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ture. His body was carried on men's shoulders from Mains forth to Bishop Middleham, and was buried in a deep grave in the limestone rock, in the presence of a great concourse of people overwhelmed with grief. The deep sighs of those few of his intimate friends who were present, were rendered inaudible by the unsuppressed lamentations of his tenants, and the numerous poor persons who had been mainly supported by him.

A. B. DRUMMOND, ESQ.

Feb... After a lingering illness, aged 78, Andrew Berkeley Drummond, of Charing Cross, banker, and of Cadland, Hampshire.

Mr. Drummond was the eldest of the numerous junior branches of the family of Lord Strathallan, being the eldest son of the Hon. Robert Drummond, (who died in 1804) sixth son of William the fourth Viscount, by Winifred, daughter of William Thompson, of Ipston in Oxfordshire, esq.

Mr. Drummond married April 2, 1781, Lady Mary Perceval, third daughter of John second Earl of Egmont, and by her Ladyship, who survives him, he had issue two sons and two daughters: 1. Mary, married in 1830 to the Rev. Francis Fulford; 2. Andrew-Robert Drummond, esq. who married in 1822 Lady ElizabethFrederica Manners, second daughter of the Duke of Rutland, and has a numerous family; 3. Lieut.-Colonel WilliamCharles Drummond; 4. Catherine-Isabella, married in 1826 to the Rev. Henry Perceval, son of the late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, and nephew to Lord Arden, and has issue.

WILLIAM GOSLING, ESQ.

Jan. 27. In Portland-place, universally respected, aged 69, William Gosling, esq. head of the well-known banking house of Goslings and Sharpe, Fleet-street; and of Roehampton Grove, Surrey.

He was the eldest son of Robert Gosling, esq. banker, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, who was the younger brother of Sir Francis Gosling, originally a bookseller, but who left that business and became a Banker in 1742. Sir Francis was elected Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without in 1756; was Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1758; and died Dec. 29, 1768. The mother of the late Mr. Gosling was Miss Houghton, of Clapham, who was married Nov. 1, 1763, and the lady had 12,000l. to her fortune (see vol. XXXIII. p. 565), she died in Lincoln's-inn-fields June 6, 1811. His father died Jan. 4, 1794, and left the late Mr. Gosling a very large fortune; which, from Mr. Gosling's constant attention to business, must GENT. MAG, VOL. I.

in the course of the last 40 years have accumulated to a great amount; notwithstanding he ever lived in the most generous style, and kept a very large establishment of servants, both at Portland-place and at Roehampton Grove, where he resided in a noble mansion built by the late Sir Joshua Van Neck, most delightfully situated near Richmond Park.

Mr. Gosling first married, Sept. 1, 1793, Miss Cunliffe, daughter of Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Bart. of Liverpool (who died in 1767). This amiable lady, who was equally distinguished for elegance of manners and superior qualifications, he had the misfortune to lose in ten years after their union, she dying Dec. 18, 1803. By this lady he had, 1. William-Ellis, who died last January, only three weeks before his father; 2. Robert Gosling, esq. now his eldest son and heir, a banker in Fleetstreet; 3. Bennett Gosling, also in the banking house; 4. Elizabeth Margaret, now wife of Langham Christie, esq.; 5. Mary, widow of the late Sir Charles Joshua Smith, Bart.

Mr. Gosling's second lady (now his widow) was the Hon. Charlotte de Grey, second daughter of Thomas second Lord Walsingham; to whom he was married September 14, 1806, in the private chapel in Winchester Palace, Chelsea. By this lady he had, 7. Charlotte; and 8. ThomasGeorge, both unmarried.

The remains of Mr. Gosling were interred in the family vault, at Farnham, Essex, on the 4th of February.

LT.-GEN. SIR KENNETH DOUGLAS. Nov. 22. In Holles-street, Cavendish-square, Lieut.-General Sir Kenneth Douglas, Bart. Colonel of the 58th regi

ment.

He was the son and heir of Kenneth Mackenzie, of Kilcoy, co. Ross, esq. by Janet, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas, Bart., author of the well-known Peerage of Scotland, and sister and heiress of Sir Alexander Douglas, an eminent physician, who was the seventh and last Baronet (created in 1625) of Glenbervie, descended from Archibald the fifth and great Earl of Angus.

Mr. Mackenzie entered the army at the age of thirteen, as an Ensign in the 33d foot, which corps he joined in Guernsey, and continued with it until its reduction in 1753. Having, previously to that event, obtained the rank of Lieutenant, he exchanged by purchase from half-pay into the 14th foot, which he joined in the West Indies, and remained there until the regiment returned to England.

On the commencement of the war with France, Lieutenant Mackenzie accompanied the 14th to Holland. He was with 3 K

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an advanced party as a volunteer at the siege of Valenciennes, and served in carrying the outposts before Dunkirk, at first in the light company, but which was so far reduced in numbers, that it was found necessary to break it up all together; and afterwards, whilst still engaged in the same arduous service, he received a grape-shot wound in the shoulder. After some weeks' confinement, however, he was enabled to rejoin his corps, and he was present in every affair in which the gallant 14th was subsequently engaged.

In 1794, having then served fourteen years as a subaltern in the West Indies and in Europe, Lieutenant Mackenzie was promoted to a Company, and immediately after to the Majority of the 90th; and under the superintendance of Colonel Graham (now Lord Lynedoch) and Lt.-Colonel (now Lord) Hill, he had the task of drilling that corps. He then proIceeded with it to the coast of France; where, after we gained possession of Пle Dieu, he remained several months. He next accompanied the regiment to Gibraltar, but quitted it in 1796, and went to Portugal with Gen. Sir Charles Stuart; where, with the local rank of Lieut.Colonel, he was appointed to the command of the flank companies (grenadiers and light infantry) of the British army in that country, and which were disciplined by him as a battalion of light infantry. So highly did Sir Charles Stuart approve of the discipline of that corps, that he made it the school of instruction for the whole army under his command.

Sir Charles Stuart having, in 1798, been appointed to command an expedition in the Mediterranean, the subject of this memoir was, by him, nominated his Deputy Adjutant-general, and upon this occasion he received the permanent rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was immediately ordered by Sir Charles from Lisbon to Gibraltar, to superintend the em barkation of stores, and to report on the troops intended for the expedition against Minorca. The masterly movements of Sir Charles Stuart, and the co-operation of Commodore Duckworth, soon reduced the island.

Lieut. Col. Mackenzie remained Deputy-Adjutant-general in the Mediterranean for nearly two years; and during the latter year commanded the 90th regiment, and also did the duties of Adjutant-general. On the arrival of Sir Ralph Abercromby at Minorca, with troops to form an expedition, Lieut.-Colonel Mackenzie was requested to continue in his situation on the staff; but, as the 90th was to form part of the expedition, he preferred resigning his staff appointment, and joined

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In the action of the 13th of March, 1801, Lieut.- Col. Mackenzie commanded the advanced guard of the army. The troops under him consisted of the flank companies and two battalion companies of the 90th regiment, with a squadron of cavalry; and they were supported by the six remaining companies of the 90th. He was ordered to feel for the enemy, and had advanced only a short distance before a very heavy fire was opened upon them, and a strong cavalry corps was observed preparing to charge. The advance was joined by the rest of the regi ment under Lieut.- Col. (now Lord) Hill, who rushed forward with that coolness and bravery so conspicuous in his after actions; but after he had received a severe wound, the command of the whole devolved upon Lieut.- Col. Mackenzie. The French cavalry charged,-but their ranks were broken, and they were forced to retire,-by the admirable discipline of the 90th, and its well-directed fire, in light infantry style. This regiment was then alone, in front of the enemy, and exposed to a tremendous fire of grape and musketry, under which they could not balt without being completely destroyed. Their only alternative being to force the French line, Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie, without waiting for the support of the rest of the brigade, gallantly led them on, and the enemy retired before them. The 90th then haited till joined by the other regiments, and by their combined attack, the whole of the centre of the French line

was forced to give way. Yet so partial was the action in this brigade, that while one regiment in it had only a few men hurt, the 13th Foot suffered considerably, and the loss of the 90th, in killed and wounded, amounted to more than 200.

In consequence of the wound of his superior officer (Colonel Hill), Lieut Col. Mackenzie again commanded the 90th, in the memorable battle of the 21st of the same month, at which the brave and amiable Sir Ralph Abercromby, the Commander-in-Chief, was killed. He likewise commanded it in the battle of Rhamanie, and was present with it at the investment of Cairo.

While at the latter place, his promotion to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 44th appeared in the Gazette, recom

mended by the Commander of the Forces, in place of Lieut.- Col. Ogilvie, killed in the action of the 21st.

Having joined the 44th before Alexandria, he embarked at night in command of it, to attack at day-break the outposts to the eastward of the place. The 44th was the first regiment which landed; when Lieut.-Col. Tilson having joined, (till then detailed by a wound,) on the following morning the outposts were driven in with little loss.

On the conclusion of the Egyptian campaign, Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie returned to England; and, his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief having determined to form a regiment of light infantry, the 52d, Sir John Moore's regiment, was fixed upon; and the two senior Lieutenant-Colonels being removed, Lieut.Col. Mackenzie was appointed to it from the 44th, only a few months after he had joined that regiment. He commenced with the 52d a system of movements and exercise, in which Sir John Moore at first acquiesced with reluctance, the style of drill, march, and platoon exercise being entirely new; but when he saw the effect of the whole, in a more advanced stage, he was not only highly gratified, but became its warmest supporter. The other light corps were ordered to be formed on the same plan; and the 43d and 95th regiments were moved to Shorncliffe camp to be with the 52d.

Towards the conclusion of the encampment, Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie got a very severe concussion of the brain, by a fall from his horse; and in consequence of repeated relapses occurring, when he returned to his duty, he was obliged to retire on half-pay. He continued in extremely bad health for four years; during which period he obtained, in 1808, the brevet of Colonel. Having joined Lord Lynedoch at Cadiz, as Colonel on the Staff, he obtained a brigade of three regiments, with the light troops and cavalry of his army; but the extreme heat of the climate producing a renewal of his complaints, he was compelled to return home. In the course of a year and a half, he was appointed Major-General (1811), and recovered so far as to be placed on the Staff in the Kent Dis. trict, having under his orders all the light troops then in England.

When the expedition in 1813, under Lord Lynedoch, was sent to Holland, Major-General Mackenzie was appointed on his Lordship's staff; and during the campaign in that country, he commanded the outposts of the army, and for the greater part of the time, a division of it. After

his Lordship's return to England, the Major-General was removed, by the Prince of Orange, of the command of Antwerp, that place being then in a disturbed state. This was previous to the return of Napoleon to France. The Duke of Wellington, finding the Major-General in the command of a fortress of importance, where great delicacy of management was required, continued him in it, much against his inclination, until its final evacuation by the British troops, when he came to England.

In 1821, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General; and in 1828 he was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 58th Foot.

Sir Kenneth was created a Baronet, Sept. 30, 1831, and assumed the name of Douglas by sign manual dated Oct. 19 following. He married, Dec. 18, 1804, Rachel, only child of Robert Andrews, of Hythe, in Kent, esq. by whom he had six sons: 1. Sir Robert Andrew Douglas, a Captain in the 12th foot, who has succeeded to the title; 2. Kenneth, a Lieutenant in the 58th regiment, and died at Ceylon in 1830; 3. AlexanderDouglas, also an officer in the army; 4. Edward; 5. Lynedoch; 7. Donald; and one daughter, Rachel. The remains of Sir Kenneth were interred at Hythe, where he was one of the Jurats of the town and port.

MAJOR-GEN. J. C. BENTINCK.

Nov. 22, At Wilton Crescent, after a short illness, aged 70, John Charles Bentinck, esq. a Count of the Empire, and Major-General on the Continent of Eu

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He was born July 2, 1763, the second son of Christian-Frederick-Henry Count Bentinck-Rhoon, (grandson of the first Earl of Portland, K.G.) by CharlotteSophia-Hedwige-Eleanora, daughter and heir of Anthony Count Aldenburgh, in Germany.

He married March 20, 1785, Lady Jemima-Helena de Reede de Ginkell, eldest daughter of Frederick 6th Earl of Athlone, and aunt to the present Earl. By that lady, who survives him, he had issue a daughter and three sons: 1. Antoinetta-Wilhelmina-Jane; 2. Count William Augustus Frederick Bentinck, Chamberlain to the King of Holland; 3. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Anthony Bentinck, of the Coldstream Guards; and 4 Lieut.-Col. Henry John William Bentinck, who married in 1829 his second cousin Reneira- Antoinetta, daughter of Adm. Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, G. C. B. by Sophia-Henrietta, daughter of John Albert Bentinck, esq. Capt. R.N.

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LIEUT.-COL. CAMERON. Lately. Aged 56, Lieut.-Colonel Hector Cameron, late of the 9th regiment.

This gallant officer entered the army in 1794 as Ensign in the 41st regiment, and in the following year he went out to the West Indies. The regiment returned, a mere skeleton, in 1797; and, after it had been recruited, Lieut. Cameron accompanied it to North America, and remained there until 1804, when he was promoted to a Company in the 9th foot. He accompanied that fine regiment to Lisbon in 1808, and having shared in all its dangers and honours until, and during, the harassing and perilous retreat to Corunna, he returned home with severely injured health and constitution. When in some measure restored, he accompanied the unfortunate expedition to Walcheren; and early in 1811 returned to the Peninsula. In August 1813, during the siege of St. Sebastian, he had the command of a detachment formed to take possession of the island of Santa Clara, which he honourably effected, and his conduct was "particularly applauded" by Sir Thomas Graham, Sir George Collier, and Lord Wellington. It was on this occasion, however, that he received a wound on the head, the fatal consequences of which overclouded the latter years of his life. He obtained by this service the brevet rank of Major, only a few months sooner than he would have been entitled to it by his standing in the army.

Major Cameron afterwards went with his regiment, for the second time, to America; whence, to his lasting mortification, he only returned just in time to hear of the recent victory of Waterloo, and to join the allied troops in the occupation of Paris.

In 1817 Major Cameron went on halfpay, and in 1830 obtained the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel. At that period the consequences of the injury he had sustained on his head, beceme more apparent and afflicting; and it was an aggravating circumstance that they prevented the disposal, for the benefit of himself and family, of his hardly-earned commission.

LIEUT.-COL. HART.

Lately. Aged 68, Lieut.- Colonel John Hart, Inspecting Field Officer of the Dublin district.

This officer was rated as a Midshipman in 1774, and served as such for two years. He purchased a Cornetcy in the Inniskilling dragoons, Nov. 9, 1785; and a Lieutenancy in 1787. In 1793 he accompanied four troops to the Continent, where he served until Dec. 1795. In May 1796 he succeeded to the Captain-Lieutenancy

of his own corps, though previously appointed to a troop in the 29th dragoons. In April 1799 he was appointed, through the recommendation of the Queen, to be Brigade Major of the Fencible Cavalry in Scotland; in 1800 he succeeded to a troop, upon the augmentation of his corps, and became senior Captain. Upon the reduction of the staff at the peace of Amiens, Major-Gen. Vyse appointed bim his Aide-de-Camp, which situation he held until appointed Inspecting Field Officer of the Limerick district, and he remained there until 1812, when he was appointed to the recruiting depot in Dublin.

LIEUT.-COL. W. IRVING.

Jan. 14. In Guernsey, Lieut.- Colonel William Irving, late of the 28th foot.

He was appointed Ensign in that regiment, July 22, 1795, Lieutenant Sept. 6 following, and having shortly after proceeded to the West Indies, was severely wounded through the right arm at St. Lucie. He returned to England in 1796, and then sailed to Gibraltar; he was at the capture of Minorca in 1798; and in all the action of the Egyptian campaign. He returned to England in Dec. 1800; and on the formation of the 2d battalion, July 9, 1803, he succeeded to a company.

In June 1809 he embarked with it for Portugal; he was present at the battle of Busaco; commanded 1000 pioneers on the first opening of the trenches before Badajoz; and served at the battles of Albuera, Aroya de Molinos, Almarez, and Vittoria, at the last of which he received a musket ball in his left arm. He was taken prisoner at the Mayo Pass, July 23, 1813, and remained in France until the abdication of Buonaparte in the following year.

He rejoined his regiment in Ireland, and was appointed brevet Major June 4, 1814. Having embarked for Flanders, April 28, 1815, he was present at the action of Quatre Bras, where he received a musket ball through his right arm; and he was promoted to the rank of Lieut.Colonel by brevet dated on the glorious day of the victory of Waterloo.

CAPT. R. CATHCART, R. N. Nov. 20. At Pitcairly, co. Fife, aged 60, Robert Cathcart, esq. Captain R. N.

He was the son of the late James Cathcart of Carbiston, co. Ayr, and Pitcairly, co. Fife, esq. and brother to Major Cathcart of the 19th dragoons, who died in 1810.

He commenced his career in 1785 under Capt. the Hon. John Maitland, and served as a midshipman on board the Queen 98, Assistance 50, Southampton

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frigate, and Goliath, Alcide, and Vanguard third rates, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Nov. 21, 1790. the commencement of the war with France, he was appointed to the Raisonable 64, commanded by Lord Cranstoun, whom he was afterwards permitted to rejoin, at his Lordship's particular request, in the Bellerophon 74. At the battle of the Nile, the command of that celebrated ship devolved on Lieut. Cathcart, in consequence of Sir Henry Darby (then Captain) being wounded early in the action, and the first and second Liuetenants being both killed. The ship being very close to l'Orient, was set on fire in several places; but Lieut. Cathcart fortunately disengaged her by cutting the cable, and after drifting some miles from the scene of action, he was successful in bringing her up with the kedge, her only remaining anchor. Her loss amounted to 49 killed, and 148 wounded. By great exertions, although totally dismasted, she was in three days again at Nelson's side, and ready for service, the wreck which was floating about the bay of Aboukir having greatly assisted in her requipment. On the recommendation of Earl St. Vincent, Lieut. Cathcart was immediately promoted to the rank of Commander.

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Capt. Cathcart's post rank was also achieved in a remarkable manner. June 1808, when commanding the Seagull brig of 16 guns, he was attacked near the mouth of Christiansand harbour, by a Danish 20-gun brig and six gunboats, against whom he continued an undaunted defence, under every disadvantage, until the Seagull was actually sinking. He was detained as a prisoner until the following October; and on his trial in November, was not only "most honourably acquitted" for the loss of the sloop, but congratulated by the President of the Court Martial, the late Sir Joseph Yorke, on the proceedings of that day having placed on record as gallant a defence of a British vessel as the numerous pages of our naval history afford." His post commission was dated back to the day of the action.

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About Sept. 1809 Capt. Cathcart obtained the command of the Ganymede 26; and towards the close of 1810 was removed to the Alexandria frigate; in which, in company with the Spitfire 16, he rendered, in July 1813, an essential service to the merchants of the North sea, in driving from her cruising ground, the American ship President of 52 guns (subsequently taken by the Endymion, Capt. H. Hope, Jan. 15, 1815), thereby preserving a valuable fleet from capture.

Capt. Cathcart married in 1814, Catha

rine, second daughter of Henry Wedderburn, of Wedderburn and Birkhill, esq.

CAPT. BENJ. CARTER, R. N.

Nov. 1. At Naas, co. Kildare, aged 60, Benjamin Carter, esq. a Post Captain R N.

Capt. Carter was a son of the late Rev. H. Carter, Rector of Whittenham, Berks, and a nephew to the celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Carter. He entered the Navy in 1785 as a midshipman in the Weazle sloop of war, commanded by Sir Samuel Hood, with whom he continued in that vessel, and the Thisbe and Juno frigates, on the Halifax, Jamaica, and Channel stations, until 1793. He then joined the Royal George, a firstrate, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport; with whom he served until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place a short time previous to the battle of June 1, 1794.

After serving between two and three years in the Assistance 44, Mr. Carter returned to the Royal George, of which he became First Lieutenant prior to the resignation of Lord Bridport in April 1800, when he received a Commander's commission; and post rank April 29, 1802. His subsequent appointments were to command the Sea Fencibles in the Isle of Thanet, and to regulate the Impress service, first at Liverpool, and afterwards at Cork.

He has left a brother in the navy, Capt. Charles Carter, also post of 1802; and another brother is a Major in the Royal Marines.

CAPT. H. P. HOPPNER, R.N.

Dec. 22. After three months' illness, aged 38, Henry Parkyns Hoppner, esq. Post Captain in the Royal Navy.

Capt. Hoppner was a son of the late celebrated painter, John Hoppner, esq. R.A. and brother to Richard Belgrave Hoppner, esq. formerly British Consul-general at Venice. He commenced his career on board his Majesty's ship Endymion, which he had scarcely joined when she was ordered to Corunna, to assist in embarking the troops after Sir John Moore's retreat.

During the rest of the war he was constantly on active service, either on the enemy's coast in the Channel or in North America, where his excellent conduct on all occasions required for him the love of his shipmates and the approbation of his superiors. He received his first commission in Sept. 1815, and served as junior Lieutenant of the Alceste, commanded by the late Sir Murray Maxwell, on Lord Amherst's embassy to China, in 1816.

Capt. Hoppner's intimacy with Madera,

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