Castle, in Ireland, to the Hon. Miss Boyle, daughter of the late Lord Viscount Dungarvon, and niece to the Earl of Cork. 20. Sir Thomas Clarges, Bart. to Miss Skreen, daughter of Skreen, Esq. of Arlington-street, St. James's. 23. Sir Henry Goring, Bart. to Miss Fisher, of Barbadoes. 28. Hon. Ph. Lesslie, second son of the Right Hon. Lord Newark, to the Right Hon. Lady Frances Manners, only daughter to the late Marquis of Granby. Nov. 1. Lord Viscount Crosbie, son of the Earl of Glandore, in Ireland, to Miss Sackville, daughter of Lord George Germaine. The Earl of Glandore, to Mrs. Ward, daughter of the Right Hon. Agmondesham Vesey, of Lucan, Esq. and first cousin to the Lord Viscount Vesey. Dec. 1. The Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice, to the Right Hon. Lady Mary Obrien, only daughter of the Earl of Inchiquin. 12. Valentine Richard Quin, Esq. of the kingdom of Ireland, to Lady Frances Strangeway, sister to the Earl of Ilchester. 24. At the Earl of Bute's house, in Audley-street, the Right Hon. Lady Caroline Stuart, daughter of his lordship, to Dawson, Esq. of the kingdom of Ireland, and Jan. 4. M. Joseph Lomellino elected doge of Genoa. 28. The king was pleased to order letters patent to be passed under the great seal of Ireland, containing his majesty's grants of the following dignities, viz. The dignity of an earl of the said kingdom unto Francis Lord Viscount Orwell, and to his heirs male, by the title of Earl of Shipbrooke, of Newry, in the county of Down, in the said kingdom.-The dignities of a viscount and earl of that kingdom unto John Lord Viscount Aldborough, and to his heirs male, by the title of Viscount Amiens and Earl of Aldborough, of the palatinate of Upper Ormond, in the said kingdom.-The dignity of an earl of the said kingdom, unto William Henry Lord Viscount Clermont, and to his heirs male, by the title of Earl Clermont, of Clermont, in the county of Louth, in the said kingdom.-The dignity of a baronet of the kingdom of Ireland to Henry Langrishe, Esq. and to his heirs male.-Rd. He ron, Esq. Right Hon. Lord Langford, Major General Pomroy, and Thomas Thomas Waite, Esq. to be privy counsellors in Ireland. Feb. 8. The king has been pleased to order letters patent to be passed under the great seal of Ireland, containing his majesty's grant of the dingnity of a baron of the said kingdom unto the Most Rev. Father in God Richard Robinson, D. D. Lord Archbishop of Armagh, primate and metropolitan of all Ireland, and to his issue male by the title of Baron of Rokeby, of Armagh, of the county of Armagh, in the said kingdom, with remainder to Matthew Robinson, of West Layton, in the North Riding of the County of York, Esq. and his issue male. —13. His majesty was pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on James Wallace, Esq. captain in his majesty's royal navy.-Earl Falconberg kissed hands, on being named a lord of the bed-chamber. [This article, and the following, were inserted by mistake in the Chronicle for the year 1776.] March 4. The Right Hon. Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate for Scotland, and Andrew Stuart, Esq. of Craigthorn, appointed keepers of his majesty's signet in Scotland. --28. Cosino Gordon, Esq. to be one of the barons of his majesty's court of Exchequer in Scotland, in the room of John Grant, Esq. deceased. The Rev. John Carver to he a canon or prebendary of Worcester, vice Dr. James Stillingfleet, deceased.-Alleyne Fitz-Herbert, his majesty's resident at the court of Brussels. April 15. Robert Taylor, Esq. to be master carpenter of all his majesty's works and buildings in England, vice William Oram, Esq. deceased.-James Adam, and Thomas Sandby, Esqrs. to the office of architect of his majesty's works -Dr. Robert Knox to be inspec tor of the hospitals for the forces under the command of General Sir Guy Carleton.-Dr. Michael Morris to be ditto, for ditto under the command of General Sir William Howe.-The Earl of Dalhousie, to be high commissioner to the church of Scotland.-The Rt. Rev. Father in God Robert Lord Bishop of Oxford, to the bishoprick of London. 20. Mr. Wombwell chosen chairman of the Court of Directors of the East-India Company, and William Devaynes, Esq. deputy chairman, for the year ensuing.Henry Collingwood Selby, Esq. clerk of the peace for the county of Middlesex, in the room of Thomas Butler, Esq. deceased.--Mr. Woodeson, vinerian professor at Oxford, in the room of R. Chambers, Esq. now in Bengal.-Dr. Buckler, custos archivorum of the University of Oxford, vice Mr. Swinton.-Lieut. Col. Pattison of the royal artillery, colonel of the 4th regiment of royal artillery, in the room of Colonel Ord, deceased.-Mr. Robert Hamilton to be professor of Mathematics in Marischal college in the University of Aberdeen, in the room of Mr. William Trail, deceased.-Mr. Nicholas Fursman to be his Danish majesty's consul in the British Channel, and in the ports of the British Channel.-Major Generaj Clinton to be a knight of the Bath.-Philip Westfailing, Esquire, and Sir George Vandepat, Bart. or the survivor of them, to the office of one of the five searchers of the port of London, by patent. May 15. The honour of knighthood on Patrick Crauford, Esq. conservator of the privileges of Scot Scotland, at Campvere, and other places in Zealand, or elsewhere, in the United Provinces, and resident there for the same.-The Right Rev. Father in God, Robert Lord Bishop of London, to be dean of his majesty's chapel royal.-The Rev. John Butler, L. L. D. to be Bishop of Oxford, in the room of Dr. Lowth.-Roger Palmer, of Castle Lachen, in the county of Mayo, Esq. and to his heirs male, the dignity of a baronet of the kingdom of Ireland. and the Right Rev. Robert, Lord Bishop of London, were sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.-The honour of knight batchelor on Robert Chambers, Esq. one of the puisne justices of the supreme court of Fort William, in Bengal. 20. Right Hon. Fred. North, commonly called Lord North, knight of the most noble order of the garter, the Right Hon. George Lord Onslow, the Right Hon. Francis Seymour Conway, commonly called Lord Viscount Beauchamp, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Esq. and the Right Hon. William Henry Lord Westcote, of the kingdom of Ireland, to be his majesty's commissioners for executing the office of treasurer of his majesty's exchequer.-Soame Jenyns, Bamber Gascoyne, Esqrs. the Hon. Rohert Spencer, commonly called Lord Robert Spencer, William Jolliffe, the Hon. Charles Greville, William Eden, and Thomas De Grey, Esqrs. to be his majesty's commissioners for trade and plantations.Right Hon. Welbore Ellis, the office or place of treasurer of his majesty's navy. -Charles Hale, Esq. to be gentleman of his majesty's privy chamber.-Right Hon. Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, treasurer of his majes 20. Hon. John Byron, Augustus John, Earl of Bristol, rear admirals of the blue, to be rear admirals of the white. And the following captains are appointed flag-officers of his majesty's fleet, viz. George Mackenzie, Esq. Matthew Barton, Esq. Sir Peter Parker, Kat. rear admirals of the blue.-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Smith, to be govenor of his majesty's island of Man; and Major Richard Dawson to be lieutenant governor of the said Island.--John Lidderdale, Esq. to be his majesty's consul at Carthagena, in Spain.-The Hon. Apsley Bathurst, second son of the lord chancellor, to be clerk of the dispensations, in the room of his lordship's late brother, deceased.-Charles Lampriere, Esq; deputy commissary of the musters at Jersey and Guernsey.-ty's household. Sir Ralph Payne. Daines Barrington, Esq. to be com- Knt. of the Bath, youngest clerk missary of stores and provisions at comptroller of the Board of Green Gibraltar. Cloth. June 1. Rev. Dr. Scroope, chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. Rev. Dr. Kaye, to the eighth prebend of Durham.-Hon. and Rev. Dr. Boscawen, to a prebendary of St. Peter, Westminster. 13. This day the Right Hon. Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, dinary lords of his majesty's session in Scotland, in room of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, deceased. -Alexander Elphinston, advocate, to be sheriff depute of the shire of Aberdeen, in Scotland, in the room of Mr. David Dalrymple.-William Fullerton, Esq. to be his majesty's secretary to the embassy extraordinary at the court of Versailles. July 5. Henry Theophilus Clements, Esq. deputy vice treasurer in Ireland, to be one of his majesty's most honourable privy council in the said kingdom. Anthony Shepherd, D.D. a prebendary of his majesty's free chapel of St. George, in the castle of Windsor, void by the death of John Fulham, M. A. Sept. 1. John Dalling, Esq. to be captain-general and governor in chief of his majesty's island of Jamaica, in the room of Sir Basil Keith, deceased.-Edward Smith, Esq. to be governor of Fort Charles in Port Royal, in the island of Jamaica.--John Boddington, Esq. secretary to his Majesty's Board of Ordnance.-Mr. Duncan Campbell to be commissary of the commissariot of Stirling, in the room of Mr. David Stewart, late commissary thereof.-Frederick Haldimand, Esq. lieutenant-general of his Majesty's forces, to be captaingeneral and governor in chief of his Majesty's province of Quebec, in the room of Sir Guy Carleton, K.B. Oct. 1. John Scott, Esq. to be his majesty's attorney-general, in Ireland, in the room of the Right Hon. Philip Tisdall, deceased.— Robert Hellen, Esq. to be his ma jesty's solicitor-general, in the room of the said John Scott, Esq.John Scott, Esq. and Walter Hussey Burgh, Esq. to be of his majesty's most honourable privy council in Ireland.-The Right Hon. Earl of Effingham to be deputy earl-marshal of England. -20. Hon. and Rev. William Digby, to the deanry of Durham.--Rev. Mr. Barker, to be principal of Brazen-nose college, Oxford.-Rev. Dr. Lloyd, to the prebend of Stillington, York cathedral. VOL, XX. Nov. 1. The Right Hon. Robert Earl Nugent, the Right Hon. Henry Flood, and the Right Hon. Charles Townshend, to the office of vice treasurer of the kingdom of Ireland.-Right Hon. Murrough, Earl of Inchiquin, to be governor of the county of Clare, and trustee of the linen manufactures. -20. Duke of Hamilton, keeper of his majesty's palace of Linlithgow and the castle of Blackness in Scotland.--Dr. Adam Smith,commissioner of the customs in Scotland, in the room of Mr. Menzies, deceased.-Lieut. Gen. John Thomas, licutenant-governor of St. Philip's in Minorca. Dec. 1. John Skynner, Esq. to be lord chief baron of the Court of Exchequer; and at the same time the honour of knighthood.-Abel Moysey, Esq. to be second justice of the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, and Radnor.--Francis Buller Esq. to be one of his Majesty's council, and second justice of Chester. The Earls of Winchelsea and Aylesford, to be lords of his majesty's bed-chamber.-Wm. Lewis, Esq. to be lieutenant of his majesty's band of pensioners.-Right Hon. Lord Onslow, to be comptroller of his majesty's household.-Right Hon. Henry Earl Faucon[P] berg, berg, to be lord-lieutenant of the North Riding of the county of York. William Gregory, Esq. to be his majesty's consul at Barcelona.-Right Ilon. Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Knt. to be one of his majesty's most honourably privy council. John Ord, Esq. member for Midhurst, in Sussex, attorney-general of the duchy of Lancaster, in the room of Sir John Skynner, chief baron. Mr. Rọbert Watson, to be principal of his majesty's college of St. Leonard, in the university of St. Andrew in Scotland, in the room of Mr. Thomas Tullidelph, de ceased. - ton, Bart. in Great George-street, Westminster, The Hon. Mrs. Collingwood, at Longbirch, near Wolverhampton, widow of George Collingwood, Esq. of Northumberland, and sister to the late Lord,Viscount Montague. 8. Miss Powell, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Powell, of Salisbury. 11. The Right Hon. the Countess of Sussex, at Dunstable. Cardinal Louis Marie Torigiani, at Rome. 14. Lady Piers, at Huskard, in Essex, relict of the late Sir John Piers, Bart. of Tristernagh, in Westmeath, Ireland. The Right Hon. Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart. in the South of France, member for the shire of Roxburgh, treasurer of the navy, keeper of the signet in Scotland, and a commissioner of the forfeited estates in that kingdom. Mrs. Moore, aged 94, in the Cloysters at Windsor, daughter of Dr. Moore, Bishop of Ely, in the reign of Queen Anne. 20. The Marquis of Carmarthen, chamberlain of her majesty's household. Sir Richard Worsley, Bart, youngest clerk comptroller of the board of green cloth. The Lord Viscount Palmerston of Ireland, to be one of his majesty's commissioners for executing the office of lord high treasurer, vice Lord Onslow. The Right Hon. Constantine John Lord Mulgrave, of Ireland, to be one of the lords of the ad, miralty, vice Lord Palmerston.1st Troop of Horse Guards, Major-General William Marquis of Lothian, to be captain and colonel, vice John Earl of Delawar, deceased. 2d Troop of Horse-Grena-in dier Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Smith, of the 4th regiment of Horse, to be lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel, vice William Marquis of Lothian. DEATHS, 1777. Jan. 4. Lady Cotton, relict of the late Sir Lynch Salisbury Cot 25. Mrs. Ashburnham, wife of William Asburnham, Esq. son of the Right Rev. Sir William Ashburnham, Bart. Bishop of Chi'chester. 27. William Hutchinson, Esq. late governor of Massachusets Bay, North America. 30. Robert Inglis, Esq. eldest son of Sir John Inglis, Bart. Lately, John Grant, Esq. one of the barons of Exchequer, in Scotland. Sir Benjamin Kemp, Bart. at Coln Dean, Gloucestershire, of an "ancient family in Suffolk. Right Hon. Juliana Countess of Anglesea, at Bath. Rt. Hon. James Lord Belhaven. |