Aug. 5. Lady of fir Gervas Clif

ton, bart. of a fon.

fon.

of a daughter.

low Bertie, to miss Layard.

John Mordaunt, efq. eldeft fon of fir Charles, to mifs Elizabeth Prowse.

18. At Dublin, William Murray, efq. to mifs Kitty Hamilton, fecond daughter to lord viscount Boyne.

26. Hon. Edwyn Sandys, eldeft fon to lord Sandys, to Mrs. King of Finchamstead, Northamptonshire.

John Butler, efq. of Ire land, to lady Anne. Wandesford, daughter of earl Wandef

ford.

Caroline Howard, fifter to the earl of Carlisle.

The elector of Saxony, to

the princess of Deuxponts.

At North Cray, in Kent, Walter Rawlinson, efq. only fon of fir Walter Rawlinson, knt.

Hulfe, bart. of Bre

mer, in Hants, to mifs Lethuillier, a young lady of immenfe fortune.

to

17. Right hon. the earl of Northampton, mifs Hougham. 18. John Parker, efq. to the hon. mifs Robinson, daughter το lord Grantham.

26. His grace the duke of Grafton, to mifs

Wrottefley, third daughter to the rev. fir Richard Wrottefley, bart. dean of Worcester.

Hon. captain Knollys, fon

to the earl of Banbury, to mifs Sherwood.

Watkin Williams

Wynn, bart. to the right hon. lady Henrietta Somerset, fifter to his grace the duke of Beaufort.

11. Sir Pennington Lamb, bart. to mifs Mil

banke, daughter to fir Ralph.

19. Sir James Innes, bart, to the fifter of fir Cecil

Wraye.

Carham Hall, efq.' to mifs Jefly Hume, fifter to lord Hume.

3. Lord Montcafhel, to lady Helena Rowden, fecond daughter to the earl of Moira, in Ireland.

20. Hon.capt. Pigot, brother to Lord Pigot, to the hon. mifs Wrottefley, maid of honour,

and

ters of fir Richard

Wrottesley.

27. At Vienna, by proxy, the archduchefs Amelia, to the infant duke of Parma.

July 10. Sir James Cockburn, bart.

to mifs Ayfcough, daughter of the late dean of Briftol."

14. At Charlottenburg, the

Westminster,

John

Jolliffe, efq. member for Petersfield, in Hampfhire, to mifs Hylton, only daughter and fole heiress of the late fir Richard Hylton, bart., f Hylton Caffle, ^ in

fia, to the princess

of Heffe Darmstadt.

Aug. 5. Henry Errington, efq. to

lady Broughton.

8. Hon. Alexander Gordon, to the countess of Dumfries, at Edin

burgh.

13. Sir Fred. Evelyn, bart.

to mifs Turton.

Samuel Whitebread, efq. to lady Mary Cornwallis.

14. Sir Herbert Lloyd, bart. to Mrs. Bacon, relict of-Bacon, efq.

Sept. 20. At Middleton, in Lancafhire, fir Thomas Egerton, of Heaton, bart. to mifs Afherton, of Middleton, youngest daughter and coheirefs of the late fir Ralph Asherton, bart.

23. Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, fon of fir Robert Hildyard, bart. to mifs Dering, fister of fir Edward Dering, bart.

John Shuckburgh, efq. to mifs Craven, eldest fifter of lord Craven.

7. Sir Thomas Browne, bart. to mifs Henrietta Seymour.

11. Right hon. lord Webb Seymour, next brother to his grace the duke of Somerset, to Mifs Bonnell, of Queen Anne-street, only daughter and heiress of the late fir John Bonnell, bart. of Stanton-harcourt, in Oxfordfhire.

14. The earl of Wigton, to mifs Child.

In Ireland, lord Kingsborough, fon of the earl of Kingflon, to mifs Fitzgerald, daughter of col. Fitzge rald. Chriftopher Cheevers, efq. to the hon. Frances Nugent, fifter to lord River fton.

21. Sir Henry Hunloke, bart. to mifs Coke.

Principal

Principal PROMOTIONS for the year 1-69, from the London Gazette, &c.

Feb. 9. The duke of Dorfet, lord lieutenant of the county of Kent.Dr. Rofs, a prebend of Durham. -19. Sir Fletcher Norton, chief juftice in Eyre, with a falary of 3000l. a year.

March 22. Right hon. fir Fletcher Norton, a privy counfellor. William Young, efq. lieutenant governor of the island of Domica, and his heirs male, the dignity of a baronet.

23. William Chambers, efq. architect to his majefty, is appointed comptroller general of the board of works, in the room of Henry Flit croft, deceased.

April 16. Andrew Stokes, efq. shief justice of the province of Georgia, in America.-William Wragg, efq. juftice of South Carolina, in America.David Yeats, efq. regifter of grants, patents, and records, and Alexander Skinner, efq. to be naval officer of the province of Eaft Florida, in America.

June 3 The duke of Grafton, lord lieutenant of the county of Suffolk. Hon. John Byron, efq. governor and commander in chief of the island of Newfoundland, and all the coaft of Labrador. Charles Sloane Cadogan, efq, the office of mafter and worker of all his majefty's monies, both gold and filver, in the Tower of London, and elfewhere in England. Peter Burrell, efq, the office of furveyor general of all his majefty's honours, caftles, lordfhips, manors, forefts, chaces, parks, &c. in England and Wales. 19. Rev. Dr. Shipley, to the Bishopric of St. Afaph, in the room

of the late Dr. Newcome.--Rev. Dr. Barrington, to the bishopric of Landaff.

July. The duke of Grafton was inftalled chancellor of the uni verfity of Cambridge.

Aug. 4. Walter Paterfon, efq. captain general and governor of the ifland of St. John, in America: Tho. Defbrifay, efq. lieutenant governor. Elias Durnford, efq. lieutenant of Weft Florida.-Jamés Purcell, efq. lieutenant governor of the island of Tortola, and of the Carribbee iflands, commonly called the Virgin islands.

Aug. 19. Hon. and rev. William Digby, LL. D. to the deanery of Worcester. John Jefferys, M. A. canon of the cathedral of Chrift, in the university of Oxford.-Rev. Mr. Wilfon, prebend of Gloucefter.Lord viscount Coningham, of the kingdom of Ireland, vice admiral of the province of Ulfter.

Sept. 20. His grace the duke of Grafton, a knight of the garter, in the room of the late Earl of Winchelfea.-Right hon. the earl of Jerfey, a lord of the bedchamber. The earl of Stormont, one of the fixteen peers of Scotland.

Oct. 5. Dr. Newton Ogle, to the deanery of Winchester, in the room of Dr. Shipley, tranflated to the fee of St. Afaph.-William Varey, efq. fuperintendant of all his majefty's gardens belonging to all and every his royal palaces in England.-Ro bert Wilkie, efq. to be his majesty's conful at Alicant in Spain.

Nov. 20. Rev. Dr. Hinchcliffe, vice-chancellor of the university of Cambridge, to the bishopric of Pe terborough, in the room of the late Dr. Lamb. Rev. Dr. Barnardiston, mafter of Bennet-college, Cam bridge, is appointed prebend in that

cathedral

is fucceeded by the margrave of Anfpach.

Maximilian de Hervart, knight of the holy Roman empire, at Chelfea.

Feb. 2. At his lordship's feat at Weft Wycombe, in the county of Bucks, the lady of the right hon. lord Le Defpencer. Her ladyship was daughter of the late Henry Gould, efq. but has no iffue.

His Holinefs the Pope, aged 76. He was born at Venice, made cardinal in 1737, and pontiff in 1758,

3. Lady dowager Litchfield, mother of the prefent earl.

Hon. Hugh Stuar., uncle to lord Blantyre, in Ireland. Lady Tyrawley, at Somerset

Houfe.

6. Sir Andrew Lauder, bart. in Scotland.

At Bath, Mr. Derrick, mafter of the ceremonies.