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Lord Grosvenor, to mifs Vernon.

Sir Charles Will. Blunt, bart. to mifs Peers.

31. Lately, lord Garlies, to mifs Dashwood.

Hon. Mr. Rochford, to mifs Mervin.

Sir John Eden, bart. to mifs Kitty Thompfon.

Maurice Fitzgerald, efq; to lady Anne Fitz Maurice. Aug. 25. The earl of Cork, to the honourable mifs Courtenay. Sept. 26. Right honourable earl

of Coventry, to the honourable mifs Barbara St. John. O&. 11. Sir Thomas Pym Hales, of Beakefbourn, Kent, to Mrs. Couffmaker, of Dane

Dec. 16, Hon. Marmaduke Mervil, efq; at Bath, to mifs Morgan of Swansea. 27. Sir John Cathcart of Carleton, Scotland, bart. to mifs Hamilton of Fourtreehill.

Principal PROMOTIONS for the YEAR 1764, from the London Gazette, &c.

Jan. 22. William Horton of Chaderton, Lancashire, and his heirs male, a bart.-George Bridges Rodney, efq; vice admiral of the blue, and his heirs male, the fame dignity.-George Cockburne, Thomas Slade, William Bately, Edm. Mafon, Tim. Brett, Robert Ofborne, and William Bateman, efqrs. Sir Richard Temple, bart. Frederic Rogers, Richard Hughes, and Thomas Hanway, efqrs. commiffioners of the navy.-Andrew Elliott, efq; receiver of all duties, dues, and revenues, at New York, (the revenues of the customs excepted.)

28. The earl of Marchmont, keeper of the great feal of Scotland, in the room of the duke of Athol, dec.-Lord Cathcart, firft commiffioner of the police, in the room of the earl of Marchmont. Henry Moore of Jamaica, efq; and his heirs male, a baronet.

Feb. 11. Daniel Bomeefter, gent. conful at Carthagena.

21. The marquis of Granby, lord lieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of Derbyshire, in the room of the duke of Devonshire.

March 31. Robert Melvill, efq; governor of the iles of Granada, the Granadines, Dominica, St. Vincent, and Tobago.-Hugh Pal

lifer, efq; governor of Newfoundland, &c.

April 3. Philip Stanhope, efq; envoy extraordinary to the court of Drefden, and William Gordon, efq; minifter at Ratisbon.

20. George James Bruere, efq; governor of the Bermuda iflands.

- 28. Bafil Cochran, efq; a commiffioner of the cuftoms in Scotland, in the room of R. Montgomerie, efq; and Thomas Lockhart, efq; a commiffioner of excife, in the room of B. Cochran, efq.

May 19. The right hon. Robert lord Henley, baron of Grange, in the county of Southampton, chancellor of Great Britain, and his heirs male, an earl of Great Britain, by the name, ftile, and title of earl of Northington in the faid county.-William Young, Alexander Græme, John Hunt, Robert Stewart, and Robert Wynne, efqrs. commiflioners for the fale of lands in the islands of Granada, Granadines, Dominica, St. Vincent, and Tobago.

22. The right reverend doctor Richard Terrick, bishop of Peterborough, bishop of London.

22. William Young, efq; receiver of all the monies arifing by the fale of lands in the islands of Granada, &c.

31. Lately, Norborne Berkeley, efq; late knight of the fhire for the county of Gloucester, obtained the peerage of Bottetourt by appeal to the right honourable the house of peers, after a hearing of council feven days, in favour of the appeal. -His lordship has fince taken the oaths, and his feat in the house of lords.

June 10. The honourable Robert Walpole, one of the clerks of the

privy council, in the room of Mr. Pane, who has refigned.

12. Dr. Robert Lamb, dean of Peterborough, bishop of that fee, in the room of bifhop Terrick, tranflated to the fee of London.

16. Sir Edward King, bart. baron Kingston, of Rockingham, in the county of Rofcommon, in the kingdom of Ireland, with remainder to his iffue male. Sir Ralph Gore, bart. baron Gore, of Manor Gorc, in the county of Donegal, in the fame kingdom, with like remainder. Stephen Moore, efq; baron Kilworth, of Moore Park, in the county of Cork, in the fame kingdom, with like remainder.

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Oct. 19. The earl of Effex, lord lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

30. Lately, Major general Thomas Gage, commander in chief of the forces in North Ame rica, in the room of major general Amherst.

Nov. 12. Jofiah Hardy, efq; conful at Cadiz and Port St. Mary. The fieur de Paffow approved of conful for Denmark in the ports of England, &c.

17. His royal highness Prince William Henry, fecond brother to his majefty, duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in Great Britain, and earl of Connaught, in Ireland.-Edward Legrand, efq; treasurer, colonels Clinton and Ligonier, grooms of the bed-chamber, captains Cox and Blackwood, equerries, and the reverend Mr. Duval, fecretary to his royal highness.

23. George Pigot, efq; late governor of Fort St. George, a baronet, with remainder to his two brothers.

30. Lately, the earl of Thomond, lord lieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of Somersetshire. Dec. 4. Sir Thomas Sewell, knight, mafter of the rolls, &c. and foon after a privy counsellor.

22. Monfort Brown, efq;, lieutenant governor of Weft-Florida.-John Earl of Hyndford, vice admiral of Scotland, and the earl of Northumberland, vice admiral of all America.

31. Lately, Mr. Yorke received a patent of precedence, by which he takes place at the bar, next to the attorney general.

DEATHS

DEATHS. 1764.

January 2. The right hon. Nicolas viscount Loftus, of the kingdom of Ireland, fucceeded in title and estate by his eldest fon the honourable Nicolas Loftus, efq.

8. His grace James duke of Athol, baron Strange, lord of Man and the ifles, &c. &c. aged 74. He is fucceeded in his Scotch titles and estate by his nephew the honourable John Murray, and in his barony of Strange and lordship of Man by his daughter, lady Charlotte Murray, wife of the faid honourable John Murray, now duke of Athol.

The relict of fir Thomas Tempeft of Tong-hall, bart.

Sir John Rutherford of Rutherford, Scotland.

11. Sir Juftus Dennis Beck, bart. the title is extinct.

14. Lady Gafcoigne, daughter and heiress of fir Francis Hungate of Huddlestone, bart. and mother of fir Thomas Gascoigne.

17. The right hon. Hamilton Boyle, earl of Cork and Orrery, in Ireland, and lord Boyle of Marfton in England; who, dying unmarried, is fucceeded in his titles and eftate by his brother the hon. Edmund Boyle, efq.

27. The right hon. Charles earl of Dalhoufie, fucceeded by his brother the hon. George Ramfay, efq.

31. Lately, The lady vifcountefs Lifburne.

The hon. Mrs. Gecil, relict of a late bishop of Bangor. February 6. Sir Jacob Gerard Downing, bart.

17. The right honourable Charles Moore, earl of Charleville in Ireland.

26. Sir William Skipwith, of Preftwood, in Virginia, bart.

March 3. The dowager lady Vandeput, mother of fir George Vandeput.

6. The right hon. Philip Yorke, earl of Hardwicke, viscount Royfton, high fteward of the univerfity of Cambridge, &c. aged 73, fucceeded by his eldest fon, Philip lord vifc. Royston. March 23, 1720, he was appointed folicitor general, and Jan. 31, 1723, attorney general. In October 1733, he

was conftituted lord chief juftice of the king's bench; and Feb. 21, 1736-7, lord high chancellor, which high office he refigned in 1756. In July 1749, he was chofen high steward of the univerfity of Cambridge. His lordfhip married Margaret, one of the daughters of Charles Cocks, of Worcefter, efq; by whom he had five fons and two daughters, viz. 1. Philip, lord vifc. Royfton. 2. The hon. Charles Yorke, late attorney general. 3. The honourable fir Jofeph Yorke, now ambaffador at the Hague. 4. The honourable John Yorke, member for Higham Ferrers in Northamptonfhire. 5. The hon. and rev. James Yorke, dean of Lincoln. His lordship's two daughters were, lady Elizabeth, married to George lord Anfon, who died June 1, 1760; and lady Margaret, married in 1749 to John Heathcote, efq; fon and heir of fir John Heathcote, bart. [See his lordship's character in the second part of this vol. p. 279.]

The honourable mifs Tracey, fifter to lord Tracey.

10. The reverend fir Nathaniel Edwards, bart. As he left no iffue, the title is extinct. 12. The