admirals of the red; John Rey- heirs male. Lord Viscount Gage nolds, Efq; Sir Hugh Pallifer, Bart. Hon. John Byron, Matthew Barton, Efq; Sir Peter Parker, Knt. Hon. Samuel Barrington, Mariot Arburthnot, Efq; Robert Roddam, Efq; George Darby, Efq; John Campbell, Efq; (vice-admirals of the blue) to be vice-admirals of the white; James Gambier, Efq; William Lloyd, Efq; Fra. William Drake, Efq; Sir Edward Hughes, K. B. Hyde Parker, Efq; (rear-admirals of the red) John Evans, Efq; Mark Milbanke, Efq; (rear admirals of the white) to be vice-admirals of the blue; Nic. Vincent, Efq; John Storr, Efq; Sir Edward Vernon, Knt. (rearadmirals of the white) to be rearadmirals of the red; Joshua Rowley, Efq: Richard Edwards, Efq; Thomas Graves, Efq; Robert Digby, Efq; Sir John Lockhart Rofs, Bart. (rear-admirals of the blu.) to be rear-admirals of the red. And the following captains were also appointed flag officers, viz. Charles Webber, Efq; Wm. Langdon, Efq; Benjamin Marlow, Efq; Alexander Hood, Efq; Alexander Innes, Efq; rear-admirals of the white; Charl. Ogle, Knt. Sir Sam. Hood, Bart. Matthew Moore, Efq; Sir Richard Hughes, Bart. Francis Samuel Drake, Efq; Rich. Kempenfelt, Efq; rear-admirals of the blue. Sir James Earl of Salisbury, Treafurer of the Houthold, fworn of the Privy Council. Earl Talbot, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the name, file, and title, of Baron Dinevor, of Dinevor in the county of Caermarthen, with remainder to his daughter, Lady Cecil Rice, widow, and her of the kingdom of Ireland, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the name, ftile, and title, of Baron Gage of Firle in Suffex. The following gentlemen, and their heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, viz. the Hon. James Brudenell, Baron Brudenell, of Deene in the county of Northampton.-The Right Hon. Sir Wm. De Grey, Knt. Baron Walfing. ham, of Walfingham in Norfolk.— Sir William Bagot, Bart. Baron B got, of Bagot's Bromley in Staffordshire. The Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton, Baron of Southampton in Hants. - Hen. Herbert, Efq; Baron Portchester, of Highclere, in the county of Southampton. of Commons, fworn of the Privy Council. Thomas Wroughton, Efq; Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Sweden, to the most honourable Order of the Bath. Sir George Brydges Rodney, Bart. Admiral of the white fquadron of his Majelly's fleet, and Commander in Chief of all his Majefty's fhips and veffels employed at Barbadoes and the Leeward Ilands, to the moft honourable Order of the Bath. DECE MEER. The King has been pleafed to order letters patent to be paffed under the great feal of the kingdom of Ireland, containing his Majefty's grants of the dignity of a baron of the faid kingdom unto the following gentlemen, and their heirs male, by the names, ftiles, and titles, as under- mentioned, viz. James Dennis, Efq; Chief Baron of his Majelly's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Baron Tracton, of Tracton Abbey, in the County of Cork. Sir Robert Tilfon Deane, Bart. Baron Muskerry, in the county of Cork. Almar Lowry Corry, Efq; Baron Belmore, of Caftlecoole, in the county of Fermanagh. Thomas Knox, Efq; Baron Welles, of Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone. John Baker Holroyd, Efq; Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, in the county of Meath. Alfo like letters patent, containing his Majesty's grants of the dignity of a viscount of the faid kingdom unto the following noblemen, and their heirs male, by the names, ftiles, and titles, as undermentioned, viz. jefty's Chancellor of Ireland, Vilcount Lifford, of Lifford, in the county of Donnegall. Otway Lord Defart, Vifcount Defart, of Defart, in the county of Kilkenny. John Baron Erne, Viscount Erne, of Crum Castle, in the county of Fermanagh. Barry Lord Farnham, Viscount Farnham, of Farnham, in the county of Cavan. Simon Lord Irnham, Viscount Carhampton, of Cattlehaven, in the county of Cork. Bernard Lord Bangor, Viscount Bangor, of Caftleward, in the county of Downe. Penyfton Lord Melbourne, Vifcount Melbourne, of Kilmore, in the county of Cavan. James Lord Clifden, Vifcount Clifden, of Gowran, in the coun ty of Kilkenny. John Lord Naas, Viscount Mayo, of Monecrouer. Alfo like letters patent, containing his Majesty's grant of the dignities of baron and earl of the faid kingdom unto Henry Lord Viscount Conyngham, and his heirs male, by the name, ftile, and title of Baron and Earl Conyngham, of Mount Charles, in the county of Donnegall, with remainder of the barony to his nephew Francis Pierpoint Burton, Efq; and his heirs male. And the like letters patent, containing his Majesty's grant of the dignity of an earl of the faid kingdom unto Stephen Lord Viscount Mount Cafhell, and his heirs male, by the name, ftile, and title of Earl Mount Cashell, of Cathell, in the county of Tipperary. The Earl of Inchiquin, John O'Neil, and Luke Gardiner, Efqrs. James Baron Lifford, his Ma- to be of his Majesty's most honour able able Privy Council in the kingdom of Ireland. The King has been pleafed to order letters patent to be paffed under the great feal of Ireland, containing his Majelly's grants of the dignity of a baronet of that kingdom unto the following gentlemen, and their heirs male, viz. John Stuart Hamilton, Efq; of Dunnamana, in the county of Tyrone; John Tottenham, Efq; of Tottenham-green, in the county of Wexford; and Neal O'Donnell, Efq; of Newport, in the county of Mayo. The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Grantham, Lord Robert Spencer, the Right Hon. William Eden, the Hon. Thomas De Grey, Andrew Stuart, Edward Edward Gibbon, Hans Sloane, and Benjamin Langlois, Efqrs. to be his Majefty's Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations. Charles Middleton, Efq; Sir John Williams, Knt. Edmund Hunt, George Marth, Timothy Brett, William Palmer, and William Bateman, Efqrs. Sir Richard Temple, Bart. Edward Le Cras, Samuel Wallis, Paul Henry Ourry, Henry Martin, and Charles Proby, Efqrs. and Sir Andrew Snape Hammond, Knt. to be his Majesty's Commiffioners in quality of principal officers of his Majefty's navy. The Duke of Montague, to be his Majefty's Mafter of the Horfe. The Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesbury, to be Chamberlain of her Majefty's Houfhold. Sir Nathaniel Wombwell, Bart. The Right Hon. Hans Stanley, F. R. S. Cofferer of the Houfhold, Governor of the Isle of Wight, Treaforer of the Museum, and member for Southampton. Sir John Moore, Bart. the title extinct. Lady Head, relict of the Rev. Sir John, Bart. Christ. Blake, Efq; brother of Sir Patrick, Bart. Mifs Frances Mackworth, eideft daughter of Sir Herbert, Bart. Dowager Lady Blois, relict of Sir Ralph, Bart. Lady of Sir James Hereford, Bart. Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Bart. Right Hon. Thomas Waite, Se-^ cretary, and one of the Privy Council of Ireland. Right Hon. Lady Jane Boyle, filter to Richard Earl of Burlington. Mifs Martha Abdy, daughter of Sir Anthony, Bart. Her Royal Highnefs Louifa Amelia of Bruntwick, Princess Dowager of Pruffia, and mother to the Hereditary Prince of Pruffia, and to the fpoufe of the Prince Stadtholder. The lady of Sir Alexander Gil, mour, Bart. at Alnwick. Sir William Sharp, Bart, in Great Titchfield treet, Major General in the Portuguese fervice, and Governor of the province of Minho. FBBRUARY. Lady Fowlis, relict of Sir Wil liam, Bart. Dr. Richard Richmond, Bishop of Sodor and Man. Lady Davers, mother of Sir Charles, Bart. Lady Lady Lucy Douglas, daughter of the Duke of Montrofe. Samuel Egerton, Efq; of Tatton: he was the only furviving ion of John Egerton, grandson of John Earl of Bridgewater by Lady Eliz. Cavendish, daughter to John Duke of Newcastle. Sir William Blackstone, Knt. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Dowager Countess of Kildare. Lady Catherine Pelham, Ranger of Greenwich Park. She was fifter of the late Duke of Leeds, and married, 1726, to the late Hon. Henry Pelham, by whom he had two sons, who died young of an epidemical fever. Countess Dowager of Eglin toun. Lady Jenkinson, mother of Sir Banks, Bart. His Serene Highnefs the Duke of Modena. His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick. MARCH. The Right Rev. Doctor John Ofwald, Bishop of Raphoe. Right Hon. Lady Mulgrave. Lord Fortefcue Aland. Mrs. Gulton, wife of Jofeph Gulfton, Efq; and fifter of the prefent Sir S. Stepney, Bart. Mifs Letitia Beauchamp, daughter of Sir W. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart. General Defaguliers, of the artillery. Hon. Topham Beauclerk, only fon of Lord Sidney Beauclerk. Charlotte, relict of the late Sir William Sanderfon, Bart. and daughter of Sir R. Gough, of Edgeballon. Egerton,/wife of the Bishop of Durham. Her ladyfhip was the daughter of Henry, late Duke of Kent, by the Lady Sophia Bentinck, daughter of the Earl of Portland. Lady Gooch, relict of the Right Rev. Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart. late Lord Bishop of Ely. Hér ladyship was the daughter of Compton, Efq; and nearly related to the prefent Earl of Northamp ton. Sir Francis Blake, Bart. Lady Ifabella Douglafs, daughter George Earl of Granard, one of his Majefty's most honourable Privy Council in Ireland, and a Baronet of Nova Scotia; by whofe death the title and eftate have devolved on his eldest fon, Lord George Forbes, now Earl of Granard. Rev. Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart. Hon. Henry St. John, fon of the late, and uncle to the prefent, Lord St. John of Bletfoe, captain of the Intrepid man of war, on board which he was killed, with his 1st and 2d lieutenants, by the fame cannon ball, in the fight with the French fleet off Guadaloupe. He married Mary Schuyler of New York, by whom he has left iffue one fon, Henry. Lady Anne Hope, daughter of the Earl of Hopetoun. MAY. Hon. Thomas Townshend, one of the oldeft Tellers of the Exchequer. Sir Charles Hardy, Admiral of the White, and commander of the Right Hon. Lady Anne Sophia fleet. Hon. Dame Rachael Morgan, relict of Sir William Morgan, of Tredegar, K. B. and daughter of William fecond Duke of Devonshire, by Rachael daughter of William Lord Ruffel. Lady Jane Strickland. In the 71 year of his age, at his houfe in Woolwich Warren, William Belford, Efq colonel of the ft battalion of the royal reg. of artillery, and a general in the army. Sir J. Hobby Mill, Bart. Mifs Frances Blake, youngest daughter of Sir Patrick Blake. Lady Goring, wife of Sir Harry, Bart. Sir Andrew Middleton, Bart. John Moreton, Efq; Chief Juftice of Chetter, Attorney-general to the Queen, deputy High-fteward of the univerfity of Oxford, and member for Wigan in Lancashire. Lady Viscountefs Dowager Tyrconnel. Sir Charles Halford, Bart. Lady Viscountess Mahon, daughter of the late Earl of Chatham. The lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Hillsborough, at his lordfhip's houfe in Hanover-fquare. Her ladyfhip was only daughter of Edward Stawell, 4th and lait Lord Stawell, first married to the late Right Hon. Henry Bilfon Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was created a peerefs by the title of Baronefs Stawell, which title defcends to her fon, Mr. Legge, now Lord Stawell, Hon. Lady Sufanna Houston, relict of Sir Thomas, Bart. The Hon. Mrs. Page, relict of the late Thomas Page, Efq; and aunt to Lord Viscount lowe. His Royal Highness Charles Alexander, Duke of Lorrain and Bar, &c. Grand Mafter of the Teutonic Order, &c. and Governor and Captain-general of the Auftrian Netherlands. AUGUST. The Dowager Countefs Cowper, third daughter of John Earl Granville, firft married to the Hon. Joha Spencer, and mother of the prefent Earl Spencer, afterwards married to the late Earl Cowper, but was not mother of the prefent earl. At Sudbury, Derbyshire, George Venables Lord Vernon. His lordfhip was born Feb 9, 1709, and was created Lord Vernon, and Baron of Kinderton, May 12, 1762. He is fucceeded in his title by the Hon. George Venables Vernon, born May 9, 1735. The |