Annual Register of World Events

Vifcount Mountgarret, of the kingdom of Ireland.

The Right Hon. the Countess Cornwallis.

At the Hague, the Hon. Char. Bentinck, 3d fon of the first Earl of Portland.

Sir Charles Holt, Bart. The relict of Sir G. Oxendon, Bart.

March, Sir John Mordaunt Cope, Bart.

At Valleyfield, in Scotland, Sir George Prefton, Bart,

At Bath, the Right Hon. Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkfhire, Viscount Andover, Secretary of State for the Northern department, a Governor of the Charterhoufe, and Knight of the Garter His Lordship fucceeded his grandfather, Henry, the late Earl, on the 21st of March, 1757, and married Maria Conftantia, eldeft daughter of Robert Vifc. Hampden, on the 25th of May, 1764, by whom he had a daughter, who died the 21ft of July, 1775; the Countefs died the 7th of Feb. 1767. His Lordfhip married to his fecond wife, the fifter of the Earl of Aylesford, whom he left enceinte, and who was afterwards delivered of a fon, who only lived three days, His lordship fell a martyr to the gout, (which he seems to have had hereditary) at the very early age

of 39. Mifs Mary Boyd, daughter of Sir John Boyd, Bart.

April. The Right Hon. Wil Ham Stanhope, Earl of Harring ton, Viscount Petersham, a Ge neral of his Majefty's forces, Colonel of the fecond troop of horse grenadier guards, and Comptroller of the Customs in the port of Dublin.

Richard Oakes, Efq. UnderSecretary of State for the Northern department.

The Lady of the Lord Viscount Hinchinbroke, Vice-chamberlain of his Majefty's Household.

The Right Hon. Lord King. Lady Dowager Viscountefs Montague, aged 80, relict of Anthony, late Lord Viscount Montague, and mother of the present Lord Vifcount Montague.

Right Hon. Lady Augufta Anne Kearney, half-fifter to the Duke of Chandos.

The Right Rev. Dr. Green, Lord Bishop of Lincoln.

Right Hon. the Countess of Dundonald.

At Hill Court, Gloucestershire, aged 54, Sir John Fuft, Bart. the laft of the male line of that ancient Saxon family. He was lineally defcended from John Fauft,the celebrated artift from whom the city of Mentz contends with Haerlem, for the honour of having invented the art of printing.

In Scotland, the Right Hon. Amelia Murray, Lady Sinclair, fifter to the late Duke of Athol.

The only daughter of Lord Algernon Percy.

William Parry, Efq. Admiral of the Blue.

At Paris, John Earl of Traquaire, aged 81.

The relict of Sir Robert Maude. Sir Robert Lawrie, Bart. of Maxwelton.

May. The relict of Sir Wm. York.

Hon. Henry Finch, Efq. brother to the Earl of Aylesford.

Mifs Alicia Knatchbull, youngest daughter of Sir Ed. Knatchbull, Bart.

Sir John Chetwode, Bart.

Han.

Hon. Mrs. Cowper, daughter of Ld. Viscount Townshend, relict of the late Dean of Durham.

The Right Hon. Dowager Lady Sandys.

The Right Rev. Dr. Michael Cox, Archbishop of Cafhel, in his 88th year. He was confecrated Bishop of Offory in 1743; tranf lated to Cafhel in 1754

At his houfe at Knightsbridge, in the 83d year of his age, his Grace John Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Rutland, Baron Roos, of Hamlake, Trufbut, and Belvoir, Baron Man. ners of Haddon, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majefty's Privy Council. His Grace married Bridget, only daughter and heiress to Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington; by whom he had the following iffue, viz. 1. John Marquis of Granby, who died in his father's life-time. 2. Lord Robert Sutton, who died fome years before his faid elder brother. And, 3. Lord Geo. Sutton, now living. His Grace was defcended in a direct line from the family De Albini, Lords of Belvoir; which ancient stock hath (in its progreffive courfe), by its feveral intermarriages, united itfelf with the families of Seymour, Ruffel, Noel, Mountague, Roos, and Plantagenet. His Grace's honours and eftates defcend to his grandfon Charles Marquis of Granby, now Duke of Rutland, who is the eldelt fon of the late illuftrious Marquis, by the Lady Frances Seymour, daughter of Charles Duke of Somerfet.

June. Right Rev. Dr. William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Gloucefter.

Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. late Governor of Mafachufet's Bay.

Sir William Wolfeley, Bart. The youngeft fon of Ld. North. July. Rt. Hon. Countess Dowager of Macclesfield.

Hon. Thomas King, brother to Lord King,

The Lady of Col. Ackland. In Dublin, the Rt. Hon. Lady Dowager Dillon.

Sir Alexander Parry, Bart.

In the 23d year of his age, Rob. Bertie, Duke of Ancalter and Kefteven, Marquis of Lindley, Lord Great Chamberlain of England by inheritance, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Lincoln, and one of his Majefty's most honourable Privy Council. The most amiable and engaging manners diftinguished his private life, and the expectation and hopes of his country were raised high from the experiment which the very fhort period of his public conduct had given. His Grace fucceeded Peregrine his father in August lait, and dying unmarried, the title goes to Lord Brownlow Bertie, his uncle. The ancient Barony of Willoughby of Ereíby, a Barony in fee, defcends to the heirs fe male, and as fuch is in abeyance between his two fifters, co-heireffes. And the office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England, which devolved to the first Earl of Lindfey, as fon and heir to his mother, the fole heir female of the great family of the Veres, Earis of Oxford, defcends to his Grace's eldeft fifter, Lady Elizabeth Burrell.

Auguft. Hon. Mrs. Cavendif. Right Hon. George Rice, member for Caermarthen, Lieut. and 1214 Cuftos

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Cuftos Rotulorum and Col. of militia of the faid county, Treasurer of his Majesty's Chamber, and fonin-law to Earl Talbot.

Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, Vifc. Mordaunt of Avalon, Baron Mordaunt of Furvey, and Baron Mordaunt of Ryegate. He fucceeded Charles his grandfather (the celebrated hero in Queen Anne's reign) in 1735. His Lordfhip was twice married; by his firft Lady he had two daughters; by his fecond Charles Henry the prefent Earl, born May 16, 1758.

The new-born fon and heir of the late Earl of Suffolk, on the third day after his birth, in Duke ftreet, Weftminster: he is fucceeded by his uncle, the Hon. Tho. Howard.

Right Hon. Ann, Countefs of Arran.

William Henry Dawfon, Lord Viscount Carlow, and Baron Daw. fon of the kingdom of Ireland, aged 67. He was created Baron April 30, 1770, and advanced to the dignity of Viscount June 28, 1776. He married Mary, fifter to the prefent Lord Milton; and is fucceeded by John his eldeft fon (born August 23, 1744), member for Queen's County.

Sept. Margaret Countefs Dow. of Moray, daughter of David Earl of Weymis, and mother to Francis the prefent Earl of Moray.

Maria Catharina Marchionefs of Blandford, aged 96. This Lady (the daughter of Peter de Yong, à Burgo-mafter of the Province of Utrecht, and fifter to Ifabella Countess of Denbigh) was married April 25, 1729, to William Marquis of Blandford, and became a Dowager Aug, 24, 1731.

Sir Whistler Webster, Bart.
TheRev. Sir John Moseley, Bt.
Sir Cecil Bishop, Bart.

The Right Rev. Richard Chenevix, Lord Bishop of Waterford.

Capt. David Roach, lineally defcended from the ancient Viscounts Fermoy, of Ireland, which title he lately claimed in confequence of difcovering feveral errors in the outlawry laid to his ancestors in the reign of Charles the First, and, having proved his defcent, had it reverfed, and was to take his feat the enfuing Irish Seffion of Parlia

ment.

The Right Hon. Richard Grenville Temple, Viscount Cobham, Earl Temple. His Lordship was thrown from his phaeton, and unhappily fractured his fkull by the fall. His Lordship was Earl Temple by creation, Viscount Cobham by defcent, Lord Lieut. and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Buckingham, a Knight of the Garter, and Privy Counsellor. He is fuc ceeded in title and eftate by his nephew George Nugent Grenville, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer.

The Lady of Sir Gervas Clifton, Bart. of a putrid fever, caught by conftantly attending two of her fons in that diforder; the fecond of whom (Gervas Clifton, Efq.) died Auguft 9.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, aged one year and ten months, grandfon of the Duke of Newcastle, and of the Earl of Hertford. The title devolves to the Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton, member of Parliament for the city of Westminster.

08. Sir Roger Twifden, Bart. Hon. Lieut. Napier, youngest fon of the late Lord Napier.

Right Hon. Robert Maxwell Earl of Farnham.

Right Hon. Lord Willoughby of Parham, aged about 30. The title is now extinct.

Sir William Gardiner, Bart. The eldest son of Sir Thomas Fowke.

Mifs Mary Ridley, fifter to Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart.

Sir Thomas Head, Bart. Sir Robert Lawley, Bart. Nov. Right Hon. Anne, Countefs of Northefk.

Sir James Dashwood, Bart. Sir Simeon Stewart, Bart. Right Hon. Tho. Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley; a Privy Counsellor; Chief Juftice in Eyre of his Majefty's forefts North of Trent; High Steward of Bewdley, in Worcestershire, &c. His Lordfhip was born January 30, 1744, and fucceeded his father, George Lord Lyttelton, Aug. 22, 1773. He took his feat in Parliament the fucceeding feffion, and has been diftinguished as a very eloquent speaker. He married, June 26, 1772, Apphia, daughter of Broome Witts, Efq. of Chipping-Norton, in Oxfordshire, and widow of Jofeph Peach, Efq. late Governor of Calcutta, in the Eaft Indies; but dying without iffue, the title is extinct. The prefent reprefentative of the family of Lyttelton is

the Right Hon. William Henry Lyttelton, fixth fon of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bart. defceafed, and uncle to the late Thomas Lord Lyttelton, created a peer of Ireland, July 21, by the title of Lord Weltcote, of Balamore, in the county of Longford.

The Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, daughter of Sir John Home, Bart. and mother of the Counteffes Morton and Selkirk, &c.

Right Hon. William Sinclair, Earl of Caithnefs, and Lord Beriendale. He is fucceeded in barony and eftate by his eldeft fon John Lord Beriendale, Major in the 76th regiment, now in America.

Dec. Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt. The Right Hon. Lady Cathe rine Noel, daughter of the late Earl of Gainsborough.

The Right Hon. Lady Seaforth. Hon. Byffe Molefworth, youngeft fon of Robert Lord Viscount Molefworth.

The Duchefs Dowager of Gor

don.

Sir Robert Pringle, Bart. Right Hon. Auguftus John Harvey, Earl of Bristol, Lord Harvey, and a Vice Admiral of the Blue. Dying without iffue, the title devolves to his brother the Lord Bishop of Derry in Ireland.

PRICES

PRICES OF STOCKS, FOR THE YEAR 1779. N. B. The highest and lowest Prices which each Stock bore during the courfe of any Month, is put down oppofite to that Month.

Bank India |S. Seal S. Sea S. Sea 13 per Ct.13 per Ct.3 per Ct.3 per Ct.per Ct.13 per Ct.4 per Ct. Navy Long India | Ann. Stock Stock Stock old Ann. new Ann. Ind. An. Reduc. Confol. B. 1726. B. 1751. B. 1758. 1762. Bills. Ann. Bonds 1778