which, as may be supposed from his rewards, he ardently supported.

The Earl of Limerick married Jan. 29, 1783, Mary-Alice, only daughter and heir of Henry Ormsby, esq. of Cloghan, co. Mayo, by Mary, eldest sister of Sir Henry Hartstonge, Bart. and by that lady, who survives him (after a union of more than sixty years), he had issue four sons and eight daughters, of whom two sons and five daughters survive. These were as follow: 1. Lady Mary Pery, who died in 1817, in her 34th year; 2. Edmond-Cecil, who died in 1793, in his 8th year; 3. Lady Theodosia, the first wife of the present Lord Monteagle, to whom she was married in 1811, and died in 1839, leaving five surviving sons and three daughters; 4. Lady Lucy, married in 1816 to Rowland Stephenson, esq. (afterwards the late Orlando Standish, esq.) of Scaleby Castle and Holme Cultram, Cumberland, and of Farley Hill, Berks, who died in 1843; 5. the Right Hon. Henry-Hartstonge Viscount Glentworth, who married (at Gretna Green), in 1808, Annabella-Tennison, second daughter of Tennison Edwards, esq. of Old Court, co. Wicklow, and niece to the late Sir Jonah Barrington, Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland, and died in 1834, leaving a numerous family (noticed below); 6. the Hon. William Cecil Pery, killed at St. Sebastian's in Spain in 1813; 7. Lady FrancesSelina, married in 1819 to Sir Henry Calder, Bart.; 8. the Hon. Edmond Sexten Pery, an officer in the army, who married in 1825 Elizabeth - Charlotte, daughter of the late Hon. William Cock

ayne,

brother to the last Viscount Cullen; 9. Lady Louisa, married in 1825 to Peter Pole, esq. eldest son of Sir Peter Pole, Bart.; 10. Lady Cecil-Jane, married in 1828 to the Rev. John De la Feld, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire; 11. Lady Caroline-Alicia-Diana, married in 1832 to George Lake Russell, esq. and 12. Lady Albinia-Charlotte, who died an infant in 1805.

The family of the eldest son, Lord Glentworth, were as follow: 1. EdmondHenry late Lord Glentworth, who died without issue Feb. 16, 1844, having married in 1836 Eve-Maria, second daughter of Henry Villebois, esq. of Marham House, Norfolk; 2. the Hon. AnnabellaErina, married in 1832 to Robert Gun Cuninghame, esq. of Newland Park, co. Gloucester, and of Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, and died in 1841; 3. the Hon. Mary Georgina; 4. the Rt. Hon. William Henry Tennison, now Earl of Limerick; 5. the Hon. John Hartstonge Pery, who died in 1842, in his 30th year; 6. the Hon. Emily Caroline, mar

ried in 1835 to the Rev. Henry Gray, son of the late Bishop of Bristol; 7. the Hon. Cecilia- Annabella, married in 1843 to the Rev. George Herbert Repton, a Minor Canon of Westminster, son of the Rev. Edward Repton, Prebendary of Westminster; 8. the Hon. Henry Frederick Pery, who died at Meerat in the East Indies in 1843, having married in 1841 Amelia-Mary, second daughter of Capt. Rowland Money, R. N., C.B.; and 9. a daughter born in 1830.

The present Earl of Limerick, who has succeeded to the peerage by the death of his grandfather, was born Oct. 9, 1812, and married in 1842 Margaret-Jane, only daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Horsley, 96th Foot.

The body of the late Earl of Limerick was removed to Ireland, for interment in the Pery chapel in Limerick cathedral. It arrived at Limerick House on Saturday Dec. 21, and the next day lay in state in the great dining-room, which was covered with black cloth, and illuminated by immense wax tapers, placed in silver candelabra round the bier. It is computed that between 2,000 and 3,000 respectably dressed persons, many of them attired in mourning, were admitted to pass through the apartments to view the ceremonial. On Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, a grand funeral service was performed in the cathedral; the dignitaries meeting the body at the great western entrance, and the full service being chanted by the choir. After the prayers and anthem in the body of the cathedral, the coffin, preceded by a pursuivant bearing the coronet on a cushion, was moved in procession to the Pery chapel, in the south aisle, the organ playing Mozart's Grand Requiem. A great number of the nobility and gentry connected with the deceased nobleman were present, or sent their carriages to attend at this solemn ceremony, amongst whom were Lord Monteagle, Sir Henry Calder, Count J. De la Feld, Mr. G. Russell, Sir Aubrey de Vere, the Earl of Dunraven, the Earl of Clare, Mr. W. Maunsell, Sir R. Bourke, Archdeacon Maunsell, and many others. The late Earl has left a bequest of 5007. to be distributed amongst the different charities of the city of Limerick.

LORD SAYE AND SELE.

Nov. 13. In Grosvenor Street, aged 75, the Right Hon. Gregory William Eardley Twisleton Fiennes, Baron Saye and Sele.

He was born April 14, 1769, the eldest son of Major-General Thomas Lord Saye and Sele, (to whom the barony was

confirmed in 1781, after it had remained in abeyance more than a century,) by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Turner, of Ambrosden, co. Oxford, Bart. He succeeded to the peerage when in his 20th year, July 1, 1788. Having entered the House of Lords on attaining his majority, he was the oldest member of that House of the Whig party, to which he consistently adhered, and is said to have been offered an earldom by the Grey and Melbourne administrations.

In 1825, his Lordship assumed the name of Fiennes after Twisleton, and subsequently in the same year he took the name of Eardley, in compliance with the will of his father-in-law, the last Lord Eardley, who died on Christmas day 1824.

His Lordship married, Sept. 8, 1794, the Hon. Maria Marow Eardley, eldest daughter and coheir of Sampson Lord Eardley; and by that lady, who died Oct. 5, 1831, he had issue one daughter and one son. The former, the Hon. MariaElizabeth, became in 1825 the second wife of George-Ernest Count von Gersdorff of Prussia, and died in 1826. The latter, William Thomas, now Lord Saye and Sele, was born in 1798, but is at present unmarried.

The body of the late Lord was interred at Broughton in Oxfordshire, on the 23rd November.

LIEUT.-GENERAL THE HON. SIR R. L. DUNDAS, K.C.B.

Nov. 23. At Loftus, near Gisborough, Yorkshire, aged 64, Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas, K. C.B., K.T.S. Colonel of the 59th Foot; uncle to the Earl of Zetland.

He was born July 27, 1780, the seventh and youngest son of Thomas first Lord Dundas, by Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam, second daughter of William third Earl Fitz William, and was brother to the late Earl of Zetland, and to RearAdm. the Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, C.B. a Lord of the Admiralty.

Sir Robert Dundas entered the army on the 1st Dec. 1797, and, as a Second Lieutenant of Engineers, served in North Holland at the actions of the 27th of August, 10th and 19th Sept. and 2d and 6th Oct. 1799. He became Lieutenant on the 2d May, 1800, and in the subsequent year served in the Egyptian campaign, and was present in the action of the 21st of March. On the 6th August, 1802, be was made a Captain, and he obtained his Majority on the 14th of July, 1804. In the year ensuing he served in the North of Germany with the Royal Staff Corps. In the beginning of 1807 GENT. MAG. VOL. XXIII.

he was ordered to the Peninsula, where from that time, with the Royal Staff Corps, he was present and shared in the glories of Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, the Nivelle, the Nive, and Toulouse. Sir Robert attained the rank of Lieut.-Colonel on the 11th April, 1811, of full Colonel on the 19th July, 1821, of Major-General 22d July, 1830, and of Lieutenant-General 23d Nov. 1841.

For his distinguished services in the Peninsula he received a cross and three clasps, and was made a Knight of the Portugese order of the Tower and Sword, which he received the royal li cense to accept June 19, 1814. He was nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath on the enlargement of that order June 5, 1815. He was promoted to the Colonelcy of the 59th Foot on the 15th June 1840. He was not married.

LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JOHN CAMERON,
K.C.B.

Nov. 23. In Guernsey, aged 71, Lieut.General Sir John Cameron, K. C.B. K.T.S. Colonel of the 9th Foot.

He was second son of Culchenna, and nephew of Cameron of Caltort, Invernesshire, whose ancestor was a younger son of Lochiel, chief of the clan. He entered the army as Ensign in the 43rd Regiment of Foot, in Sept. 1787, was promoted Lieutenant 30th Sept. 1790, and Captain 11th July 1794. In the latter year he served under Sir Charles Grey, in the West Indies, and was present at the reduction of Martinique (including the siege of Fort Bourbon and other minor engagements), at St. Lucia, and Guadaloupe, and particularly displayed his gallantry at the defence of the latter in the same year, and at the sortie from and at the assault made by the enemy on the fortress of Fleur d'Epée. He was at the action of the 30th September, at Berville Camp, under BrigadierGeneral Graham, and in the action of the 4th October he was severely wounded, and had his person taken by the enemy. He remained a prisoner of war during a period of two years, and then came to England; but his military duties at home were of short duration, for in six months he was again ordered with his regiment to the West Indies, where he was on foreign service for nearly four years.

He was appointed to a Majority in the 43rd Foot 28th Oct. 1800, and the 28th May, 1807, Lieut.-Colonel in the 7th West India regiment, from which he was removed to the 9th Foot the 5th Sept. 1807. He was destined to increase his reputation in the Peninsula as a brave 0

and experienced commander. At the battle of Vimiera he commanded the 2nd battalion of the 9th Foot. He was at Corunna under the unfortunate Moore, and, by his intrepid bravery at that sanguinary conflict, gained the high approbation of his superior in command.

In July, 1809, he embarked with the 9th, on the expedition to the Scheldt, then commanding the 1st battalion, and returned in September to England.

In March following he was sent out to increase the force of the army in Portugal, where he continued in active service until the termination of the war, in 1814. He particularly distinguished himself at Busaco, where he had a horse shot under him, and also at Salamanca and Vittoria. In July 1813, previous to the assault and capture of San Sebastian, he carried, with the 9th Foot, the fortified convent of San Bartholomew, in front of San Sebastian, thus gaining a position which contributed greatly to the advantage of the Allied Army. He subsequently took an active share in the battles of the Nive of the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December, and in these encounters he had another horse shot under him. During these services he was twice wounded and twice severely contused. In acknowledgment for his eminent services in the Peninsula, he received the decoration of a cross and three clasps. He was also nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath on the enlargement of the order Jan. 5, 1815, and allowed to accept the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword on the 15th May following.

Having attained the rank of Colonel in 1814, he proceeded to Canada; but was recalled from North America, owing to the warlike aspect Europe had assumed by the return of Napoleon to France. He reached Ostend in August 1815, and immediately proceeded to join the Allied Army, occupying Paris. He was subsequently appointed Lieut.-Governor of Plymouth, and had the military command of the Western District, the duties of which he discharged for a period of eleven years. On the 31st May 1833 he was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 9th Regiment. He attained the rank of Major-General 19th July, 1821; and that of Lieut.-General 10th January 1837.

Sir John Cameron married in 1803 the eldest daughter of Henry Brock, esq. of Belmont, Guernsey, and niece to the first Lord de Saumarez.

MAJOR-GEN. SIR LEONARD GREENWELL.

Nov. 11. In Harley-street, Cavendishsquare, aged 63, Major-General Sir Leonard Greenwell, K. C.B., K. C.H.

This distinguished officer was the third

son of the late Joshua Greenwell, esq. of Kebblesworth, descended from the family of Greenwell, of Greenwellsford in Durham.

He entered the army 7th August 1801, as an Ensign in the 45th, and served with that regiment continuously up to the year 1827, embracing an era which will be ever prominent in the annals of British history, an d including a course of brilliant military services, of which he carried five indelible marks with him to the grave. Sir Leonard became a Lieutenant Sept. 16, 1802; and Captain April 19, 1804. He accompanied the expedition to South America in 1806, under General Craufurd, and was wounded severely at the head of the light company, storming a battery at the assault on Buenos Ayres, in July, 1807. In August 1808 he landed with the 45th in Portugal, and served in the battles of Roleia, Vimeira, Talavera, and Busaco, and at the lines of Torres Vedras. In fact, except on two occasions, when he was hors de combat in consequence of wounds, he was in all the battles fought in the Peninsula. He attained the rank of Major in 1810, and that of Lieut.- Colonel in 1812.

On the retreat of Massena and the French army he commanded the 45th regiment in the pursuit; and at the head of that regiment was at Pombal, Fon d' Arouce and Sabugal, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of Badajos, in 1811 at its storm and capture; also at the battles of Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and in the engagements in front of Bayonne, on the three days of December, 1813. He was also in command of the Light Infantry of the 3rd division, under Picton, at the battle of Orthes.

Sir Leonard was almost riddled with shot in one or other of the above affairs, but, notwithstanding, was almost miracu lously preserved to a considerable age. He was shot through the neck, body, and right arm; a musket ball was lodged in the left arm, and he received a shot in the left leg. His services were acknowledged by a medal and two clasps.

In 1819 he accompanied his regiment to Ceylon, and after a service of six years there, the climate worked such an effect on his shattered constitution, as to compel him to return home for the benefit of his health. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1825, and in 1827 retired on halfpay, and left a regiment in which his youth, his health, strength, and best energies had been devoted, and in which he was truly and justly beloved.

In 1831 he was appointed Commandant at Chatham, where he re-formed the garrison, and founded a system which has

raised it to its present high state of order and discipline. He vacated that command on his promotion to the rank of MajorGeneral, Jan. 10, 1837.

Sir Leonard Greenwell purchased all his commissions except one. He served as aide-de-camp to their Majesties George IV., William IV., and Victoria. He was nominated a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1832, and a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1838, and was appointed one of the officers receiving rewards for distinguished services. He died without a regiment.

COLONEL SIR C. W. DANCE, K.H. Nov. 13. After a protracted illness, at Barr House, near Taunton, aged 58, Col. Sir Charles Webb Dance, K.H.

Sir Charles was the youngest and only surviving son of the late Mr. George Dance, Royal Academician, architect to the city of London, by Miss Gurnell, daughter of Thomas Gurnell, esq. In Sept. 1804 the deceased entered the army as Ensign. He served under the Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain, and afterwards in France and Belgium. He distinguished himself by his gallantry at the battle of Talavera, and was slightly wounded at Waterloo. On his return to England in 1816 he was appointed Major and Lieut.-Col. of the 2nd Life Guards. During Earl Whitworth's government in Ireland he was Aide-de-camp to his Excellency. He held the silver stick at the coronation of George IV. and was knighted on that occasion, July 25, 1821. In 1836 the late King bestowed upon him the Guelphic Order. He retired on half pay in Aug. 1822. His commissions were dated as follows:-Ensign 7th Sept. 1804; Lieutenant 5th Sept. 1807; Captain 9th April, 1807; Major 20th June, 1816; Lieut.-Colonel 27th March, 1817; and Colonel 10th Jan. 1837.

Sir Charles Dance married, in 1816, the youngest daughter of Allen Cooper, esq.

SIR S. G. HIGGINS, K. C.H.

Oct. 14. In Chapel-street, Grosvenor place, in his 70th year, Sir Samuel Gordon Higgins, K.C.H. Equerry to H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester.

He was the second son of James Lewis Higgins, esq. of Queen's County, Ireland, and at an early age entered the 18th Dragoons. He served with that regiment in Jamaica and St. Domingo from 1795 to 1798. In the succeeding year he served in the campaign in Holland. On quitting the 18th Dragoons he entered the 3rd Regiment of Scots Fusilier

Guards, and remained in that corps until 1825, when he obtained the brevet rank of Colonel. He retired from the army in the year ensuing. The deceased was for nearly thirty-five years Equerry to his Royal Highness the late Duke of Gloucester, at whose demise William IV. conferred the honour of knighthood upon him. Since the death of the Royal Duke Sir Samuel has filled the appointment of Equerry, and till the appointment of the Hon. Captain Liddell, that of Comptroller of the Duchess of Gloucester's household.

THE DEAN OF LIMERICK.

Nov. 3. At his residence, near Rathangan, co. Kildare, in his 85th year, the Very Rev. Arthur John Preston, D.D., Dean of Limerick.

He was previously a Canon of Kildare, and was promoted to the deanery of Limerick, and installed at that cathedral on the 17th Aug. 1809. He filled that sacred office 35 years, residing at the deanery house, in the city of Limerick, and regularly assisting at divine service in the cathedral, until advanced age and ill health obliged him to seek his native air at Rathangan. The Dean was twice married: first on the 26th May, 1794, to the Hon. Araminta Anne Beresford, second daughter of the Most Rev. William Lord Archbishop of Tuam, and the first Baron Decies; and secondly, after her death, which occurred Sept. 26, 1816, to Isabella, third daughter of the late Rev. John Shepherd, of Kent, and sister to the Rev. Thomas Shepherd, Vicar of Wellington, Herefordshire, Capt. Shepherd, R.N. and Capt. Shepherd, R. Art. He has left by his first wife two sons, the Rev. Arthur John Preston, Rector of Kilmeague, and Capt. W. Preston, 45th Regt. ; by his second wife, (who survives him,) one dau. who was married on the 3d. of October last, to James Fitzgerald Massy, esq. eldest son of James Fitzgerald Massy, esq. of Cloghnarold, co. Limerick. The remains of the late Dean were interred in the family vault, at Kilmessin church, near the Hill of Tara.

Dean Preston was an enlightened minister of the Church, faithful, consistent, and honourable in all transactions, lay or clerical. He was esteemed in private life, and a liberal patron of local charities and public institutions in Limerick.

MRS. HOFLAND.

Nov. 9. At Richmond, in her 75th year, Mrs. Hofland.

This well-known and popular authoress was the daughter of Mr. Robert Wreaks, partner in an extensive manufactory at

Sheffield, where she was born in 1770. Her father dying whilst she was very young, and her mother marrying again soon after, little "Barbara" was taken under the fostering care of an aunt, who brought her up, and every year grew more attached to her young charge, in whom she discerned the promise of the talents that distinguished her in after-life.

It may as well be noticed here, as such matters are generally inquired after with interest, that the subject of our memoir, although not strikingly handsome, was prepossessing in appearance, from the beauty of her complexion, and the symmetry of her figure.

At the age of twenty-six she married Mr. T. Bradshawe Hoole, a young man of great worth and promise, connected with an important mercantile house in Sheffield, in which he was eminently useful for his general steadiness, aptness for business, and proficiency in the Spanish language.

For two years Mrs. Hoole enjoyed the blessings of domestic happiness; but a melancholy change soon after overshadowed her career. Her first-born child was laid in the grave, and the dear and devoted husband being seized with rapid consumption, followed soon after, leaving his widow, at the age of twenty-eight, with an infant son of only four months old. Nor was this the full extent of her trials; for the house in which her husband had been concerned was considerably affected by the political events which at that time disturbed Spain and Holland; added to which, one of her trustees became a bankrupt, and defrauded her of her property.

This combination of misfortunes determined her to attempt the publication of a volume of Poems, in the composition of which she had indulged her. self as an amusement. Beloved and admired for her exemplary and amiable demeanour, and universally sympathised with for her great and interesting troubles, she drew to her assistance the hearts and hands of the good people of Sheffield, who showed that they had a disposition to" visit the widow and the fatherless in their affliction." Before the book passed through the press nearly two thousand copies were engaged, and the volume appeared with a list of subscribers occupying upwards of forty pages, an event (for a first publication) unequalled, we should imagine, in the annals of literary history. This was in 1805, and therefore at her death she had completed the fortieth year of her authorship. With the proceeds of this publication she was enabled to establish herself in a school at Harrowgate,

where from time to time she produced other small works, principally in prose, which were very popular and much admired in the neighbourhood. One of them, "The Clergyman's Widow," has since gone through several editions in London, consisting altogether of 17,000 copies.

Ten years had elapsed since the death of her husband, when she attracted the attention of Mr. Thomas C. Hofland; and the natural romance of her disposition was too soon captivated with the dashing and gallant bearing of the young artist, who, like herself, had an enthusiastic bent towards the allurements of taste and imagination. The unprovided means,— the more than doubtful prospects,-were to her no discouragement to love; for, throughout life she had an irresis ible yearning towards those who were struggling adversely with fortune; and the wants of others excited in her heart both sympathy and affection. In opposition to the wishes and opinions of her family and friends, she married Mr. Hofland, and removed to London the following year. She now pursued writing with industrious zeal, and in the course of 1812 published five different works. It is remarkable that the first one that she wrote after her removal to London, viz. "The Daughter in Law," was so much admired by her Majesty Queen Charlotte, that she signified her Royal permission that some future work of Mrs. Hofland's might be dedicated to her, which privilege was exercised in the following year in behalf of a novel in 4 vols. entitled " Emily." Another of the stories that she published in the same year was that most celebrated and popular of her works, "The Son of a Genius ;" which has been translated into several of the continental languages, and met with an almost unprecedented circulation in the United States. It has ever been a great favourite with the young, for whose improvement it was particu larly designed; and has repeatedly called forth the warmest eulogiums from the wise and good, amongst which may be quoted the testimony of Mr. and Miss Edgeworth, who declared that no book had effected so much good in Ireland, as it was particularly suited to correct the improvident character of the Irish.

From this time to the month of her death it might truly be said that she never discontinued writing-her powers of invention seemed unbounded; and, although the large majority of her books were designed for youth, and consequently of small compass, yet the immense mass that proceeded from her pen was surpris.