjoin some brief notices of Sir Joseph's fellow sufferers.

Captain MATTHEW BARTON BRADBY was the youngest son of Rear-Adm. James Bradby, who died in 1809, aged 73. Capt. B. was made a Lieutenant in 1796; and a Commander in 1802. He subsequently commanded the Calypso, an 18 gun brig, in the North Sea, and was made Post Captain in 1810. He married, Nov. 25, 1808, Catherine, second daughter of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas, Commander-in-chief at Yarmouth. His youngest sister is the wife of Capt. James Aberdour, R.N.

Captain THOMAS YOUNG, the other victim of this unfortunate accident, was born in Berkshire, in 1784. He entered the Navy in Sept. 1795; and served the whole of his time, as Midshipman and Lieutenant, under Sir Edward Thornbrough, in the Robust 74, Formidable 98, and various other ships. His first commission was signed in 1801; and his promotion to the rank of Commander in 1806. From that period, he successively commanded the Curlew and Snake sloops, the Trent frigate, armed en flute, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Thornbrough, and the Redwing brig, on the Downs, North Sea, Leith, Irish, Portsmouth, and Leeward Islands stations, until the conclusion of the war, in 1815. He obtained post-rank Jan. 1, 1817. Captain Young was married, first, in 1812, to Mary, third daughter of the late Sir Edwin Jeynes, of Gloucester, and sister to Lady Thornbrough; secondly, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late Rev. C. Sturges, of Reading.

CAPT. GEO, M. JONES, R.N. Lately. At Malta, Captain George Matthew Jones, R.N. author of Travels in Russia and the north-eastern countries of Europe.

This gentleman was brother to Col. J. T. Jones, of the Royal Engineers, the constructor of the lines of Torres Vedras, and the officer who led the attack upon Bergen-op-Zoom. Capt. J. commenced his naval career under the late