280 OBITUARY.-T. Smith, Jun. Esq.-Miles Barne, Esq. constitution. In this retirement, therefore, having for some time endured pains scarcely supportable, he laid down his life amidst the bitter wailings of his family, the deep regret of his friends, and the disappointed expecta tions of all his acquaintance, who looked upon him as a youth of unusual promise. As he approached his latter end, his sufferings called forth new virtues, or made his actual virtues more apparent. His torturing pains never forced from him a murmur of complaint, or a sigh of selfishness; "If I am to die, God's will be done! I have indeed a wish to live, not for myself, but for you (my parents) that I may by my death occasion you no sorrow, and by my life, some time or other, repay your many many kindnesses." His own motto, "Mediis tranquillus in undis," may thus, in him, be said to have been illustrated. No person could suffer more, or complain less. It was the painful duty of the writer of this article, to wait upon this youth, and to administer, upon a bed of sickness, the last consolations of religion, the blessed memorial of the death and passion of our Saviour. He was aware that he had to visit no common person. He expected to be interrogated" respecting the faith that was in him," and "he was prepared to give an answer." The questions were indeed, many, pertinent, and important. The replies appeared to give satisfaction, and to accord with the youth's own notions of religion, But the wonder was, how one so young, so devoted to other studies, and so occupied by them, should have become so versed in Scriptural doctrine. This was accounted for by the fact that he had never neglected to read some portion of the Scriptures daily, and to meditate upon them. He made his will: for, with allowances neither great, nor unusually liberal, but with moderation in his wants, and fixed habits of frugality and method, he had property to bequeath. To his most esteemed College friends he leaves, amongst other things, some of his books. To one of them, three days before his decease, he addressed a last letter. He wrote nothing afterwards, and the letter is too characteristic of what has been said of this excellent youth, to be here omitted. "My dear I write to you, while lying on a bed of sickness, scarcely able to hold my pen. I am very ill, and suffer great pain-very great indeed. My flesh and strength have almost utterly departed from me, and I fear that I cannot live much longer. It would have been a comfort and a gratification to me to have seen you in the midst of this my severe trial; but I suppose that you are unable to leave Cambridge. Still, be assured, that if this painful distemper carries me to the grave, you shall not be without some token of my remembrance. Farewell, and believe me, living or dying, my dear [Sept. your very affecTHOMAS SMITH." To this an answer was received in course strongest attachment and kindest feelings. of post, breathing, with respect to him, the It did honour alike to the head and the heart lowed in person, unfortunately did not arof the writer, who, though he quickly folrive until an hour or two after the decease of his friend. of cluding his several teachers, he has left in Would to God, this legacy, as unexpected as it was undeserved, had remained for ever unheard of, Testamentum ad Græcas Kalendas resignandum! Such is the outline of the brief history of this short-lived, but long and fondly to be remembered young man! Ostendunt terris hunc tantum fata, neque ultra Esse sinunt. His mortal remains are deposited in a priford, Essex. vate vault in the Church-yard of Little Il MILES BARNE, ESQ. He The his 80th year, Miles Barne, esq. Sept. 8. At Sotterley Hall, Suffolk, in was born in Grosvenor-square, May 22, 1746, O.S. the only son of the late Miles Barne, esq. by his first wife Elizabeth, sole daughter and heiress of Nathaniel Elwick, esq. of May-place, in the parish of Crayford, Kent, and sometime Governor of Madras in the East Indies. deceased served the office of High Sheriff for the county of Suffolk in 1790, and liament for the family borough of Dunin the following year was returned to Parwich, for which he continued to sit till the general election in 1796, when his second brother, Snowdon Barne, esq. (of whom we gave a memoir in our July Magazine, that time he resided almost constantly at p. 89), was chosen in his room. Sotterley, in retirement, seeing very few persons except his near connections and relations. Though penurious in some points with regard to his own comforts, he was liberality itself with regard to those of others, of which numberless and irrefragible proofs might be advanced. He was a most kind and generous landlord, and never could be induced to distrain From apy 1895.] OBITUARY.-T. Giddy, Esq.-Mr. R. Graves. any of his tenants. He was a firm believer in the doctrines of our most holy religion, and, unless prevented by severe illness, never failed to attend its ordinances at his parish church. Having died a bachelor, he is succeeded in his paternal estates, which are situated in Suffolk, and in the City of London, by his next brother of the half-blood, Barne Barne, esq. late Commissioner of the Tax Office; and he has devised those which he inherited from his mother, to his youngest brother, the Rev. Thos Barne, Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, and late Rector of Solterley. THOMAS GIDDY, Esq. July 22. At Penzance, Cornwall, aged 84, Thomas Giddy, Esq. He was born on the 9th of October, 1741, (O. S.)—the youngest son of Mr. John Giddy, of Trelayse, near Truro, and brother of the Rev. Edw. Giddy of St. Erib, the father of Davies Gilbert, Esq. M. P. for Budmin. His classical education he owed to that excelleat master of the Grammar-school at Truro, Mr. George Conon; and such was his ardour in the pursuit of knowledge, that in running the school-boy's race, he soon left all competitors behind him. His early inclination was to the Church; but as one of the family was already destined for the clerical profession, he was placed with Mr. George Treweek, at Penzance, with whom he acquitted himself to the entire satisfaction of that eminent surgeon. Nor was it less gratifying to observe his assiduity in attending the hospitals, and lectures on the different branches of medical science, in London. Among the celebrated men of that day, were Dr. Hugh Smyth, and Dr. William Hunter; and of Hunter's splendid abilities, both as a Lecturer and an Orator, Mr. Giddy spoke always with pleasure. From London returning to his native county, Mr. Giddy commenced his medical career at Truro, and not long after married Mary, daughter of Mr. John Wolcot, of Penryn, who was nearly related to Dr. John Wolcot, the notorious Peter Pindar. She is now the last lineal descendant of the Wolcots. His professional skill was soon appreciated and crowned with success. About ten years he resided at Truro; whence, owing to a pulmonary affection, he removed, in 1774, to Penzance, a climate more congenial, where he had formerly enjoyed uninterrupted health. When he left Truro he was apparently in the last stage of pulmonary consumption. Yet from that time even to the age of 84, he passed this life without the least complaint, except slight casual attacks of gout.-In 1782, he was admitted a member of the Corporation of Penzance: he held the office of Chief GENT. MAG. September, 1825. 281 Magistrate of the Town no less than ten times, an event probably unprecedented in a charter similarly constituted, where no Mayor can stand over for two years together. During his Mayoralties, two additions were made to the Chapel-yard; and he had the honour of attending Bishops Ross and Pelham to the Consecration. The Recordership of the Towu becoming twice vacant, it fell to his lot to swear the late and present Lords Falmouth into that office. In 1792, when the country was deluged with the effusions of Paine, Volney, and other Deistical writers, assisted by Corresponding Societies in league with republican France, with the view of introducing anarchy among mankind and all its train of evils, for the counteracting of which a society was established in London at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, called "the Society for protecting Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers," Mr. Giddy came forward a champion in the cause of sound Religion and of good government; a very extensive branch was formed at Penzance by his exertions, and many valuable tracts obtained and circulated through the neighbourhood. Ile was a retiring, unobtrusive character: yet he enjoyed society; and from his comprehensive mind and lite. rary acquirements he was eagerly sought after by those who were acquainted with his social talents. In convivial meetings he was lively and entertaining; and amidst genuine wit, which was sure to excite mirth and hilarity, he was not so fastidious as to despise a pun, however low a pun may be in the view of pretended wisdom. But never did he use an expression to wound the feelings of those with whom he conversed. His mind was of that firm class that no irritation could for a moment throw him off his guard. In domestic life he was au affectionate husband, a kind parent, and a friend ready to submit to any privation to promote the welfare of others. To sum up the whole, he was unaffectedly learned, unostentatiously benevolent. Innovation he disliked in any shape; but he was not a bigot. And of his opinions he made no popular display. His Religion was the Religion of the heart. It was built, indeed, upon a thorough knowledge of those sacred truths which were sealed by the blood of his Redeemer. Thus, then, he lived, "doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with his God." And he died as he had lived; for he died a Christian! MR. ROBERT GRAVES. Sept. 2, At his house in the Hampsteadroad, aged 56, Mr. Robert Graves, well known for his intelligence in subjects connected with the fine Arts. He was the son of Mr. Robert Graves, of 282 OBITUARY.-Robert Preston, Jun. Esq. of Catharine-street in the Strand, whose most curious collection of Books and Prints were sold after his death in 1802 by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, and Mr. King, in a sale of more than 50 days. The subject of the present memoir entered into the Navy in early life, and during several years' actual service he visited various parts of the globe, but the bias of his mind inclining to the Arts, he withdrew from the Navy, and commenced a close application to Chalcography. At the sale of his father's extensive collection he commenced the forming of a Series of Engravings, which he continued for several years, and rendered it nearly complete in the finest works of the different schools. This Mr. Graves sold in 1812 to Mr. Woodburn; and they have since been dispersed among the different great collections. After having disposed of this, which had been the labour of many years, he persevered in his favourite pursuit, and until within a few days of his death he continued to add to his stores. But his principal amusement was a work, which at present remains unpublished, a Biographical Catalogue of all those illustrious Foreigners who have visited England, or are materially connected with English History, extracted from almost all possible sources of informa tion. It was begun by the late Joseph Gulston, esq. who employed continually a number of persons to extract from works in all languages the names of those connected with this object, and since his death continued first by Mr. Graves's father, and then by himself. It contains also a description of all the engraved Portraits (in the manner of Bromley) known to exist of such distinguished characters. He has likewise left many other MSS. relative to this interesting study. Few ever equalled the deceased for acuteness of judgment, good taste, and deep bistorical knowledge; his opinion was so universally allowed in regard to engravings, that almost all the celebrated collections sold of late years by public auction were submitted to him for arrangement; amongst many others, the Catalogues of Ibbot, Townley, Bindley, Dowdeswell, and Sir Mark Sykes, attest his superior intelligence, which contributed greatly to the high prices obtained in these sales. His great attention to portraits led his eye with certainty to deter mine the resemblance, and many hundred such original pictures have been ascertained by his diligence and study. His death is much regretted by his numerous family and friends. ROBERT PRESTON, JUN. ESQ. [Sept. July 22. Whilst proceeding to France, 33, Robert Preston, jun. Esq. of Liverpool, on board the steam-packet Eclipse, aged Distiller. Esq. of Liverpool; and after having enHe was the only son of Robert Preston, fering from a complaint in his chest, in dured a long state of deprivation and sufwhich he exercised uncommon fortitude, sult Professor Laenec; in which attempt was induced to proceed to Paris, to conhe unhappily fell a victim to his disease. cient to perpetuate a name, that of the If private talent and worth were suffideceased would be imperishable. He was mild, affable, beneficent without ostentatation; he was scrupulously exact in fulfilling all his engagements, and manifested priety. As a husband and parent, he was a most perfect sense of honour and prokind and indulgent; as a friend, steadfast nions, he was a friend to all mankind. and true; tolerant and liberal in his opiThough disease had enfeebled his body, his mind seemed to shine with additional lustre. such eminent qualifications; his quickness He was buried at Broadstairs. MR. JAMES EATON. Sept. 19. At Islip, Northamptonshire, aged 25, Mr. James Eaton, a compositor in the printing-office of Messrs. Nichols and Son. He was early left an orphan; but had the happiness of being initiated in, religion and useful learning, first by a kind. uncle, who acted the part of a parent by him, and secondly, by being placed in that excellent seminary, Christ's Hospital. He was from that establishment bound apprentice with the Printers of this Miscellany; and soon so ingratiated himself into their good opinon, as to be looked upon more in the light of a son than a dependant. The precepts he imbibed at home and at school had an evident good effect on his life and conduct; and from the Christian patience and resignation evinced by him in bis long illness we may humbly hope, that though he has died young, he has lived long enough to secure his eternal happiness. His relatives and his friends cannot, however, but lament their loss. CLERGY CLERGY RECENTLY DECEASED. Aged 82, the Rev. Joseph Biddle, Vicar of Bishops Frome, Hereford. He was of Worcester College, Oxford, M. A. 1769; and was presented to Bishops Frome in 1797, by R. C. Hopton, esq. At Lewes, the Rev. Wm. Gwynne, Rector of St. Michael in that town, and of Denton, Sussex. He was son of the Rev. Wm. Gwynne, Rector of St. Peter, Lewes, and of Hamsey, Sussex, who died in 1818. He was presented to both his livings by the King; to Denton in 1800, and to St. Michael, Lewes, in 1813. At Zurich, in Switzerland, after only four days' illness, the Rev. Sam. How, Rector of Winterbourne Strickland, Dorset, and of Southleigh, Devon. He was of Emanuel College, Cambridge, M. A. 1796; was presented in that year to his Dorset living by the Earl of Dorchester, and was instituted to the Devonshire one in 1799, on his own presentation. The Rev. Rob. Knight, Rector of Huish, Devon, to which he was presented in 1799, by the "Rev. Robert Knight.' At Gloucester, aged 25, the Hon. and Rev. Dawson Massy, fourth son of Hugh, third and late Lord Massy, and brother to the present Peer. He was of Trinity College, Cambridge, M. A. 1822. The Rev. John Richards, Rector of South Farmborough, Wilts, and Vicar of East Lulworth, Dorset. To the former church he was presented by H. Wilmot, esq. in 1778, to the latter by the King (by lapse) in 1787. July 9. At Haydon Bridge, aged 51, the Rev. Sam. Rich. Hartley. He was a Student of Eman. College, Cambridge, B. A. 1798, M. A. 1801; he was formerly Head Master of the Grammar School, Carlisle, and Perpetual Curate of St. Mary's in that city, of both which situations the Dean and Chapter are Patrons. July 19. At his father's house, at Geddington, Northampt. the Rev. Henry Boulton, Vicar of Sibsey, Linc. He was of St. John's College, Cambridge, LL. B. 1812. July 22. At the Vicarage, Buckland, Berks, aged 83, John Rawbone, D. D. Vicar of that place, and Rector of Hatford in the same Co. He was matriculated of Magdalen Hall in December, 1761; proceeded B. A. of Magdalen College, 1765; M. A. 1768; B. D. of St. Mary Hall, 1787; D. D. of Magdalen College, 1804. He was formerly Vicar of Cheddar, Som.; Chaplain of Magdalen College; and for many years VicePrincipal of St. Mary Hall, and Deputy Keeper of the Archives of the University. He was presented to Hatford in 1804, by Mrs. Uvedale; and to Buckland in 1805, by the "Rev. J. Rawbone." The Doctor's character was truly amiable: a good father, an affectionate husband, a zealous and benevolent friend. His only daughter was 283 married Feb. 14, 1805, to Capt. Rolles, R. N. July 24. At Cheriton, Hants, the Rev. Edmund Ferrers, Rector of that parish, and of Wroughton, Wilts; Chaplain in Ordi nary to the King; and brother to the Rev. J. B. Ferrers, Rector of Beddington, Surrey. He was of Christ Church, Oxford, M.Á. 1774, was presented to Wroughton in 1779 by the Bishop of Winchester, to Cheriton in the following year by the same patron, and was made a Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty in 1793. Mr. Ferrers was the author of an excellent classical jeu-d'esprit, published in 1817, under the title of "Cla vis Hogarthiana; or, Illustrations of Hogarth, i. e. Hogarth illustrated from passages in authors he never read, and could not unr derstand;" 8vo. (See vol. LXXXVIII. ii. 41.) This Tract is incorporated in the third volume of Nichols's edition of "Hogarth's Works." Mr. Ferrers's library will soon be dispersed by Mr Sotheby. July 25. At the house of F. Story, esq. in Thirsk, co. York, aged 88, the Rev. Arthur Story, late of Garstang, Lanc July 29. In Bruton-st. the Rev. Francis Haggitt, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, Prebendary of Durham, and Rector of Nuneham Courtney, Oxfordsh. He was formerly Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1780; M. A. 1783. He was presented to Nuneham Courtney by Earl Harcourt in 1786; was made Chaplain to his Majesty in 1787; and being Chaplain to Bp. Barrington, was presented by his Lordship to the tenth Prebendal stall in Durham Cathedral in 1794. In 1808 he proceeded D. D.; in 1810 he published in 4to, a "Sermon preached at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, Jan. 21, 1810, at the Consecration of Dr. Sparke, Bp. of Chester." At the Enconia at Oxford in July that year he was admitted D.D. of that University; and on the 27th of December he lost his first wife. Dr. Haggitt married again, and had a son born June 19, 1824. In 1812 he interested himself on Economy in Bread, addressing a letter to the Bp. of Durham on the subject (see vol. LXXXII. ii. 240.) In 1814 he published "The Conduct and Pretensions of the Roman Catholics considered, iu a Letter to the Freeholders of Oxfordshire," 8vo; and in 1819 a Sermon preached before the Judges of Assize at Durham, Aug. 10, 1819. The latter contains some excellent remarks on the progress of crime, and the increase of juvenile delinquency, and was much commended and quoted in the Report of the Committee on Prison Discipline. Aug. 5. At Ellesborough, Bucks, aged 37, the Rev. John Leveson Hamilton, Rector of that parish, to which he was presented in 1823. He was the eldest son of the late Vice-adm. Thomas Hamilton. Aug. 6. At the Sanctuary, Westminster, aged aged 75, the Rev. Edw. Smedley, Rector of Powderham and of North Bowey, Devon; Clifton Maubank, Dorset; Vicar of Bradford Abbas in the latter county; late and for 40 years an Usher in Westminster School. He was formerly a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and took the degrees of B. A. 1773, M. A. 1776. In 1810 he published by subscription, with very liberal support, "Erin, a geographical Poem," which is amply reviewed in vol. LXXX. ii. 57-60. He was presented to Bradford Abbas in 1812 by the Earl of Uxbridge; to North Bovey in 1816 by Viscount Courtney; to Powderham in the same year by H. Wrottesley, esq. and others; and to Clifton Maubank recently. As a poet his son, the Rev. Edw. Smedley, Fellow of Sidney College, Cambridge, is now distinguished, having obtained more than one prize at that University. Aug. 10. At Muddiford, Som. after a severe illness borne with Christian patience and resignation, the Rev. Dr. James Evans, Rector of South Reston, Linc. to which he was presented in 1782 by the King as Duke of Lancaster, and for twenty-six years one of the Vicars of Salisbury Cathedral. Aug. 13. At Alverstoke Rectory, near Gosport, the Rev. Chas. Aug. North, Prebendary of Winchester, Registrar of the Diocese, Rector of Alverstoke and Havant, and Perpetual Curate of Gosport. He was the third son, seventh and youngest child of the late Bp. of Winchester, by his wife Henrietta Maria, dau. and coh. of J. Bannister, esq. He was presented by his father to Gosport in 1802, to Alverstoke and Havant in 1809, and to his Prebend in 1812. He married, March 11, 1808, Rachael, 2d dau. of Thomas Jarvis, esq. of Laverstoke-house, Hants, and had issue, a son, Brownlow, and three daughters Rachael, Henrietta Maria, and Caroline. Aug. 15. After a short illness, aged 55, the Rev. Ebenezer Morris, of Blaenywern, Card. Incumbent of the chapelries of Llanson and Llandawg, Carm. to the former of which he was presented in 1815, by Gor. Thomas, esq. and to the latter in 1818, by the Prebendary of Llandawg. Aug. 26. At Barlby, near Selby, aged 38, the Rev. Thomas Braine, Vicar of West Wittering, near Chichester, Perpet. Curate of Barlby and of Barlow, W. Yorksh. To the two latter churches he was preferred in 1812; to Wittering within the last four years. He has left a widow and nine children. Sept. 3. At South Kilvington, near Thirsk, the Rev. John Green, Rector of that place, and Fellow of Trinity Coll. Camb. He took the degrees of B. A. 1777, M. A. 1780, B. D. 1787; and was presented to his Rectory by his College in 1808. Sept. 6. At Powerscourt, co. Wicklow, of cholera morbus, occasioned by eating too [Sept. freely of fruit, aged 32, the Hon. and Rev. Edw. Wing held, second son of John, 4th Visc. Powerscourt, by his Ist wife Catharine, 2d dau. of John, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, and uncle of the present and 6th Visc. Powerscourt. He married April 12, 1819, Louisa Joan, 3d dau. of late Hon. George Jocelyn, grand-dau. of the first, and cousin to the present and third Earl of Roden. Mr. Wingfield was a gentleman of unaffected piety and truly Christian benevolence, the zealous advocate and promoter of Sunday Schools and Bible Societies; and one of the seven Protestant Clergymen who lately challenged the Carlow Priests to meet them in publie disputation. Sept. 8. At King's Swinford, Staff. aged 76, the Rev. John Bradley, Vicar of Sedgley, to which church he was presented in 1817, by Viscount Dudley and Ward. Sept. 10. At Shenfield-place, Essex, the Rev. Charles Tower, Perpetual Curate of Brentwood. He was of St. John's College, Camb. B. A. 1805, M. A. 1808, and was presented to Brentwood in 1806, by Christ. Tower, esq. Sept. 13. At the Bristol Hotwells, the Rev. Jas. Johnson, late Rector of Hinton Blewett, Som. and Vicar of Langford cum Faringdon, Oxf. He was of Merton Coll. Oxf. M. A. 1783, B. D. 1807. He was presented to Langford in 1806 by Rev. Rich. Hart, and to Hinton in 1807 by Rev. Geo. Johnson. DEATHS. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. Jan. 27. At Stockwell, Eliz. wife of F. Henderson, esq. after a severe illness of nearly eleven months. Aug. 16. At Streatham Paragon, aged 72, Sam. Hayward, esq. many years Deputy of Bread-st. Ward. Aug. 19. At Kentish-town, aged 60, Wm. West, esq. many years an eminent solicitor in Gray's-inn. Aug. 20. In Marsh-st. Walthamstow, aged 74, J. Corbett, esq. Aug. 20. At Streatham, Jane, wife of Aug. 20. Aged 69, Eliz. wife of Rob. Aug. 23. In Albemarle-st. Lady Elphinstone. She was the youngest dau. of Cornelius Elliot, of Woollie, co. Roxburgh, esq. She was first married to J. G. Carmichael, of Skirlin, bart.; and afterwards, July 31, 1806, to John Lord Elphinstone, who died May 21, 1813. By him she had John, the present and 13th Lord Elphinstone. Aug. |