pre-eminencies,

and emoluments, belonging and anciently accuftomed to the faid. office, vacant by the death of Sir Charles Townley, Knt. late Gar

20. His grace the Duke of Grafton, Comptroller of the Green Wax Office, and Receiver and Comptroller of the profits of the feals in the King's Bench and Common Pleas in the room of the late Duke of Cleveland.

15. Daniel de Laval, Efq; his Majefty's Resident at the Court of Copenhagen.

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-30. Mr. Lynn, fon of Capt. Lynn, to be Groom of his Majefty's Wardrobe, in the room of Godfrey Heathcote, Efq; deceased. John Larpent,jun. to be a Groom of the Privy Chamber to his Majefty. Edward Whitehoufe, Efq; to be a Gentleman Ufher and Quarter Waiter to his Majefty, in the room of Mr. Larpent.

Aug. 2. Thomas Browne, Efq; (Clarencieux King of Arms) to be a Principal King of English Arms, and a Principal Officer of Arms of the Noble Order of the Garter, and to grant unto the faid Thomas Browne, Efq; that office which is commonly called Garter, and alfo the name Garter, with the

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3. Lieutenant General George Howard, and the Right Hon. John Blaquiere, to the order of the Bath.

- 4. Robert Irvine, Efq; to be his Majefty's agent in the cities of Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Schiedam, and town of Delftfhaven, upon the Maefe in Holland,

John Peter, Efq; to be his Majefty's Conful in the feveral ports of Oftend, Newport, and Bruges, in the province of Flanders, in the room of Robert Irvine, Efq.

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23. William Nelthorpe, Efq; Commiffioner of Customs in Scotland, in the room of Jofeph Tudor, Efq; deceased. John Michael Dwyer, to be Collector of the Cuftoms at Port Antonio, in Jamaica, in the room of Anthony Wilkinson, Efq; deceased.— John Mead Efq; to be Provost Marshal General of Jamaica, in the room of William Gray, Efq; who retires.-Lieutenant Colonel Charles Rainsford, of the Coldftream regiment of foot guards, to be Aide de Camp to his Majesty, in the room of Colonel Launcelot Baugh, preferred.

27. Ralph Bigland, Efq; (Norroy King of Arms) the Office of Clarencieux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South Weft, and Weft Parts of the kingdom of Great Britain called England.

Sept. 3. Nathaniel Green, Efq; to be his Majefty's Conful at Triefte and Fiume, and the other

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24. John Ives the Younger, Efq; a Herald at Arms Extraordinary, by the name and title of Suffolk Herald.--John Jenkinfon, Efq. to be Gentleman Usher to her Majefty, in the room of Sir James Calder, deceased. John Gowflade, Efq. fucceeds Mr. Jenkinson, as Gentleman Ufher Daily Waiter. John Smith, Efq. fücceeds Mr. Cowflade, as Gentleman Ufher Quarterly Waiter.

29. The dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain unto the following gentlemen, viz, Sir Clifton Wintringham, Knt. of Dover-ftreet, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-fquare, and to his heirs male, and in default thereof, to Jarvis Clifton, Efq. fecond fon of Sir Jarvis Clifton, Bart. of Clifton, in the county of Nottingham; John Duntze, of Tiverton, in the county of Devon, Efq; And, 'William Pepperrell, of Bofton, in the

province of Massachusett in America, Efq.

Nov. 1. To George Harrison, Efq; the office of Windfor Herald of Arms, vacant by the death of Henry Hill, Efq.

8. Right Rev. Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, to the Deanery of Westminster. The Right Hon. Sir George Macartney, to be Conftable and Commander of Fort Toome, in the county of Antrim, in Ireland.-George Chamberlayn, Efq; Secretary to the Tax Office, in the room of Austin Leigh, Efq; deceased. Edward Naigh, Efq. to be Affiftant Secretary, in the room of Hugh Owen, Efq.George James Williams, Efq; to be Receiver General of the Excife, in the room of Sir William Milner, Bart. deceased.

-10. Richard Browne, Doctor in Divinity, the office of Hebrew Profeffor, in the univerfity of Oxford, with the Prebend of Chrift Church thereunto annexed, the fame being void by the death of Dr. Thomas Hunt.- Wadsworth Bufk, Efq. the office and place of his majefty's Attorney-General in the Ifle of Man.

22. Thomas Earl of Weftmeath, Richard Earl of Shannon, Brindley Earl of Lanefborough, Charles Earl of Bellamont, Lieut. General George Auguftus Elliot, Commander in Chief of his Majetty's land forces in Ireland, Charles Dillon, Efq; Henry Flood, Efq. of the county of Kilkenny, to be Privy Counsellors in Ireland.— Henry Hamilton, of Manor Cunningham, in the county of Donegal, Efq; John Allen Johnstone, of the county of Dublin, Efq; and Francis Lumm of Lumville, in the King's county, Efq. and to their

mont, of the house of Jablonowski, in Poland. This Lady (who countenanced the Jesuits after their late difgrace) was allowed by the French King 80,000 livres a year for the fupport of her dignity.

Mrs. Ethelred Mannock, ladyabbefs of the English Benedictine ladies, at Bruffels.

4. The Countess Dowager of Oxford, mother to the prefent Earl. 7. In Lower Grofvenor-ftreet, greatly advanced in years, Lady Dowager Dorothy Montague. Her death was occafioned by her cloaths accidentally taking fire, as fhe was fitting in her apartment.

16. At Bury, Sir John Cullum, Bart. King at Arms. He is fucceeded in title and estate by his eldest son, the Rev. Mr. Cullum, of Hardwick, in Suffolk.

21. At Coftefey Hall in his 94th year, Sir George Jerningham, Bart. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldest fon William.

At. Conftantinople, the Grand Signior, Mustapha III. in the 59th year of his age and 17th of his reign. He is fucceeded by his brother Abul Hamed, after a confinement of 44 years.

In Grafton-freet, Dublin, of an apoplectic fit, Lady Dorothea Dupois.

At the Hague, Peter Quefnel, furnamed Benard, well known in the republic of letters, particularly by the two first volumes of his Hiftory of the Jefuits, published in 1941 in Utrecht.-A few hours before his death, he was prevailed upon, by fome persons who made it a point of confcience, to burn the remainder of the manufcript of that work, which he finished about three months ago, and which would have made 20 volumes in 12mo.!

In Dublin, the Hon. Mrs.

Molefworth, relict of the Hon. Edward Molefworth, Efq; and aunt to the present. Lord Viscount Molefworth.

In Lower Grosvenor-ftreet, aged 92 years, the Marchionefs de Montandre.

26. At Stradbally in the Queen's County, Ireland, the Right Hon. Dudley Alexander Sidney Colby, Lord Sidney of Leix, Baron of Stradbally, L. L. D.

In St. Margaret's-ftreet, Weftminfter, Lady I'Anfon, widow of the late Sir Tho. I'Anfon.

Feb. 8. At his feat at Newburgh, Yorkshire, the Rt. Hon. Thomas Earl Fauconberg. His Lordship fucceeded his father as Viscount, Baron, and Baronet, in the year 1718; and was created Earl Fauconberg by his late Majefty. He is fucceeded in his title and eftates by Henry, now Earl Fauconberg, his only furviving fon and heir, who married, in the year 1766, Charlotte, eldeft daughter of Sir Matthew Lamb, Bart. deceased, and has iffue 3 daughters.

At Paris, aged 74, M. De Condamine, Fellow of the Royal Society at London, and celebrated for his voyages to determine the figure of the earth.

14. The Rev. Mr. Bertie, prebendary of Exeter, and rector of Kenn, in Devon, brother to the late, and uncle to the prefent Earl of Abingdon.

18. At Edinburgh, Lady Amelia Lindsay, relict of the deceased Sir Alexander Lindsay, Bart.

23. Sir Marmaduke Afty Wyvil, Bart. of Conftable Burton, in Yorkshire.

24. The Lady of Ashton Curzon, Efq; Member for Clithero, in Lancashire, and fifter to the present Lord Grosvenor.

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