long after he had entered into the fiftieth year of his age. He was interred at Moreton-Say, the parish in which he was born.

." In the various relations of private life, Lord Clive was highly beloved and esteemed; for he was a man of the kindest affections, and of every social virtue. His secret charities were numerous and extensive; but the present he made of seventy thousand pounds, as a provision for the invalids of the Company's service, was the noblest donation of its kind, that ever came from a private individual.

"His person was of the largest of the middle size; his countenance inclined to sadness; and the heaviness of his brow im parted an unpleasing expression to his features. It was a heaviness that arose, not from the prevalence of the unsocial passions (for of these, few men had a smaller share), but from a natural fulness in the flesh above the eye-lid. His words were few; and his manner, among strangers, was reserved; yet it won the confidence of men, and gained admission to the heart. Among his intimate friends he had great pleasantry and jocoseness, and on some occasions was too open."e

His Lordship married, in 1753, Margaret, daughter of Edmund Maskelyne, Esq. of Purton, in Wiltshire (and sister to the present Rev. Dr. Nevile Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal), and by her, who survived him many years, and is, it is presumed, still living, had issue,

1. Edward, present Peer.

2. Richard, born March 7th, 1755, died young.

3. Robert died young. 4. Jane died an infant.

5. Rebecca, born in October, 1760; married, March 14th, 1780, John Robinson, Esq. of Denston Hall, Suffolk, now a Majorgeneral. She died in December, 1795.

6. Charlotte, to whom her Majesty stood sponsor, died October 20th, 1795.

7. Margaret, born August 15th, 1763; married, April 11th, 1788, Lieut.-Colonel Lambert Theodore Walpole (nephew of the late Earl of Orford), who fell in the rebellion in Ireland, in June, 1798.

8. Elizabeth died young.

9. Robert, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, on half-pay, and M.P. for Ludlow, born August 30th, 1769.

His Lordship was succeeded by his eldest sou,

e Biogr. Brit. III. 653.

EDWARD, Second Lord Clive, and present EARL OF Powis, who was born March 7th, 1754.

His Lordship represented the borough of Ludlow, till he was elevated to an English Peerage.

His Lordship married, May 7th, 1784, Lady Henrietta Antonia Herbert, daughter of Henry-Arthur, Earl of Powis, and sister and heir of George-Edward-Henry-Arthur, the last Earl, on whose decease without issue, in 1801, that title became extinct.f

f His Lordship was descended in the male line from the uncle of the first Lord Herbert, of Chirbury; and his mother was daughter and heir of Lord Edward Herbert, only brother of William, the last Marquis of Powis. The Peerage had therebeen revived in his father, by creating him LORD HERBERT, OF CHIRBURY, 1743; and EARL OF Powis, 1747.

Sir Richard Herbert, of Colbrook, Knt. younger brother to William Herbert, who was advanced to the title of Earl of Pembroke by King Edward IV. (see Vol. III. 107, 111), had his residence in the castle of Montgomery. He had issue,

Edward Herbert, who had three sons.

1. Richard.

2. Matthew Herbert, of Dolgeing, ancestor to the late Earl of Powis.

3. Charles, father of Sir Edward Herbert, Attorney-General to King Char. I. whose son, Arthur, was created Earl of Torrington, and died 1716, without issue.

Richard, eldest son, resided at the castle of Montgomery. (See Walton's Life of his son, George Herbert, the Poet), and died 1597.

Edward, eldest son, was the celebrated Lord Herbert, of Chirbury, whose curious Life, written by himself, was printed at Strawberry-Hill by the late Lord Orford. He was born 1581, made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King James I. 1603; and created an Irish Peer, by the title of Lord Herbert, of Castle-Island, in the county of Kerry, 31st December, 22 James I. and advanced to the English Peerage, by the title of LORD HERBERT, OF CHIRBURY, May 7th, 1629. He died August 20th, 1648, aged sixty-seven. He was succeeded by his son and heir,

Richard, SECOND LORD HERBERT, of Chirbury, who married Mary, daughter of John Egerton, first Earl of Bridgewater, and dying May 13th, 1655, was succeeded by his eldest son and heir,

Edward, THIRD LORD HERBERT, of Chirbury. His first wife was Anne Myd. dleton; and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of George Brydges, sixth Lord Chandos; but he died without issue, December 9th, 1678, æt. 64, and was succeeded by his only surviving brother,

Henry, FOURTH LORD HERBERT, of Chirbury; who also died without issue April 21st, 1691, and the titles became extinct; but were revived in about three years, in the nephew of the first Peer.

Sir Henry Herbert, sixth brother of the first Peer, was Master of the Revels in the reign of King James I. which office he retained fifty years. He lived to see the Restoration; and left issue by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Offley,

Henry Herbert, his son and heir, who was advanced to the title of LORD HER

By this Lady his Lordship has issue,

1. Edward, Viscount Clive, born March 22d, 1785, M. P. for Ludlow.

BERT, of Chirbury, April 28th, 1694. He died January 22d, 1709, and was succeeded by his only son,

Henry, SECOND LORD HERBERT, of Chirbury (of the second creation), on whose death without issue, on April 1738, the title became again extinct.

We now return therefore to the next heir male, Matthew Herbert, of Dolgeiog, uncle to the first and celebrated Lord Herbert. He represented the county of Monmouth in parliament in 5 Elizabeth. He left issue,

Francis Herbert, of Dolgeoig, Esq. who had his estate sequestered for his loyalty. His eldest son and heir,

Sir Matthew Herbert, of Bromfield, in Shropshire, was created a Baronet, 1663, but died without issue.

Richard Herbert, Esq. his next brother, of Dolgeoig, and of Oakley Park, in Shropshire, married his cousin, Florence, sister, and at length coheir of Henry, fourth Lord Herbert, of Chirbury. By her he left issue,

Francis Herbert, of Dolgeiog, and Oakley Park, Esq. who died February 27th, 1719, leaving issue,

Henry-Arthur Herbert, who having become heir male of the family by the death of the last Peer in 1738, was himself elevated to the Peerage, by the title of LORD HERBERT, of Chirbury, December 21st, 1743; and advanced to be Viscount Ludlow, and EARL OF Powis, by letters patent, 27th May, 21 Geo. II. He died December 11th, 1772, having married Barbara, sole daughter and heir of Lord Edward Herbert, only brother of William, the last Marquis of Powis, by whom he left issue,

1. George Edward Henry Arthur, SECOND EARL OF Powis, born July 7th, 1755, who died unmarried in 1801; and an only surviving daughter,

Lady Henrietta-Antonia, born September 3d, 1758; and married, as in the text, to Edward, Lord Clive, now Earl of Powis.

The Marquis of Powis was descended from the Pembroke branch. Sir Edward Herbert, younger son of William, who was created Earl of Pembroke, 1551 (see Vol. III. p. 118), was seated at Red-Castle, now Powis-Castle, co. Montgomery. He died March 23d, 1594.

Sir William Herbert, his son and heir, was created LORD Powis, of Powis, April ad, 1629; and died March 7th, 1655, aged eighty-three. By Lady Eleanor, daughter of Henry Percy, eighth Earl of Northumberland, he had two daughters, of whom, Lucy, married William Habington, of Hindlip, in Worcestershire, the poet (see his Castara), and

Percy, son and heir, became SECOND LORD POWIS, and was created EARL OF Powis, April 7th, 1674. He died January 19th, 1676, leaving a son and heir, William, SECOND EARL OF Powis, who was created MARQUIS OF POWIS March 24th, 1676-7. He followed the fortunes of King James at the Abdication, and was advanced by him to be Duke of Powis. He died at St. Germains, June 2d, 1696.

William, his only son, SECOND MARQUIS OF POWIs, was restored to his titles. He died unmarried in 1748; and the titles became extinct.

Lord Edward, his brother, died before him in 1734, having married Lady Hen

2. Robert-Henry, born January 15th, 1789.

3. Lady Henrietta-Antonia, born September 5th, 1786. 4. Lady Charlotte-Florentia, born September 12th, 1787. His Lordship was appointed Governor of Fort St. George, at Madras, in 1802, which he resigned in 1803. And the thanks of both Houses of Parliament were voted to him for his services during the Mahratta war, on May 3d, 1804.

His Lordship was advanced to a British Peerage, by the title of LORD CLIVE, of Walcot, in Shropshire, in August, 1794, and farther elevated to an Earldom, by the titles of Baron Powis, of Powis Castle; Baron Herbert, of Chirbury; Viscount Clive, of Ludlow; and EARL OF POWIS, on May 12th, 1804.

Titles. Edward Clive, Lord Clive, of Plassey (an Irish Peerage); Lord Powis, of Powis; Lord Herbert, of Chirbury; Viscount Clive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis.

Creations. Baron Clive, of Plassey, the county of Clare, 15th March, 1762; Baron Clive, of Walcot, in Shropshire, August 1794; Baron Powis, of Powis; Baron Herbert, of Chirbury; Viscount Clive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis, May 12th, 1804.

Arms. Argent, a fess Sable, charged with three mullets, Or. Crest. On a wreath, a griffin with wings expanded, Argent, ducally gorged, Gules.

Supporters. Dexter, an elephant, Argent; sinister, a griffin with wings expanded, Argent, powdered with mullets, and ducally gorged, Gules.

Motto. AUDACTER ET SINCERE.

Chief Seats. Powis-Castle, co. Montgomery; Walcot, and Oakley-Park, Shropshire.

rietta, only daughter of James, Earl of Waldegrave, by whom he left a posthumous child, Barbara, married, 1751, to Henry-Arthur-Herbert, then Lord Herbert, of Chirbury, and Earl of Powis, by a new creation, as before mentioned.

ONE of the greatest names which will hereafter occur in the annals of British history, or perhaps in the annals of the world, at least as far as the operations of war are concerned, will be that of NELSON. No one certainly has yet shewn himself entitled to be placed as his rival in naval glory. His heroic deeds are so numerous, so splendid, and so incalculably important, that in him the Biographer is confounded" with excess of light." Of some men, the great deeds require to be told, because they deserve celebration. The celebrity of NELSON is already so universal, that he who endeavours to add to it, incurs the hazard of effecting not other purpose than the tædium of a tale a thousand times told. It would not be uniform with the plan of this work, were the compiler to pass over briefly the life of such a man. Yet, perhaps, the three words, NILE-COPENHAGEN-TRAFALGAR, would say more than an hundred pages could relate.

If ever there was a man, whose ambition was incessantly of the noblest and purest kind; if ever there was a man, whose gallantry eclipsed that of others; if ever there was a man, who united the deepest and most rapid natural sagacity in state-affairs, with all the practical skill and wisdom of an exhausting and unlimited profession; if ever there was a man, whose glowing benevolence, and almost infantine tenderness of heart, no repeated trials of indescribable danger could deaden; no scenes of blood-shed could allay; if ever there was a man, who, to the simplicity of a child, joined an understanding of inexhaustible and almost inspired resources in a succession of the most perilous and important enterprizes, in which a mortal can be engaged, NELSON was above all others that man!

Fame, and love of his country, were the spurs which raised