THE EARL OF BELMORE. April 25. At Leamington Spa, aged 67, the Right Hon. Somerset Lowry Corry, second Earl of Belmore (1797), Viscount Belmore (1789), and Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole, co. Fermanagh (1781), a Representative Peer of Ireland, and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Tyrone.

His Lordship was born July 11, 1774, the younger but only surviving son of Armar first Earl of Belmore, by his first marriage with Lady Margaret Butler, eldest daughter of Somerset-Hamilton first Earl of Carrick.

He succeeded his father in the peerage, Feb. 2, 1802; and was elected a Representative Peer of Ireland in 1819. His Lordship was for some years Governor of Jamaica, in which office he succeeded the Duke of Manchester about the year 1828.

The Earl of Belmore married, Oct. 20, 1800, his cousin Lady Juliana Butler, second daughter of Henry-Thomas second Earl of Carrick; and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue two sons (and a daughter, still-born, in 1806): 1. the Right Hon. Armar now Earl of Belmore; and 2. the Right Hon. Henry Thomas Corry, a Privy Councillor, M.P. for co. Tyrone, and formerly Comptroller of the Household, who married in 1830 Lady Harriet-Anne Ashley Cooper, second daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and has issue.

The present Earl was born in 1801, and married in 1824 Emily - Louisa, youngest daughter of the late William Shepherd, of Bradbourn, in Kent, esq. by whom he has issue Somerset- Richard, now Viscount Corry, born in 1835, and other children.

bon, and consequently the Princess never publicly bore the name of her illustrious husband. It has been stated that, after the execution of the Duke d'Enghein at Vincennes, his father offered to confirm the marriage, and thus render the Princess heiress of the immense wealth of the House of Condé; but the Princess, with greatness of mind, refused to accept the fortune of the man whose name she had not been allowed to bear. She devoted the rest of her life to cherishing the memory of her lost consort; but such was the pure spirit of her soul, that, bitter as were her regrets, she never was brought to bear malice towards those who were the causes of her misery. Her mild and tolerant piety could only be appre ciated by those who surrounded her, and her existence was only made known by the numerous beneficent acts which emanated from her to the last day of her life, and which she diffused without distinction of party and opinion."

RT. HON. SIR R. J. WILMOT HORTON.

May 31. At Sudbrooke Park, Petersham, aged 57, the Right Hon. Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, the second Baronet, of Ormaston, co. Derby (1772), G.C.H. a Privy Councillor, and M.A.; formerly Governor of Ceylon.

Sir Robert was born in 1784, the eldest son of Sir Robert Wilmot, of Ormaston, co. Derby, the first Baronet, by Juliana-Elizabeth, second daughter of Adm. the Hon. John Byron. He became a Gentleman Commoner of Christchurch, Oxford, Jan. 27, 1803, and graduated B.A. 1806, M.A. 1815. In 1806 he married Anne Beatrix, eldest daughter and coheir of Eusebius Horton, of Catton, co. Derby, esq. and on the death of his father-in-law in 1823 he assumed, by royal sign manual, the additional name of Horton, in compliance with the direc tions of that gentleman's will.

Mr. R. Wilmot was returned to Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1818, after a poll, which terminated as follows: W. S. Kinnersley, esq. 331

R. J. Wilmot, esq. Sir J. Boughey

299

223

He was re-chosen in 1820, after another poll, in which the members were, for

W. S. Kinnersley, esq.

R. J. Wilmot, esq.

Yates Brown, esq.

500

386

340

But in the same year he vacated his

seat on being appointed Governor of Ceylon.

In 1826 he was re-elected to Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyne, without

a contest.

He was sworn a Privy Councillor, May 23, 1827, and became Under Secretary of State for the Colonies; but he retired from that office about the end of the same year, in consequence, as was understood, of some difference of opinion with Mr. Charles Grant (Lord Glenelg).

He succeeded his father as a Baronet, July 23, 1834.

Sir Wilmot Horton was the author of several political pamphlets, of which we meet with the following titles:

A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk on the Catholic Question. 1826.

Letters to the Electors of Newcastleunder-Lyne. 1826.

Speech in the House of Commons, on the Compulsory Manumission of Slaves. 1828.

Protestant Securities suggested, in an Appeal to the Clerical Members of the University of Oxford. 1828.

Letter to the Bishop of Rochester, in explanation of his suggestion of Protestant Securities. 1828.

Correspondence upon some Points connected with the Roman Catholic Question between the Rt. Hon. R. Wilmot Horton, M.P. and the Rt. Rev. P. A. Baines, D.D.; with an Appendix, and a Dedication to both Houses of Parliament. 1829.

The Causes and Remedies of Pauperism in the United Kingdom considered. Part I. 1829.

An Inquiry into the Causes and Remedies of Pauperism. Four Series. 1830. Lectures delivered at the London Mechanics' Institution. 1, 2. 1831.

Exposition and Defence of Earl Bathurst's Administration of the Affairs of Canada, when Colonial Secretary, during the years 1822 to 1827 inclusive. 1838.

The Object and Effect of the Oath in the Roman Catholic Relief Bill considered; with observations on the doctrines of certain Irish authorities with respect to Tithes, and on the policy of a Concordat with the See of Rome.

1838.

Reform in 1839, and Reform in 1831. 8vo. 1839.

Ireland and Canada; supported by local evidence. 1839.

As a statesman and man of highly cultivated mind, of taste and of letters, few of his contemporaries could compare with Sir Robert Horton. His government of Ceylon will be a lasting monument to his political worth and ability; and his many

productions on the most important questions which occupied the age in which he lived-education, emigration, colonial policy, and the improvement of society in every practicable way-will long be referred to as containing able and clear expositions of these important subjects. In private life a more amiable, intelligent, and estimable gentlemar. never existed.

By the lady already mentioned, who survives him, Sir R. J. Wilmot-Horton had issue four sons and three daughters: 1. Sir Robert Edward Wilmot-Horton, born in 1808, who has succeeded to the baronetcy; 2. Christopher; 3. AnneAugusta, married in 1830 to Henry Tufnell, esq.; 4. Harriett-Louisa, who died in 1831, aged 13; 5. Frederick; 6. Emily-Julia; and 7. George Lewis.

REAR-ADM. SIR P. B. V. BROKE, BART.

Jan. 2. At Broke hall, Suffolk, aged 64, Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. K.C.B. Rear-Admiral of the Red.

Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. was the eldest son of Philip Bowes Broke, of Nacton, co. Suffolk, esq. by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Charles Beaumont, M.A. of Witnesham, in the same county. He was born Sept. 9, 1776; completed his education at the Royal Academy, Portsmouth; and commenced his naval career as a Midshipman on board the Bull Dog sloop of war, June 25, 1792. From her he removed with Capt. George Hope into l'Eclair, a French prize corvette on the Mediterranean station, where he was employed in much active service, particularly at the siege of Bastia. L'Eclair was for some time commanded by the late Commissioner Towry, with whom Mr. Broke continued until May 25, 1794, when he joined his former Captain in the Romulus of 36 guns, which ship was attached to the fleet under Vice-Adm. Hotham in the action off Genoa, Mar. 14, 1795; and, on the 8th June following, he was removed into the Britannia, a first rate, bearing the flag of that officer, by whom he was appointed third Lieutenant of the Southampton frigate, in which he was present in an action with La Vestale French frigate, and the capture of l'Utile corvette, and returned to England, after witnessing the defeat of the Spanish fleet by Sir John Jervis, Feb. 14, 1797. He afterwards served under the Hon. Captain Charles Herbert in the Amelia frigate, and bore a part in the battle between Sir J. B. Warren and M. Bompart, off the coast of Ireland, Oct. 12, 1798.

Lieutenant Broke was appointed Commander in Jan. 1799, and Post Captain

Feb. 14, 1801. Previously to his latter promotion he commanded the Shark sloop of war, employed in protecting the trade off the coast of Holland.

At the renewal of the war in 1803, Capt. Broke made several unsuccessful applications for a ship; but, as inactivity formed no part of his character, he employed himself in training the peasantry in his neighbourhood to arms, for the purpose of opposing the threatened invasion from France. In April 1805 he was appointed to the Druid frigate, which sailed on a cruise for men off the Land's End, and in the Bristol Channel; and, after making up her complement, was placed under the orders of Lord Gardner on the Irish station, where she captured the privateer French ship, Prince Murat, of 18 six-pounders and 127 men.

On the Ist May, 1806, Captain Broke fell in with le Pandour, a national brig of 18 guns and 114 men, which, after pursuing her 160 miles, was taken by the squadron under Rear-Admiral Stirling, and conducted to Plymouth by the Druid. He also took some smaller vessels; and about the same time pursued a large frigate into the Passage du Raz, near Brest. His next appointment was in June 1806 to the Shannon, rated at 38 guns, in which ship he established his fame as a British naval commander.

In April 1807, Capt. Broke was sent, with the Meleager of 32 guns under his orders, to protect the whale fishery in the Greenland seas, in doing which he approached nearer to the pole than any other ships of war had ever done, excepting those under Lord Mulgrave, and made a correct survey of the bay and harbour of Magdalena in the 80th degree of north latitude.

Towards the close of the same year he accompanied the expedition sent against Madeira, and, the possession of that island being obtained by a mere display of force, he was ordered by Sir Samuel Hood to convoy the transports back to England, where he arrived on the 7th Feb. 1808. In Nov. following he joined company with Captain Seymour of the Amethyst, about an hour after that officer had captured the Thetis French frigate, several of whose crew were received, and the prize herself, being wholly dismasted, taken in tow by the Shannon. On the 27th Jan. 1809, he took, after a long chase, le Pommereuil cutter privateer of 14 guns and 60 men, and remained attached to the Channel fleet until Sept. 1811, when he proceeded to the Halifax station.

On the 18th June, 1812, a formal declaration of war against Great Britain was made by the United States; and on

the 5th of the ensuing month, Capt. Broke was despatched with a squadron to blockade the enemy's ports; and he was actively employed during the remainder of the year in making several captures of merchant men, &c. and in convoying the West India fleet.

Sir John B. Warren, the Commanderin-chief, resolving to spend the winter at Bermuda, Capt. Broke was left in charge of the naval force stationed on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and® New England. Being relieved at the end of March, he sailed to reconnoitre the port of Boston, and when he had remained there more than two months, be attained the object of his wishes, a fair encounter with the American flag. This was the memorable battle of the Shannon and Chesapeake, fought on the 1st June, 1813. It commenced at 5 p. m. both ships steering full under their topsails; "after exchanging between two and three broad sides, the enemy's ship (says Capt. Broke in his despatch) fell on board of us, her mizen-channels locking in with our forerigging. I went forward to ascertain her position; and, observing that the enemy were flinching from their guns, I gave orders to prepare for boarding. Our gallant bands appointed to that service immediately rushed in, under their respective officers, upon the enemy's decks, driving every thing before them with irresistible fury. The enemy made a desperate but disorderly resistance. The firing continued at all the gang-ways, and between the tops, but in two minutes time the enemy were driven sword in hand from every port. The American flag was hauled down, and the proud old British Union floated triumphant over it. another minute they ceased firing from below, and called for quarter. The whole of this service was achieved in fifteen minutes from the commencement of the action. In a pamphlet written by Capt. Samuel John Pechell, C.B. entitled "Observations upon the fitting of Guns on board his Majesty's ships; " the rapid success of the action is attributed to Capt. Broke having laid his guns with admirable precision.

In

The loss of the enemy was about 70 killed, and 100 wounded. Of the Shannon 23 slain, and 56 wounded. The Chesapeake, a fine frigate, mounting 49 guns, went into action with 440 men; and the Shannon, having picked up some recaptured seamen, had 330.

Mr. James (Naval History) says, "After those upon the forecastle had submitted, Capt. Broke ordered one of his men to stand sentry over them, and sent most of the others aft, where the conflict

was still going on. He was in the act of giving them orders to answer the fire from the Chesapeake's main top, when the sentry called lustily out to him. On turning round, the Capt. found himself opposed by three of the Americans; who, seeing they were superior to the British then near them, had armed themselves afresh. Capt. Broke parried the middle fellow's pike, and wounded him in the face; but instantly received from the man on the pikeman's right a blow with the butt-end or a musket, which bared his skull, and nearly stunned him. Determined to finish the British commander, the third man cut him down with his broad-sword, and, at that very instant, was himself cut down by one of the Shannon's seamen. Capt. Broke and his treacherous foe now lay side by side; each, although nearly powerless, struggling to regain his sword, when a marine despatched the American with his bayonet. * * * * *

Soon after this, Capt. Broke's senses failed him from loss of blood; and the Shannon's jolly-boat arriving with a supply of men (the two ships having separated, owing to the Chesapeake's quartergallery giving way) he was carried on board his own ship." There is a beautiful picture, by Mr. T. S. Robins, in the present Exhibition of the New Society of Water Colour Paintings, wherein the gallant Captain is represented as sustaining the encounter of the three American sailors. It has been purchased by his son the present Sir Philip Broke.

The Secretary of the Admiralty, in a letter to Sir J. B. Warren, remarked on this victory: "My Lords have before had occasion to observe with great approbation the zeal, judgment, and activity, which have characterised Captain Broke's proceedings since the commencement of the war; and they now receive with the highest satisfaction a proof of professional skill and gallantry in battle, which has seldom been equalled, and certainly never surpassed; and the decision, celerity, and effect with which the force of H. M. S. was directed against the enemy, mark no less the personal bravery of the officers, seamen, and marines, than the high discipline and practice in arms to which the ship's company must have been sedulously and successfully trained."

On the 2nd Nov. following, Capt. Broke was raised to the dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain, "in consideration of the distinguished zeal, courage, and intrepidity displayed by him in his brilliant action with the Chesapeake;" and in Feb. 1814, he received the royal permission to bear a crest of honourable augmentation to his family arms, together

with the motto, "Sævumque tridentem servamus."

It would be endless to detail the various instances of compliment and congratulation paid to Capt. Broke, on account of this glorious achievement. The underwriters of Halifax, in Nova Scotia, presented him with an address of acknowledgment for recapturing and preserving some of their most valuable vessels, accompanied by a piece of plate, value 100 guineas. The court of Common Council of London voted him their thanks, with the freedom of the city, and a sword of 100 guineas value. The thanks of the corporation of Ipswich (the freedom of which he was by birth entitled to), were also presented to him, and a subscription opened by the gentry and other inhabitants of the county of Suffolk, for the purpose of purchasing him a piece of plate, which closed at an amount of about £730. A convivial society at Ipswich, called "The Free and Easy Club," likewise subscribed 100 guineas for the purchase of a silver cup.

On Sir Philip Broke's return to England, the Shannon being found unfit for further service, he was offered the command of one of the new sloops built to match the large American vessels, misnamed frigates; but his wound was not then sufficiently healed to allow of his immediately serving again. He was nominated a K. C. B. Jan. 7. 1815.

Sir Philip married, Nov. 25. 1802, Sarah-Louisa, daughter of Sir William Middleton, Bart. by whom he had a numerous family, of whom only two sons and one daughter survive. His second son, William, was unfortunately drowned, Aug. 1, 1823. His eldest son and successor, now Sir Philip Vere Broke, is a Commander R. N.

A portrait of the late Sir Philip Broke was published in the Naval Chronicle, 1815.

LIEUT.-COL, MACGRIGOR, K.H.. March 15. At Nottingham, aged 63, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Macgrigor, K. H.

This officer was one of the sons of Colquhoun Macgrigor, of Aberdeen, merchant, who died in 1800, by Anne daughter of Lewis Grant, of Lethendrey in Strathspey, N. B. and was the only surviving brother of Sir James Macgrigor, Bart. K.C.T.S. Physician Extraordinary to the Queen, and Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army. He was originally intended for the law, but the war consequent on the French Revolution opened a field which presented irresistible attractions to his young but ardent genius, and he very

soon abandoned his first profession for one which was more congenial to his truly martial spirit. In the year 1794 he purchased an Ensigncy in the 97th regiment, and soon after exchanged into the 33rd, which was then serving in India, and commanded by Colonel Wellesley (the present Duke of Wellington). In the year 1795, Mr. Macgrigor purchased a Lieutenancy in the same corps. In 1799, he was present in the general action at Mallavilly, under Col. Wellesley: he likewise served in the action before Seringapatam, in April of the same year, and, in May following, he took a part in the memorable assault and capture of that important capital. In 1800, he served in the Mahratta campaign at the assault and capture of Congall and Durnmall, &c. During 1801, Lieut. Macgrigor continued in the field; and, after having been present at the capture of several forts, and in all the actions in the ceded country, under the command of Major-General Campbell of the E. I. C. S. he received the appointment of Brigade-Major to the troops in that quarter, where he continued to serve, until his health at last became so shattered as to render his return to Europe imperative. In the latter part of 1801, this officer purchased a company in the 90th regiment, which corps he accompanied to the West Indies in 1804. In 1806 he received an appointment in the Quartermaster-general's department, in that command, and in the years 1809 and 1810 he served as chief assistant in that department at the capture of the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe. At the capture of the former, he received the brevet rank of Major; and, on the surrender of the latter island, his conduct drew forth the most flattering and public notice of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir George Beck.

with.

Brevet-Major Macgrigor continued to serve in the West Indies, when his constitution, though naturally most vigorous, again became seriously impaired by tropical influence, and he was once more ordered to England for the re-establishment of his health. In the year 1812 he was promoted to a Majority in the 63rd regiment, from which he exchanged into the 70th regiment, with which corps he embarked in 1813 for Canada.

In 1814 he became Lieut.-Colonel by brevet; and, in 1823, after a period of thirty-one years' arduous and distinguished service, he purchased the Lieut.-Colonelcy of his regiment, the 70th. He remained in command of this regiment until 1829, when his health, shaken by extremes of climates, became so broken

as to render him unfit for further active duty, and finally to oblige him to retire from the army; upon which his late Majesty conferred on him the decoration and title of Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, as a mark of his Majesty's gracious approbation of his meritorious career. A few years residence in Devonshire had the effect of mitigating the sufferings of Lieut.- Col. Macgrigor; the first effect of which was to awaken in him a regret at having left the service to which he was so strongly attached, and a desire to return to it in any capacity he could make himself useful: his active mind felt the want of his long-accustomed occupation, and he sighed to mix once more in the society to which he was habituated from his earliest recollections. He therefore accepted the situation of Barrack-Master of Nottingham, which he held to the time of his decease. Colonel Macgrigor was married, and has left issue.

SIR JOSEPH HUDDART. March 31. Aged 74, Sir Joseph Huddart, Knt. of Brynkir, Carmarthenshire, and Norfolk-crescent, Bath.

This gentleman was the eldest son of Capt. Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. and an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, the eminent hydrographer, who died in 1816, by Elizabeth, daughter of John Johnston, esq. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Carnarvon in 1820, and served the office of High Sheriff in 1821, in which year on the 8th of August he received the honour of Knighthood from King George the Fourth, when his Majesty passed through the Principality on his way to Ireland.

Sir Joseph Huddart married, May 15, 1808, Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Andrew Durham, esq. of Belvidere, co. Down, by whom he had issue two sons and seven daughters. (See Burke's Landed Gentry, ii. 348.)

SIR JOHN RICHARDSON.

March 19. In Bedford-square, aged 70, Sir John Richardson, Knt. M.A. formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

Sir John Richardson was a member of University college, Oxford, where he attained the degree of M.A. in 1795. He first practised as a Special Pleader, before his call to the bar; which took place at Lincoln's Inn, June 23, 1803. He then attended the Northern Circuit. He was appointed Justice of the Common Pleas during the Michaelmas vacation 1818; and received the honour of knighthood, June 3, 1819. He resigned bis