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Dy'd, the Lady Elizabeth Fitz-Maurice, at her Houfe in Pall Mall, aged 83.

Dy'd, Major Wright, of the first Regiment of Foot Guards.

Dy'd, the Lady Downing, Wife of Sir George Down ing, Bart. Knight of the Bath.

Dy'd, John Billingsley, Efq; at Park Place, reputed worth 30,000l. and 700l. per Ann.

Dy'd, John Kynafton, Efq; who lately petitioned for the Barony of Powys; he was Reprefentative in feveral Parliaments for Shropshire. By his Death an Estate of 80007. fell to his Son Corbet Kynafton, Efq;

Dy'd, the Lady of the Lord Digby, at Sherborne in -Dorfetfhire.

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Dy'd Mr. Trufs, at Clay-Hill near Endfield, aged 112. He was a Soldier in Oliver Cromwell's Army.

Dy'd, Mrs. Mary Malton, at Reading in Berks, a Maiden Lady, aged 105, reputed worth 10,000?.

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Preferments.

His Grace the Duke of Athol, elected one of the 16 Peers of Scotland, to fit in the Parliament of Great Bri tain, in the Room of the Earl of Sutherland, deceas'd.j: The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, appointed Lord · Lieutenant of the County of Wilts.

The Lord Southwell of the Kingdom of Ireland, appointed Master of the Horfe to the Princefs Royal, after her Marriage with the Prince of Orange.

Sir Philip Yorke, Kt. Attorney-General, made Lord Chief Juftice of the King's Bench, with an Addition of 20001. per Ann. Salary, to him and his Succeffors.

Mr. Poyntz, Nephew to Stephen Poyntz, Efq; and the Son of Major Derby of the Foot Guards, are appointed Pages of Honour to the Princefs Royal after her Marriage.

The Lady of the Right Hon. the Lord Herbert, Sifter to John Lord Vifcount Limington, appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princefs Royal.

...Dr. Peter's, one of the late Dr. Radcliff's Travelling Phyficians, appointed Physician Extraordinary to his Majefty,

Robert Frafer, Efq; Captain in Colonel Harrison's Re giment of Foot, made Major to the faid Regiment.

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Capt. Bembow appointed Lieutenant in the Earl of Pembroke's Royal Regiment of Horfe.

Maurice Bockland, Efq; Reprefentative for Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, to the Command of a Troop in his -Majelly's own Royal Regiment of Hotfe, in the Room of Capt. Lancaster, deceas'd.

Thomas Rigg, Efq; late Sheriff of Bucks, made one of the Commiflioners of the Revenue in Ireland, in the "Room of his Father-in-law Thomas Medlicott, Efq;

Marriages.

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Sir James Elphingston of Lagie, Bart. 'marry'd to the Daughter of Mr. Rattray of Craighall!

The Hon. Charles Murray, Efq; Brother to Sir Alexander Murray, Bartz to: a young Lady of 16,0dol. For

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2 James Wanchap of Edmonton, Efq; to a Daughter of Sir John Inglis of Cramond, Bart.

The Hon. and Rev. Francis Hamilton, Son to the Earl of Abercorn, to the 2d Daughter of James Forth, Efqs

at Dublin.

Mr. Serjeant Birch, to Mifs Taskmaker of Edmonton, a young Lady of 14,000l. Fortune. Tod

Thomas Jones Tyre, Efq; of Hankam in Gloucefter fhire, to Mifs Hare, a 16,000l. Fortunele moon

John Pedley of Thet worth in Huntingdonshire, to Mifs Stanhope, Grandaughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Grimfton in Yorkshire, Bart. a 15,000l. Fortune.

William Robinson of Wrexham in Denbighshire, to the Daughter of the late Robinfon Lytton of Nibworth in Hertfordshire, a 15000l. Fortune.

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Mr. John Harvey, Linnen-draper in Cornhill, to Mils Brohoch of Ipfwich, a Fortune of 8000 7.

Deaths.

...Dy'd at Harrow on the Hill, after a long Indifpofition, her Grace Henrietta Dutchefs of Marlborough, Marchionefs of Blandford land: Baronefs of Sandridge, as Succeffor to her Father, Jahn late Duke of Marlborough; and Countess of Godolphin, as Wife to the Right Hon. Francis Earl of Godolphin, Groom of the Stole, and First. Lord of the Bedchamber to the King. Her Grace bore his Lordship one Son and two Daughters, the Marquels of Blandford, who 'dy'd about two Years ago without Iffue, her Grace the Dutchefs of Newraftle, and the

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Lady Mary about nine Years old. Her Grace's Titles defcend, according to the Limitation of Parliament, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Sunderland, Sun to the Lady Anne, 2d Daughter of the late Duke of Marlborough, who is marry'd to the only Daughter of the Lord Trevor.

Dy'd the Right Honourable Charles Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who marry'd the Lady Henrietta, Siffer to John Lord Hobart.

Thomas Arundel, Elqs at Stoke Park in Northamptonfhire, without Iffue. His s Eftate devolves on his Widow, eldeft Daughter of Peter Wentworth, Brother to the Earl of Strafford.

Dy'd, Sir John Stonehoufe, Bart. one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Berks.

Dy'd, Sir Edward Bettenfon, in the 63d Year of his Age.

Dy'd, the Hon. Alexander Elphingston, Efq; Son of the Lord Balmerino at Leith.

"Dy'd, Col, Suckling, Colonel of a Troop in Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons,

"Dy'd, Sir William Drake in Devonshire.

Dy'd, the Hon. Henry Hare, Efq; Heir apparent to "the Barony of Coleraine.

Dy'd, Sir William Douglafs of Killhead, Bart.
Dy'd, Sir John Stapleton of Myton, in Yorkshire,
Dy'd, Samuel Read, Efq; reputed worth 80,000.
Dy'd, Sandelin Stapleton of M

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Preferments.

Sir Philip Forke, late Attorney-General, made a Serjeant at Law, and Lord Chief Juftice of the King's Bench, and afterwards a Baron of Great Britain, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Hardwick of Hard

wick of the Sutton of Gloucefter.

General Sutton appointed Governor of the Tland of Guernsey, in the Room of the late Earl of Suffolk.

The Hon. John Fitz-Williams, Brother to the Counters of Pembroke, made Cornet of his Majefty's own Regiment of Horfe, commanded by the Earl of Pembroke, in the Room of Capt. Bembow, made Captain-Lieutenant in fame Regiment.

The Hon. Mr. John Sinclair, Brother-in-Law to the Earl of Caithness appointed one of the ordinary Lords

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of Seffion at Edinburgh, in the Room of Sir William Cal-
derwood, deceas'd.

Capt. Tracey, Son to the late Judge Tracey, promoted
to the Poft of a Lieutenant in the Foot Guards.

Captain Goodyer, appointed Commander of the Shore-
ham, lately put into Commiffion.

Charles Talbot, Efq; late Solicitor-General, appointed
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

Captain Nathaniel Urlin, appointed Commander of
the King's Packet-Boat between Falmouth and Lisbon.
Gha, Bowles, Efq; made Prothonotary to the Dutchy
of Lancofter, a Place worth 600l. per Ann.

Marriages.

The Right Hon. the Lord Gower, marry'd to the
Lady Atkins, Relia of Sir Henry Atkins, Bart. and one
of the Daughters of Sir John Stonehoufe, deceas'd, late
Knight of the Shire for the County of Berks.

Dudley Rider, Member of Parliament for St. Germans,
marry'd to Mrs. Newnham, eldest Daughter of Mr. Nevn
ham of Streatham.

M. Bloffel, a Gentleman of Dutch Extraction, to a
young Lady of 30,000?. Fortune.

Robert Thornton, Efq; one of the Directors of the
Bank, to the Sister of Charles Newby near Doncafter, Elq;
a Lady of a great Fortune.

Samuel Leigh of Surrey, Efq; to a Daughter of the late
Colonel Rachel, a Fortune of 150007.

Samuel Bofanquet, and eminent Merchant, one of the
Directors of the South-Sea Company, to Mrs. Dunfter,
with a Fortune of 150001.

The Rev. M. Vidal, one of the Uthers of Weftminster
School, to Mifs Studely of Smith-street, Westminster, a
Lady of 6ocol. Fortune.

Deaths.

Dy'd, her Grace the Dutchefs of Ormond, in the
68th Year of her Age, fecond Wife of James late Duke
of Ormand. She was eldeft furviving Daughter of Henry
Duke of Beaufort, by his Wife Mary, Daughter of Lord
Capel, beheaded in 1648, Sifler to Arthur Earl of Essex,
and Relict of Henry Seymour Lord Beauchamp, Son of
William Marquefs of Hertford.

Dy'd the Right Hon. David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow.

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Dy'd Lady Windfor, Wife of Lord Viscount Windfor. She was fole Daughter and Heirefs to Philip Earl of Pembroke, and Relict of John Lord Jefferies.

Dy'd Major John Webb, Governor of Upnor Castle, and the other Forts on the River Medway.

Dy'd Col. Groves, an old experienc'd Officer in the Army.

Dy'd Sir James Ah, whofe Eftate of 4000l. per Ann. and a great Sum of ready Money devolves on Joseph Windham, Efq; an Wholefale Linnen draper in Auftin Fryars.

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Dy'd Sir Thomas Millar, Bart. at his Seat at Havant near Chichester.

Dy'd Philip Moreau, Efq; poffefs'd of an Eftate of 50,000l. the Bulk of which falls to his only Son, James Philip Moreau, Efq;. The Deceafed left 1000l. to Chrift's Hofpital, and 3007, to the Poor of Knightsbridge where he dy'd.

Dy'd Mr. Liffemore, an eminent Stone-cutter, poffefs'd of an Estate of 15000l. per Ann.

Dy'd Thomas Maynard of Worcestershire, Efq; by whose Death, an Estate of 700l. per Ann, comes to his eldest Sifter, Wife of Genfon of Bedfordshire, Efq;

Dy'd Sir Charles Gunter Nichol, Knight of the Bath, and Reprefentative for the Town of Peterborough.

Dy'd Capt. John Waters at Hammersmith, in the 94th Year of his Age. He was in all the Wars with the late Duke of Marlborough.

Dy'd the Right Hon. the Countefs Dowager of Plymouth.

Dy'd Mr. Tancred, an eminent Wholefale Woollendraper in Ruffel-ftreet, Covent Garden.

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