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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
AT Frankfort , on the 15 th ult . Sir Alexander Craufurd , Bart , of the ' gout in his siomach . He was there on a visit to his son , Colonel Craufurd , his Majesty ' s Envoy to the Commander jn Chief of the Austrian Armies of the Rhine , while England was in alliance with that power . On Thursday 4 thaged 75
, January , , John Wright , E- ; q . late of Ihe House of Smith , Wright , and Gray , Bankers , Lombard-street , and one of the people called Quakers . At Clirnbee-House , Fifeshire , on Saturday , January 6 th , Sir Jonn Sinclair , of Longformacus , Bart . On WednesdayJanuary 17 that
Clif-, , ton , near Bristol , General Sir John Calling , K . B . - The same day , at Greenwich , Thomas Cobham , Esq . many years a Surgeon in the Navy . On the preceding day he had a party of friends to dine with him , and went to bed at night , at his usual hour , in perfect healthand was found dead in his
, bed the fol . ' owing morning . On Sunday the 21 st instant , at Fareham " , Hants , in the 71 st year of her age , the Right Hon . Lady Elizabeth Bellenden , relict of the Right Hon . John Ker , Lord Bellenden . who died in the year 1752 .
Lately , Sir Ralph Milbanke , father of Lady Melbourne . ' Lately , at Barcalden , in Scotland , John Macgregor , at ihe advanced age of icS . — He was ' born in the year of the battle of Killicrankie . He ended his days on the anniversary of his birth , Christmas-day , old style , 1727 , He was at the Battle of Sherrifi'muirand afterwards served in
, the Scotch Brigade in Holland . He had been in the service of the family of Barcalden for upwards of 50 years . He retained the use of his faculties ^ and till the last year walked about . A . t Frederick Town , Virginia , in July last , a mulatto man , at the remarkable age of 1 So—140 years of which he was a
slave to the family of Colonel Syms . Lately , in the ' East Indies , Lieutenant Colonel , John Coxe . : At Calcutta , Hugh M'Leod , Esq , Sub-Secretary to the Government , and eldest son of Donald M'Leod , Esq . of Geanies , Seriff'of the County of Ross . Latel Colonel Fitzgeraldwho was
y , , lately guilty of a most shameful and dishonourable act in the family of . the present Karl of Kingston , by seducing t . daughter of that much respected nobleman , to whom he was allied , and in whose family he
had been a constant visitor . He met with his death in the following manner : : ; .:.-After the discovery of this unfortunate criminal intercourse , which occurred in England , and in consequence of which a duel had taken place between the brother of the young lady ( who is nowLord Kingsborough ) and the deceased Colonel Fitzgeraldshe was removed to the country
, residence of her noble father , npvy the Earl of Kingston , at- Mitchelstowh , near Kilworth , in Ireland . The deceased feeling no remorse for what he had done , in dishonouring by the inost artful stratagems an illustrious family , had the audacity and hardihood to follow the younglady tolreland , it is supposed with to
a view -wrest her by violence from lier patents , and took lodging at an inn in Kilworth . The Colonel had been there some days before his arrival at Kilworth was known , or the object of his expedition Was discovered . He was observed to walk out in the night , and conceal himself iii the day , and iheservantsatlerigthnoticedhiiii
lurking about Michelstown House at unseasonable hours . _ The intelligence having reached Lord Kingsbcrough , who had the duel with the Colonel , - and resolved to defeat his antagonist's project , he left his father ' s , house and repaired to Kilworth ,. where having enquired if that gentleman was . in the houseand beinginformed he
, : was , went to the apartment he was directed to , that the colonel lodgsd in . Lord Kingsborough rapped at the door , requiring admittance ; the other knowing his voice , replied thai he was locked in , and could not open the door , but if he had any thing to say to him , he would receive it under the door ;
-Thisenraged the young nobleman , and he forced open the door , and running to a case ofpisto / s in the room , took one , and desired the Colonel to take the other and defend himself for he was resolved to have satisfaction for the scheme the deceased had formed against his sister , and which he came to this place to put in execution . . On both seizing the pistols , they- grappled ivith each other
, and were struggling , when the Earl of Kingston , who had been apprized ofhis son's departue , in pursuit of the Colonel , and quickly following the young lord , entered the room , and finding them in the contest , ami thai hissou must lose hislifcfrom the situation that the deceased had him in , the Earl fired upon the Colonel , and the shot took effect . The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
AT Frankfort , on the 15 th ult . Sir Alexander Craufurd , Bart , of the ' gout in his siomach . He was there on a visit to his son , Colonel Craufurd , his Majesty ' s Envoy to the Commander jn Chief of the Austrian Armies of the Rhine , while England was in alliance with that power . On Thursday 4 thaged 75
, January , , John Wright , E- ; q . late of Ihe House of Smith , Wright , and Gray , Bankers , Lombard-street , and one of the people called Quakers . At Clirnbee-House , Fifeshire , on Saturday , January 6 th , Sir Jonn Sinclair , of Longformacus , Bart . On WednesdayJanuary 17 that
Clif-, , ton , near Bristol , General Sir John Calling , K . B . - The same day , at Greenwich , Thomas Cobham , Esq . many years a Surgeon in the Navy . On the preceding day he had a party of friends to dine with him , and went to bed at night , at his usual hour , in perfect healthand was found dead in his
, bed the fol . ' owing morning . On Sunday the 21 st instant , at Fareham " , Hants , in the 71 st year of her age , the Right Hon . Lady Elizabeth Bellenden , relict of the Right Hon . John Ker , Lord Bellenden . who died in the year 1752 .
Lately , Sir Ralph Milbanke , father of Lady Melbourne . ' Lately , at Barcalden , in Scotland , John Macgregor , at ihe advanced age of icS . — He was ' born in the year of the battle of Killicrankie . He ended his days on the anniversary of his birth , Christmas-day , old style , 1727 , He was at the Battle of Sherrifi'muirand afterwards served in
, the Scotch Brigade in Holland . He had been in the service of the family of Barcalden for upwards of 50 years . He retained the use of his faculties ^ and till the last year walked about . A . t Frederick Town , Virginia , in July last , a mulatto man , at the remarkable age of 1 So—140 years of which he was a
slave to the family of Colonel Syms . Lately , in the ' East Indies , Lieutenant Colonel , John Coxe . : At Calcutta , Hugh M'Leod , Esq , Sub-Secretary to the Government , and eldest son of Donald M'Leod , Esq . of Geanies , Seriff'of the County of Ross . Latel Colonel Fitzgeraldwho was
y , , lately guilty of a most shameful and dishonourable act in the family of . the present Karl of Kingston , by seducing t . daughter of that much respected nobleman , to whom he was allied , and in whose family he
had been a constant visitor . He met with his death in the following manner : : ; .:.-After the discovery of this unfortunate criminal intercourse , which occurred in England , and in consequence of which a duel had taken place between the brother of the young lady ( who is nowLord Kingsborough ) and the deceased Colonel Fitzgeraldshe was removed to the country
, residence of her noble father , npvy the Earl of Kingston , at- Mitchelstowh , near Kilworth , in Ireland . The deceased feeling no remorse for what he had done , in dishonouring by the inost artful stratagems an illustrious family , had the audacity and hardihood to follow the younglady tolreland , it is supposed with to
a view -wrest her by violence from lier patents , and took lodging at an inn in Kilworth . The Colonel had been there some days before his arrival at Kilworth was known , or the object of his expedition Was discovered . He was observed to walk out in the night , and conceal himself iii the day , and iheservantsatlerigthnoticedhiiii
lurking about Michelstown House at unseasonable hours . _ The intelligence having reached Lord Kingsbcrough , who had the duel with the Colonel , - and resolved to defeat his antagonist's project , he left his father ' s , house and repaired to Kilworth ,. where having enquired if that gentleman was . in the houseand beinginformed he
, : was , went to the apartment he was directed to , that the colonel lodgsd in . Lord Kingsborough rapped at the door , requiring admittance ; the other knowing his voice , replied thai he was locked in , and could not open the door , but if he had any thing to say to him , he would receive it under the door ;
-Thisenraged the young nobleman , and he forced open the door , and running to a case ofpisto / s in the room , took one , and desired the Colonel to take the other and defend himself for he was resolved to have satisfaction for the scheme the deceased had formed against his sister , and which he came to this place to put in execution . . On both seizing the pistols , they- grappled ivith each other
, and were struggling , when the Earl of Kingston , who had been apprized ofhis son's departue , in pursuit of the Colonel , and quickly following the young lord , entered the room , and finding them in the contest , ami thai hissou must lose hislifcfrom the situation that the deceased had him in , the Earl fired upon the Colonel , and the shot took effect . The