his Lordship was buried with due funeral honours, at the parish church of Cirencester, in the same vault with his Lady; and a monument has since been erected to their memory, with the following inscription:

Near this are deposited the remains of

Allen, Earl of Bathurst, and Catherine, Lady Bathurst.

In the legislative and judicial department

Of the great Council of the Nation, he served

His Country 69 years with honour, ability, and diligence,
Judgment and taste directed his learning,
Humanity tempered his wit,

Benevolence guided all his actions.

He died regretted by most, and praised by all,
the 16th Day of Sept. 1775, aged 91.
Catherine his consort, by her milder
Virtues, added lustre to his great qualities;
Her domestic economy extended
his liberality,

Her judicious charity his munificence,
Her prudent government of her family his
hospitality.

She received the reward of her exemplary life
the 8th of June, 1768, aged 79.
Married July 6th, 1704.d

BENJAMIN, the eldest son, was born on August 12th, 1711, and on November 26th, 1732, married Elizabeth, second daughter to Charles Lord Bruce, eldest son and successor to Charles Earl of Aylesbury, in England, and of Elgin, in Scotland. He was elected, in 1734, one of the Knights for the county of Glou cester, to the eighth parliament of Great Britain, being the second called by George II. and in 1754, was returned one of the members for the borough of Cirencester in the said county. He died without issue, January 22d, 1767, and his widow survived till November 12th, 1771.

Henry, the second son, was second Earl Bathurst.

John Bathurst, third son, died unmarried in 1777; and

See a fuller account in Vol. II. of Kippis's Biogr. Brit. pp. 1-10, from whence this is abridged.

Allen, the fourth, was Fellow of New College in the University of Oxford, and in June, 1760, was, by the late King, presented to the rectory of Beverston, with the chapel of Kingscot thereto annexed, in the county of Gloucester, but died August 22d, 1767, unmarried.

His Lordship's five daughters were, 1. Frances, who, on August 5th, 1731, was first married to William Woodhouse, Esq. son and heir apparent of Sir John Woodhouse, of Kimberley, in Norfolk, Bart,), who died Knight of the shire for Norfolk, on March 31st, 1735; and, secondly, to James Whitshed, of the kingdom of Ireland, and of Hampton-court, in Middlesex, afterwards member for Cirencester, Esq. 2. Catharine, wedded in April, 1737, to Henry-Reginald Courtenay, Esq. brother to Sir William Courtenay, Bart. afterwards created Viscount Courtenay; and was mother of the late Bishop of Exeter, &c. 3. Jane, married, in April, 1744, to John Buller, Esq. of Morvall, in Cornwall, and Knight in parliament for that county; and was mother of the late Judge Buller, &c. 4. Leonora, married, in September, 1752, to General Edward Urmston, formerly of the first regiment of foot-guards, and died, October 1798. And, 5. Anne, born 1722, married on April 13th, 1752, to the late Rev. Dr. James Benson, nephew to Dr. Martin Benson, late Bishop of Gloucester; she deceased, leaving only two daughters; of whom, the eldest married her first cousin, the Rev. Martin Benson, now Rector of Merstham, in Surrey; and Chaplain of Tunbridge Wells chapel.

HENRY, SECOND EARL BATHURST, who was born, May 28, 1714; applying himself to the study of the Law, was, in January 1745-6, appointed Solicitor-general to Frederick Prince of Wales, and afterwards Attorney-general, in which character he attended his Royal Highness's funeral. He was also Attorney-general to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, till May 28, 1754, when he was called to the degree of Serjeant at Law, and appointed one of the Justices of the Court of Common-pleas. On January 23d, 1771, he was created LORD APSLEY, Baron of Apsley in Sussex, and appointed LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF Great Britain; and in February, 1776, his Lordship acted as High Steward of Great Britain, on the trial of Elizabeth calling herself Dutchess of Kingston. He resigned his high office June 3d, 1778. He was also one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privycounsellors, and a Governor of the Charter-house; and 24th No

vember, 1779, appointed President of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, in the room of Earl Gower.

His Lordship was, first, married to Anne, daughter of James, Esq. and widow of Charles Phillips, Esq. but by this Lady, who died February 8th, 1758, he had no issue.

He, secondly, on June 14th, 1759, married Tryphena, daughter of Thomas Scawen, of Maidwell, in Northamptonshire, Esq. by whom he had issue two sons, and four daughters; viz.

1. Henry Lord Apsley, third Earl, born May 22d, 1762.

2. Apsley, born October 14th, 1769, who is Clerk of the Dispensations in the High Court of Chancery.

Lady Tryphena, born October 24th, 1760.
Lady Catharine, born June 14th, 1764.
Lady Selina Letitia, born January 2d, 1766.
And Lady Susan, born January 3d, 1768.

His Lordship died August 6th, 1794; and was succeeded by his eldest son,

HENRY, THIRD EARL BATHurst.

His Lordship married, April 1st, 1789, Georgina, youngest daughter of Lord George Lenox, and sister to the present Duke of Richmond, by whom he has issue,

1. Henry George, Lord Apsley, born February 24th, 1790.

2. William Lennox, born February 14th, 1791.

3. Lady Louisa Georgina, born September 22d, 1792. 4. Seymour Thomas, born October 27th, 1793.

5. Lady Emily Charlotte, born February 9th, 1798.

His Lordship sat in parliament whilst a Commoner; and in 1783, was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty; and in 1789, one of the Lords of the Treasury, which place he held till 1791. In 1793, he was nominated a Commissioner for the affairs of India; and in 1804, was made Master Worker of the Mint.

His Lordship is now one of the Tellers of the Exchequer; Joint Clerk of the Crown; President of the Board of Trade and Flantations; and Master of the Mint.

Titles. Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst, in Sussex; Lord Bathurst, Baron Bathurst, of Battlesden, and Lord Apsley, Baron of Apsley, in Sussex.

Creations. Baron Bathurst, of Battlesden, in the county of Bedford, December 31st, 1711, 10 Queen Anne; Lord Apsley, of Apsley, in Sussex, January 23d, 1771, 11 George III.;

Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst, in Sussex, August 12th, 1772, 12 George III.

Arms. Sable, two bars, Ermine; in chief, three crosses, pattee, Or.

Crest. On a wreath, a dexter arm in mail, embowed, and holding a club with spikes, all proper.

Supporters. Two stags, Argent, each gorged with a collar ge mell, Ermine.

Motto. TIEN TA FOY.

Chief Seat. At Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester.

THE name of Hill hath been of great antiquity, worth, and distinction in the counties of Stafford and Devon ; and, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, of considerable note and esteem in the counties of Downe and Antrim.

MOYSES HILL, Esq. the ancestor of the present Earl of Hillsborough, was, during the course of O'Neile's rebellion in the North, one of those gentlemen who (in 1573), were associated under Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, to suppress it; and, after the fatal disappointment and death of that Earl, served under his son, Robert Earl of Essex, who, March 12th, 1598, was appointed L. D. and sent with a very considerable army, to prosecute the rebels: but he returning to England in September, 1599, Mr. Hill continued in the army under Sir Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, who succeeded upon that Earl's disgrace, and by him was appointed Governor of Olderfleet-Castle, an important fortress in

a Among others, who were principal ornaments of the name, may be reckoned Sir JOHN HILL, of Hill's Court, in the suburbs of Exeter, and county of Devon, who was born there, and, being bred to the law, was advanced to the degree of a Serjeant on the Monday next after the Purification, 1383 (6 Richard II.) and September 30th, 1400, was constituted by King Henry IV. one of the Justices of the court of King's Bench. Contemporary with whom was Sir Robert Hill, of Shilston, in the said county, Knt. who being also bred to the Law, was made the King's Serjeant in the same year (1400), and about nine years after appointed one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas, in which he was continued by the Kings Henry V. and VI. and acquired a great estate, which he left to his posterity, who flourished there for about nine generations after him; when the estate being wasted and disposed of by Robert Hill, Esq. and his son Edward, the family dispersed.