admirals of the red; John Reynolds, Efq; Sir Hugh Pallifer, Bart. Hon. John Byron, Matthew Barton, Efq; Sir Peter Parker, Knt. Hon. Samuel Barrington, Mariot Arburthnot, Efq; Robert Roddam, Efq; George Darby, Efq; John Campbell, Efq; (vice-admirals of the blue) to be vice-admirals of the white; James Gambier, Efq; William Lloyd, Efq; Fra. William Drake, Efq; Sir Edward Hughes, K. B. Hyde Parker, Efq; (rear- admirals of the red) John Evans, Efq; Mark Milbanke, Efq; (rear-admirals of the white) to be vice-admirals of the blue; Nic. Vincent, Efq; John Storr, Efq; Sir Edward Vernon, Knt. (rearadmirals of the white) to be rearadmirals of the red; Joshua Rowley, Efq; Richard Edwards, Efq; Thomas Graves, Efq; Robert Digby, Efq; Sir John Lockhart Rofs, Bt. (rear-admirals of the blue) to be rear-admirals of the red. And the following captains were alfo appointed flag-officers, viz. Charles Webber, Efq; Wm. Langdon, Efq; Benjamin Marlow, Efq; Alexander Hood, Efq; Alexander Innes, Efq; rear-admirals of the white; Sir Chal. Ogle, Knt. Sir Sam. Hood, Bart. Matthew Moore, Efq; Sir Richard Hughes, Bart. Francis Samue! Drake, Efq; Rich. Keinpenfelt, Efq; rear-admirals of the blue.

James Earl of Salisbury, Treafurer of the Household, worn of the Privy Council.

Earl Talbot, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the name, ftile, and title, of Baron Dinevor, of Dinevor in the county of Caermarthen, with remainder to his daughter, Lady Cecil Rice, widow, and her

heirs male. Lord Viscount Gage of the kingdom of Ireland, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the name, file, and title, of Baron Gage of Firle in Suffex. The following gentlemen, and their heirs male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, viz. the Hon. James Brudenell, Baron Brucenell, of Deene in the county of Northampton. The Right Hon. Sir Wm. De Grey, Knt. Baron Wallingham, of Walfingham in Norfolk.Sir William Bagot, Bart. Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in Stafford fhire.-The Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Lord Southampton, Baron of Southampton in Hants.-Hen. Herbert, Efq; Baron Portchester, of Highclere, in the county of Southampton.

The Right Hon. Frederick, Earl of Carlife, to be Lieut. Gen. and Governor of his Majefty's kingdom of Ireland.

William Eden, Efq; to be principal Secretary to the Lord Lieut. and of his Majefty's most honourble Privy Council in the kingdom of Ireland.

Sir Thomas Pye, Lieut. Gen. of Marines.

B. Thompfon, Efq; under Secretary of State for the Northern department.

NOVEMBER.

The King has been pleased to order letters patent to be pafed under the great feal of the kingdom of Ireland, containing his Majefty's grants of the dignity of a baron of the faid kingdom unto the following gentlemen, and their heirs male, by the names, ftiles, and titles, as under-mentioned, viz. James Dennis, Efq; Chief Baron of his Majefty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Baron Tracton, of Tracton-Abbey, in the county of Cork.

Sir Robert Tilfon Deane, Bart. Baron Muskerry, in the county of Cork.

Almar Lowry Corry, Efq; Baron Belmore, of Caftlecoole, in the county of Fermanagh.

Thomas Knox, Efq; Baron Welles, of Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone.

John Baker Holroyd, Efq; Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, in the county of Meath.

Alfo like letters patent, containing his Majefty's grants of the dignity of a vifcount of the faid kingdom unto the following noblemen, and their heirs male, by the names, files, and titles, as undermentioned, viz.

jefty's Chancellor of Ireland, Vif count Lifford, of Lifford, in the county of Donnegall.

Otway Lord Defart, Viscount Defart, of Defart, in the county of Kilkenny.

John Baron Erne, Vifcount Erne, of Crum Castle, in the county of Fermanagh.

Barry Lord Farnham, Viscount Farnham, of Farnham, in the county of Cavan.

Simon Lord Irnham, Viscount Carhampton, of Caftlehaven, in the county of Cork.

Bernard Lord Bangor, Viscount Bangor, of Castleward, in the county of Downe.

Penyfton Lord Melbourne, Vifcount Melbourne, 'of Kilmore, in the county of Cavan.

James Lord Clifden, Vifcount Clifden, of Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny.

John Lord Naas, Viscount Mayo, of Monecrouer.

Alfo like letters patent, containing his Majesty's grant of the dignities of baron and earl of the faid kingdom unto Henry Lord Vifcount Conyngham, and his heirs male, by the name, ftile, and title of Baron and Earl Conyngham, of Mount Charles, in the county of Donnegall, with remainder of the barony to his nephew Francis Pierpoint Burton, Efq; and his heirs male.

And the like letters patent, containing his Majefty's grant of the dignity of an earl of the faid kingdom unto Stephen Lord Viscount Mount Cafhell, and his heirs male, by the name, file, and title of Earl Mount Cafhell, of Cafheil, in the county of Tipperary.

The Earl of Inchiquin, John O'Neil, and Luke Gardiner, Efqrs,

able

àble Privy Council in the kingdom of Ireland.

The King has been pleased to order letters patent to be paffed under the great feal of Ireland, containing his Majefty's grants of the dignity of a baronet of that kingdom unto the following gentlemen, and their heirs male, viz. John Stuart Hamilton, Efq; of Dunnamana, in the county of Tyrone; John Tottenham, Efq; of Tottenham-green, in the county of Wexford; and Neal O'Donnell, Efq; of Newport, in the county of Mayo.

The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Grantham, Lord Robert Spencer, the Right Hon. William Eden, the Hon. Thomas De Grey, Andrew Stuart, Edward Gibbon, Hans Sloane, and Benjamin Langlois, Efqrs; to be his Majesty's Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations. Charles Middleton, Efq; Sir John Williams, Knt. Edmund Hunt, George Marsh, Timothy Brett, William Palmer, and William Bateman, Efqrs; Sir Richard Temple, Bart. Edward Le Cras, Samuel Wallis, Paul Henry Ourry, Henry Martin, and Charles Proby, Efqrs; and Sir Andrew Snape Hammond, Knt. to be his Majefty's Commiffioners, in quality of principal officers of his Majesty's navy.

The Duke of Montague, to be his Majesty's Master of the horse.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesbury, to be Chamberlain of her Majesty's Houfhold.

DEATHS, 1780.

JANUARY.

Sir Nathaniel Wombwell, Bart. The Right Hon. Hans Stanley, F. R. S. Cofferer of the Houfhold, Governor of the Ifle of Wight, Treafurer of the Museum, and member for Southampton.

Sir John Moore, Bart. the title extinct.

Lady Head, reli&t of the Rev. Sir John, Bart.

Chrift. Blake, Efq; brother of Sir Patrick, Bart.

Miss Frances Mackworth, eldest daughter of Sir Herbert, Bart. Dowager Lady Blois, relict of Sir Ralph, Bart.

Lady of Sir James Hereford, Bart.

Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Bart. Lady Diana Middleton. Right Hon. Thomas Waite, Secretary, and one of the Privy Council of Ireland."

Right Hon. Lady Jane Boyle, fifter to Richard Earl of Burling

ton.

Mifs Martha Abdy, daughter of Sir Anthony, Bart.

Her Royal Highness Louifa Amelia of Brunswick, Princefs Dowager of Pruffia, and mother to the Hereditary Prince of Pruffia, and to the fpoufe of the Prince Stadtholder.

The lady of Sir Alexander Gilmour, Bart. at Alnwick.

Sir William Sharp, Bart. in Great Titchfield - ftreet, Major General in the Portuguese fervice, and Governor of the province of Minho.

FEBRUARY. Lady Fowlis, relict of Sir William, Bart.

Dr. Richard Richmond, Bishop of Sodor and Man.

Lady Davers, mother of Sir

Lady

Lady Lucy Douglas, daughter of the Duke of Montrofe.

Samuel Egerton, Efq; of Tatton: he was the only furviving fon of John Egerton, grandfon of John Earl of Bridgewater by Lady Eliz. Cavendish, daughter to John Duke of Newcastle.

Sir William Blackftone, Knt. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

Dowager Countefs of Kildare. Lady Catherine Pelham, ranger of Greenwich Park. She was filter of the late Duke of Leeds, and married, 1726, to the late Hon. Henry Pelham, by whom he had two fons, who died young of an epidemical fever.

Countess Dowager of Eglin

toun.

Lady Jenkinfon, mother of Sir Banks, Bart.

His Serene Highnefs the Duke of Modena.

His Serene Highnefs the Duke of Brunswick.

MARCH.

The Right Rev. Doctor John Ofwald, Bishop of Raphoe. Right Hon. Lady Mulgrave. Lord Fortefcue Aland. Mrs. Gulfton, wife of Jofeph Gulfton, Efq; and fifter of the prefent Sir S. Stepney, Bart.

Mifs Letitia Beauchamp, daughter of Sir W, Beauchamp Proctor, Bart.

General Defaguliers, of the artillery.

Hon. Topham Beauclerk, only fon of Lord Sidney Beauclerk.

Charlotte, relict of the late Sir William Sanderfon, Bart. and daughter of Sir R. Gough, of Edgebafton.

Right Hon. Lady Anne Sophia

Egerton, wife of the Bishop of Durham. Her ladyfhip was the daughter of Henry, late Duke of Kent, by the Lady Sophia Bentinck, daughter of the Earl of Portland.

Lady Gooch, relict of the Right Rev. Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart. late Lord Bishop of Ely. Her lady fhip was the daughter of Compton, Efq; and nearly related to the prefent Earl of Northamp

ton.

Sir Francis Blake, Bart.

APRIL.

Lady Ifabella Douglafs, daughter of William, firft Eari of March. Sir Adolphus Oughon, Lieut. Gen. and K. B.

George Earl of Granard, one of his Majefty's most honourable Privy Council in Ireland, and a Baronet of Nova Scotia; by whose death the title and eftate have devolved on his eldest fon, Lord George Forbes, now Earl of Granard,

Rev. Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart. Hon. Henry St. John, fon of the late, and uncle to the present, Lord St. John of Bletfoe, captain of the Intrepid man of war, on board which he was killed, with his ift and zd lieutenants, by the fame cannon ball, in the fight with the French fleet off Guadaloupe. He married Mary Schuyler of New York, by whom he has left iffue one fon Henry.

Lady Anne Hope, daughter of the Earl of Hopetoun. ΜΑΥ.

Hon. Thomas Townshend, one of the oldeft Tellers of the Exchequer.

Sir Charles Hardy, Admiral of the White, and commander of the fcet.

Hon.

Hon. Richard Naffau, brother to the Earl of Rochford.

Mifs Elizabeth Eden, daughter of Sir John Eden, Bart.

Lady Sophia Neville, daughter of the late, and fifter to the prefent Earl of Gainsborough.

Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. of Battle Abbey in Suffex. His title defcends to his eldest fon, now Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart,

Sir Charlton Leighton, Bart. He is fucceeded by his fon, now Sir Charlton.

Lady Mary Lyon, daughter of the late Earl of Strathmore. Sir Hen. Englefield, Bart. Sir Anthony Buchannan, Bart. Sir Thomas Cave, Bart. Lady Standish, mother of Sir Frank, Bart.

JUNE.

Dame Rachael Morgan, relict of Sir William Morgan, of Tredegar, K. B. and daughter of William fecond Duke of Devonshire, by Rachael daughter of William Lord Ruffel.

Lady Jane Strickland.
Sir T. Gerrard, Bart.
Sir John Turner, Bart.
JULY.

of the univerfity of Oxford, and member for Wigan in Lancashire. Lady Viscountess Dowager Tyrconnel.

Sir Charles Halford, Bart. Lady Viscountess Mahon, daughter of the late Earl of Chatham.

The lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Hillsborough, at his lordfhip's house in Hanover-fquare. Her ladyship was only daughter of Edward Stawell, 4th and laft Lord Stawell, firft married to the late Right Hon. Henry Bilfon Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was created a peerefs by the title of Baronefs Stawell, which title defcends to her fon, Mr. Legge, now Lord Stawell.

Hon. Lady Sufanna Houston, relict of Sir Thomas, Bart.

The Hon. Mrs. Page, relict of the late Thomas Page, Efq; and aunt to Lord Viscount Howe.

His Royal Highness Charles Alexander, Duke of Lorrain and Bar, &c. Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, &c. and Governor and Captain-general of the Auftrian Netherlands.