April 18. Dy'd John Lane, Efq; Son of Sir Thomas Lane, formerly Lord Mayor of London.

-Dy'd Thomas Penny of Bridgewater in the County of Somerset, Efq; Receiver-General for that County. The Lady Soames, Wife of Sir Peter Soames, Bart. brought to Bed of a Son.

The Lady Monfon, Wife of John Lord Monfon, brought to Bed of a Son.

Dy'd Henry Somerset, of Over-Rofs in the County of Hereford, Efq; he was a near Relation of the Beaufort Family.

Dy'd the Lady Twifden, Relict of Sir Thomas Twif den of Linton-Place in the County of Kent, Bart. and fince marry'd to Brigadier-General Jocelyn, Brother of Sir Strange Jocelyn, Bart. She was Daughter of Sir Francis Withers, Kt.

19. Mrs. Erskine, Wife of Charles Erskine, Efq; the King's Solicitor-General in Scotland, brought to Bed of

two Sons.

21. Samuel Tyfon of Shacklewell in the County of Middlefex, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Little, Widow of

John Little of Hackney, Efq;

A Proclamation publifh'd, prohibiting all Perfons to lend Money to any Foreign Prince, State or Potentate, without his Majefty's Licence.

22. Dy'd William Wyndham of Earsham in the County of Suffolk, Efq; Member of Parliament for the Borough of Alborough in that County, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Hofpital at Chelsea.

-Dy'd Robert Thornhill, Efq;

- Dy'd James Stanhope, Efq; youngest Son of James late Earl Stanhope, and Brother to Philip the prefent Earl.

Dy'd Mrs. Catharine Webb, Daughter of Lieutenant General John-Richmond Webb.

The Dutchefs, Spoufe of Scroop Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater, brought to Bed of a Son.

The Lady Elizabeth Henley, Wife of Anthony Henley of the Grange in the County of Southampton, Efq; brought to Bed of a Son.

Gauntlet Fry of Netherington in the County of Wilts, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Newberry, Widow

of

23. Dy'd Mr.

Texbury, a Land-Waiter of the

Cuftoms in the Port of London.

April 23.

April 23. Dr. Bloxham, marry'd to Mrs. Dowdeswell, Widow of William Dowdeswell of Pole Court in the County of Worcester, Efq; She is Daughter of Anthony Hammond, Efq;

24. Herbert Mackworth of Neath in the County of Glamorgan, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Juliana Digby, Daughter of William Digby, Baron of Genfhill in the Kingdom of Ireland.

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25. Denzil Onflow of Drunfwick in the County, of Suflex, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Middleton, Daugh ter of Middleton of in the County of

Effex, Efq;

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Blomer, D. D. appointed one of his Majefty's Chaplains in Ordinary.

Dy'd Edward Ridley, Efq; one of his Majesty's Juftices of the Peace for the County of Middlefex, and City and Liberty of Westminster, and Captain of a Com pany in the 3d Regiment of Foot-Guards.

Dy'd Sir Holland Egerton of Heaton in the County of Lancaster, Bart. He marry'd Eleanor, youngest Daugh ter of Sir Roger Cave of Standford in, the County of Northampton, Bart. by whom he left Iffue three Sons and two Daughters; and was fucceeded in Dignity and Eftate by his eldest Son, Edward Egerton, Efq; a Minor of about ten Years of Age.

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28. Dy'd Jofeph Murden of Watling Street, Efq; an eminent Wholefale Grocer. He was Son, and Heir of Sir Jeremiah Murden, who dy'd when Sheriff of London, in 1726.

29. Dy'd Mrs.

Tuffnel, Sifter of Samuel Tuff

nel of Langley in the County of Effex, Efq;

Sir Charles Turner of Warcham in the County of Norfolk, Kt. and Bart. one of the Commiffioners of the Treasury, appointed one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, in the Room of the Lord William Powlet, deceas'd.

Edward Walpole, Efq; 2d Son of Sir Robert Wal, pole, elected Member of Parliament for the Borough of Leftwithiel in the County of Cornwall, in the Room of Sir Edward Knatchbulb of Marsham-Hatch in the County of Kent, Bart. deceas'd.

30. Sir James Reynolds, Kt. one of his Majefty's Juftices of the King's-Bench, appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, in the Room of Sir Thomas Pengelly, Kt. deceas'd.

April 30.

April 30. Dy'd at Montpellier in France, in the 13th Year of his Age, George Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, &c. and was fucceeded in Honour and Eftate by his only. Brother Henry Clinton, Efq; a Minor of about 11 Years of Age,

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1. Horatio Walpole, Efq; Brother of Sir Robert Walpole, Knight of the Garter, appointed Cofferer of his Majefty's Houfhold, in the Room of Henry Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, deceas'd. Lindsay, Efq; Brother of John LindJay, Earl of Crawford, and Deputy Governor of Stirling Caftle.

Dy'd

2. Dy'd the new-born Son of Scroop Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater. See April 22.

-Thomas Townshend, Efq; 2d Son of Charles Lord Vifcount Townshend, marry'd to Mrs.

Daughter of Colonel

County of Kent.

Selwyn,

Selwyn of Dawfell in the

2 Mrs. Walpole, Wife of Horatio Walpole, Efq; brought to Bed of a Son.

3. Dy'd Mrs.

buthnot, M.D.

Arbuthnot, Wife of

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Thomas Ward, Efq; Conful General for Great Britain in Ruffia, appointed his Majefty's Refident at the Raffian Court,

4. Dy'd at the Age of 90 Years, or thereabouts, Mrs. Arabella Churchilly Daughter of Sir Winftan Churchill of Wotton-Ballet in the County of Wilts, Kt. and Sister of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. She had Iffue by K. James II. (when Duke of York) 1. James, furnamed Fitz-James, whom his Father, in the 3d Year of his Reign, created a Duke, Earl, and Baron of this King dom, by the Titles of Duke of Berwick, Earl of Tinmouth, and Baron of Bofworth. In the Year 1688, he was elected one of the Knights Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; bus retiring the fame Year with his Father into France, he was never inftall'd, and his Election was afterwards declared void. He is now Marshal of France, Grandee of Spain, &c. 2. Henry Fitz James, commonly call'd, The Grand Prior, whom his Father, after his Abdication created Duke of Albemarle, who dy'd in France; and 3. Henrietta Fitz-James, who

was

was marry'd to Sir Henry Waldegrave of Chewton in the County of Somerset, Kt. and Bart. and afterwards by the fame King created Lord Waldegrave. The deceafed Lady was afterwards marry'd to Charles Godfrey, Efq; Clerk Controller of the Green-cloth, and Mafter of the Jewel Office, by whom the had Iffue two Daughters, Wife of Hugh Bofcawen, Viscount Fal mouth, and Relict of Edmund Dunch of Wittenham in the County of Bucks, Efq; Mafter of the Houfhold to Queen Anne, and King George I.

viz.

May 4. Dy'd Arthur Moore, Efq;

5. John Selwin of Matfon in the County of Gloucefter, Efq; Groom of the Bedchamber to the King, appointed Treafurer to her Majefty in the Room of Sir William Strickland, Bart. made Secretary at War.

Peter Bold of Bold in the County of Lancaster, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Sylvefter, Widow of

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Dy'd John Neal of Allerley in the County of Warwick, Efq;

Dy'd at Lyons in France, aged about 19 Years, the Lord Bofton, only Son of Henry d'Auverquerque, Earl of

Grantham.

The Lady of Henry Egerton, D. D. Lord Bishop of Hereford, Brother of Scroop Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater, brought to Bed of a Son.

6. Dy'd Mr.

Inn.

Ash, a noted Attorney of Lyons

-Maurice Morgan, Efq; appointed Deputy-Covernor of the Isle of Wight, in the Room of his Father Anthony Morgan, Efq; deceas'd.

John Hervey, Efq; commonly call'd Lord Hervey, eldest Son of the Earl of Bristol, appointed Vice-Cham berlain of his Majefty's Houfhold, in the Room of William Stanhope, Lord Harrington.

-Dy'd John Rolie of Stevenflone in the County of Devon, Efq; Knight of the Shire for that County.

7. Thomas Norton of Ickfworth-Abbey in the County of Suffolk, Efq; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Chelfea Hofpital, in the Room of William Wyndam, Efq; de

ceas'd.

Dy'd in an advanc'd Age, Edward Buckley, Efq; one of the Governors of St. Thomas's Hofpital, and for merly an eminent Brewer in Old-ftreet, London.

May 8. Henry Pelham, Efq; Secretary at War, ap pointed Paymatter-General of his Majesty's Forces, in the Room of Spencer Compton, Lord Wilmington. And,

Sir William Strickland of Roynton in the County of York, Bart. one of the Commiffioners of the Treasury, made Secretary at War in the Room of Henry Pelham, Efq; George Treby of Plympton in the County of Devon, Efq; appointed Mafter of the Houfhold to his Majefty. Exton Sayer, LL.D. made Surveyor General of his Majefty's Land Revenue, in the Room of Philip Gybbon of Rolvendon in the County of Kent, Efq;

-Sir William Yonge of Calliton in the County of Devon, Knight of the Bath, one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, made one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Treasury, in the Room of Sir Charles Turner, made one of the Tellers of his Majesty's Receipt of the Exchequer.

The Lady of Francis Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham, brought to Bed of a Son.

Thomas Lord Trevor, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, appointed Lord President of his Majefty's Moft Honourable Privy Council, in the Room of William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, deceas'd.

Spencer Compton, Lord Wilmington, made Lord Keeper of the Privy-Seal, in the Room of the Lord Trevor. The Lord Hervey, Vice-chamberlain to his Majeftv, fworn of his Majefty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his Place at the Board accordingly.

Henry Bromley of Horfeheath in the County of Cambridge, Efq; appointed his Majefty's Lieutenant of that County.

Sir John Williams, Kt. one of the Aldermen and Sheriffs of London, elected Member of Parliament for the Borough of Aldborough in the County of Suffolk, in the Room of William Wyndham, Efq; deceas'd.

The Princess Charlotte of Brandenbourg, third Daughter of the King of Pruffia, betroth'd at Berlin to the Prince of Brunswick-Beveren.

9. Sir Conyers d'Arcey, Knight of the Bath, appointed Controller of his Majefty's Houfhold, in the Room of Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchelsea, &c. who refign'd.

Dy'd John Parkhurst, Efq;

Dy'd Robert Coleman of Burnt-Ealing in the County of Suffolk, Efq;

May.