Trust Loan Society, to Lenton church and schools, to Trinity, St. Mary's, St. John's-in short, to every public institution or benevolent object within the sphere of his observation.

Mr. Wright was twice married; first, Jan. 10, 1811, to Lydia only child of Edward Grey, esq. of Haringay, Middlesex, by whom he had one son, who died an infant, and three daughters: 1. Kithe-Caroline, married in 1829 to the late Sir Francis Mackenzie, of Gairloch, co. Ross, Bart. and died in 1834, leaving issue the present Baronet and another son; 2. Lydia-Rachael, married in 1842 to Capt. Egerton Leigh, 2nd Dragoon Guards, only son of Egerton Leigh, esq. of Jodrell-hall, Cheshire, and has issue; and 3. Mary-Nevill, married in 1835 to David Jesse Watts Russell, esq. M.P. for North Staffordshire, eldest son of Jesse Watts Russell, esq. of Ilam, co. Derby.

Mr. Smith Wright lost his first wife in 1820, and was re-married in the following year to the dowager Lady Sitwell, widow of Sir Sitwell Sitwell, Bart. and daughter of James Stovin, esq. of Whitgift-hall, Yorkshire. This lady survives him.

His body was interred on Friday, the 31st of March, in the family vault at Bulcote, where he formerly resided.

JOHN JONES, Esq.

April 22. At Bute House, Petersham, Surrey, aged 57, John Jones, esq. of Llanarth Court, Treowen, and Penllwyn House, co. of Monmouth.

Mr. Jones was born August 5th, 1790, and was descended in the direct male line from the chivalrous house of Herbert, of which noble family was Peter FitzHerbert, one of the barons named in Magna Charta, who, having married Isabel, daughter and coheir of William de Braose and widow of David Llewellin, became possessed of the lordships and castles of Blenllevenny and Talgarth in the county of Brecknock, with other possessions in Wales, and, dying in 1235, was succeeded by his son Reginald Fitz Peter, whose son Peter FitzReginald married Alice, daughter and heir of Blethin Broadspere, Lord of Llanllowell near Uske in Monmouthshire; and thus the family became seated in Monmouthshire, where they have remained to the present time, acquiring fresh estates in the county by marriage. For many generations the family followed the Welsh custom of using no surname and adopting the Welsh "ap" for the Norman Fitz," and the son of Adam Herbert called himself Jenkin Ap-Adam, and so down to the time of Henry the Eighth, when William Ap-John left off the "ap" and became William John,

which was softened into Jones, by which name this branch of the Herberts have been ever since designated; and for many generations the Jones's resided at Treowen near Monmouth as the chief seat of the family; but in the time of the Commonwealth, the then possessor of the property Sir Philip Jones, taking part with the Marquess of Worcester, was in Ragland castle when it was destroyed by Fairfax, and Treowen being greatly damaged by Cromwell's army, the family preferred repairing the old court house at Llanarth, which has since continued the chief seat, and Treowen has become a farm-house, but it still shows relics in the staircase of its ancient grandeur.

Mr. Jones's great-grandfather having married the heiress of Henry Morgan, esq. of Penllwyn House, in the county of Monmouth (a branch of the ancient family of Tredegar), a large tract of mineral property came into the family, and by his grandmother, Catharine, youngest sister and coheir of John Wyborne of Hawkwell Place in the county of Kent, the Ufton Court estate in Berkshire came into the family, the mother of Catharine being Catharine Perkins of Ufton Court, of which family Arabella Fermor, wife of Francis Perkins, esq., was the "Belinda" of Pope's "Rape of the Lock," and a portrait of her is amongst the family pictures at Llanarth Court.

Mr. Jones's father, John Jones, esq. married, the 18th September, 1789, Mary, eldest daughter and coheir (with her sisters Elizabeth, who died unmarried, and Apollonia, who married Robert Berkeley, esq. of Spetchley, co. of Worcester,) of Richard Lee, esq. of Llanfoist House near Abergavenny, the representative of the old family of Lee, of Delce near Rochester co. of Kent, and, dying in 1828, left issue by his wife, who survives him, John, the subject of this memoir; Philip Jones, esq. of the Hill House, near Abergavenny; William Jones, esq. of Clytha House near Ragland, who married Frances, eldest daughter of Edward Huddleston, esq. of Sawston Hall in Cambridgeshire and of Purse Caundle co. of Dorset, and has issue; Edward Basil Jones, esq.; Henry Wyborn Jones, esq.; Captain Richard Jones, late of the Hanoverian Hussars; Thomas, who died in 1828; Mary, who died in 1830, having married Simon Thomas Scrope, esq. of Danby Hall, co. York, and left issue; Elizabeth, Florence, and Anne died unmarried; Jane-Mary; and Apollonia, who married Mons. Rio of Britany, and has two daughters.

Mr. Jones married, 11th Sept. 1817, the Lady Harriet Plunkett, only daughter of Arthur-James eighth Earl of Fingall,

K.P. who survives him, and by whom he has had issue John Arthur Jones, esq. who succeeds to the family estates, and who married, the 12th Nov. 1846, Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart. of Llanover Court, co. of Monmouth; Captain Arthur James Jones of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, now with his regiment in Ca. nada; Edmund Philip Jones, esq., GeraldHerbert Jones, esq., Frances-Mary, deceased, and Mary-Louisa.

Mr. Jones had sought to obtain royal permission to resume the ancient surname of his ancestors, Herbert or Fitzherbert, and the claim was pending at his demise.

The body of Mr. Jones was conveyed to his family residence at Llanarth on the night of Tuesday the 2nd May, and remained in the chapel until the day of the funeral, which took place on Thursday the 4th. The tenantry of Llanarth, Tre Owen, and Penllwyn, assembled at an early hour, amounting to more than eighty in number, and assisted, in turns, in bearing their landlord to the grave. The Roman catholic service was first performed in the chapel by the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, Vicar Apostolic of South Wales, who delivered an eloquent discourse at its conclusion. The Rev. Mr. Price, Vicar of Llanarth, met the body at the church, and performed the Protestant service. Two other Protestant and seven Roman Catholic clergymen were also present. The chief mourners were J. A. Jones, of Llanarth, esq. and Edmund Jones, esq. the sons of the deceased, William Jones, esq. of Clytha, Philip Jones, esq. Wyborne Jones, esq. Capt. Richard Jones, and Edward Jones, esq. his brothers. The pall-bearers were the Earl of Fingall, Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart. Simon Scroop, esq. of Danby, Simon Scroop, jun. esq. Henry Scroop, esq. Robert Berkeley, esq. of Spetchley, Robert Berkeley, jun. esq. and John Vaughan, esq. of Courtfield.'

WILLIAM CRIPPS, ESQ. M.P. May 11. In St. James's place, Westminster, aged 43, William Cripps, esq. M.A. barrister at law, M.P. for Cirencester, and a deputy lieutenant of Glouces tershire.

He was the son and heir of the late Joseph Cripps, esq. M.P. for Cirencester from 1807 to 1841, and of whom a memoir appeared on his death last year in our vol. XXVII. 429.

Mr. William Cripps was a member of Trinity college, Oxford, where he took the degree of M.A. and was some time a Vinerian fellow. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner

Temple. Nov. 20, 1829; and attended the Oxford circuit, and the Oxford and Gloucester sessions.

He was returned to Parliament for Cirencester on the retirement of his father at the general election in 1841. He generally voted with the Conservative party, but was in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws. He was one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in Sir Robert Peel's administration, being appointed on the 12th of August 1845.

His recent encounter in the House of Commons with Mr. Feargus O'Connor, when exposing the pretensions of the Chartist Petition, was noticed in our last Number p. 332. His death was the result of a sudden attack of brain fever.

Mr. Cripps was married to the daughter of Benjamin Harrison, esq. Chairman of the Exchequer Loan Commission.

DEVEREUX BOWLY, Esq.

Jan. 28. At Chesterton-house, Gloucestershire, aged 83, Devereux Bowly, esq. banker at Cirencester.

Mr. Bowly was originally a member of the Society of Friends, and he may be said to have continued in their communion to the period of his decease, according to his own views, for we understand he never disowned them, but was, with much regret, disowned by them, in compliance with the laws of that society against the payment of tithes, Mr. Bowly having been unable to reconcile with his notions of right the non-payment of tithe upon property which he had purchased chargeable by law with that burden. At the early age of twenty-five Mr. Bowly opened the bank at Cirencester (on the 23d Nov. 1789), which soon obtained the confidence of the public, from the sound principles and prudent management which then, and ever afterwards, governed all his banking operations. In the course of a few years he was joined by the late Mr. Pitt, the Messrs. Croome, and Mr. Wood, of Tetbury. Under the exclusive management of Mr. Bowly, this became one of the most extensive and respectable provincial institutions of the kind in the kingdom, and stood the test of many periods of public pressure and embarrassment, and more recently that of 1826, during which upwards of 70 private banks in the country gave way. In or about the year 1836, soon after the introduction of the joint-stock system, and when that system had very generally superseded private banking, this concern was formed into the joint-stock bank now so well known as the County of Gloucester Bank, soon after the establishment of which

Mr. Bowly retired from the active direction of its affairs.

Moderation was the characteristic of this excellent man in everything which, concerned himself. Towards others he was prodigal. His purse was never closed against any appeal for purposes of public usefulness or private necessity. If the end was good in itself, or the object worthy his liberal mind, he made no distinction of sects or politics. When the building of a new church was determined on in his native town, and he was informed that it was required to provide accommodation for the poor, for whom no adequate provision could be made in the old church, Mr. Bowly, under the idea that the clergyman of the parish might hesitate to apply for his aid, as not being a member of the Established Church, sent a donation which far exceeded in amount the most liberal contributions of churchmen. He was a truly charitable man, in the most extended signification of the term, was never heard to condemn any one, and his loss is irreparable to his dependants and the poor.

BENJAMIN BUSHELL, ESQ. Lately. Aged 78, Benjamin Bushell, esq. of Cleve Court, Minster, Isle of Thanet.

About twelve months ago, Mr. John Swinford, a wealthy farmer, died at Minster Court, in the same parish, leaving property, chiefly funded, amounting to upwards of 300,000l. the whole of this vast amount accumulated by his own industry and strict economy. Such a circumstance was considered without precedent; but Mr. Bushell's property is generally supposed to exceed that left by his wealthy contemporary. In addition to an immense personal estate, he had acquired several freehold farms in the Isle of Thanet, by purchase; was mortgagee to a large amount of other Thanet property; and had held the tithes of the whole parish of Birchington for upwards of half a century. Mr. Bushell was many years a widower, and has left an only child, Catharine, married in 1833 to the Rev. G. W. Sicklemore, Rector of St. Alphage, Canterbury, who, while curate at Minster church, was fortunate enough to preach with success to the heiress of Cleve Court.

JOHN BURKE, Esq.

March 27. At Aix-la-Chapelle, aged 61, John Burke, esq. late of Gower-street, Bedford-square.

Mr. Burke was the elder son of Peter Burke, esq. of Elm Hall, Parsonstown, co. Tipperary, a magistrate for that and GENT. MAG. VOL. XXIX.

the King's County, by Anne, daughter and coheir of Matthew Dowdall, M.D. of Mullingar.

His name was well known as the compiler of a "Genealogical and Heraldic Dic. tionary of the Peerage and Baronetage o the United Kingdom," which we believe was first printed in 1826; and which, having been always vigorously advertised by its publisher, has since passed through many other editions. The convenience of an alphabetical arrangement, and of the Peers and Baronets being placed in one series, has probably contributed to its

success.

In 1832 Mr. Burke undertook another genealogical Work, entitled the "Commoners of Great Britain,' which was completed in four large octavo volumes; and has since been re-edited in a compressed form under the title of "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland," 2 vols. 1846.

In this and others of his later works Mr. Burke has been assisted by his son John Bernard Burke, esq. of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law.

We add the titles of these publications: The Official Kalendar for 1830. (Not continued.)

The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females, including Beauties of the Courts of George IV. and William IV. with Memoirs, vol. I. 1833. 4to.

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. 1838. 8vo.

A General Armoury of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1842. 8vo. (republished by Mr. H. Bohn under the title of " Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry.")

Heraldic Illustrations, comprising the Armorial Bearings of all the Principal Families of the Empire, with Pedigrees Anand Annotations. Imp. 8vo. 1843. other volume. 1847.

The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales (and the families descended from them). Two Parts published.

There is also in progress a monthly magazine named "The Patrician," in which we are not sure whether Mr. Burke assisted his son, or whether it has been wholly conducted by the latter.

Mr. Burke married (his cousin) Mary, second daughter of Bernard O'Reilly, esq. of Ballymorice, co. Longford, by Mary, daughter and coheir of Dr. Matthew Dowdall.

WILLIAM MUDFORD, ESQ. March 10. In Harrington-square, Hampstead-road, William Mudford, esq. Mr. Mudford was born Jan. 8, 1782, a 4 Q

native of London, where also he was educated. In 1800 he acted as assistant secretary to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, and in 1802 he accompanied his Royal Highness to Gibraltar. On his return in the following year he entered upon his career of literary labour, and he produced many volumes of memoirs, translations, and a few novels, a list of which will be subjoined.

Having been thus employed, for some years, he became connected, first as reporter, and subsequently as editor, with the Courier, which, it is not too much to say, he conducted with consummate ability during a most trying period of our history. His talents as a public writer attracted the notice of the Right Hon. George Canning, by whom he was kindly countenanced and supported. During this period he ever proved himself worthy of trust; and when, by having embarked too largely in speculations which a monetary panic destroyed, and by changes in the journal he so ably conducted, he incurred a severe reverse of fortune, he bravely met the loss, and, retiring to Canterbury, undertook the editing of a provincial paper to maintain his independence, and sought no aid from the party he had so efficiently served.* For the last fifteen years he conducted "The Kentish Observer" and the "Can

*The following passage is extracted from a letter dated Jan. 30, 1828, addressed by Mr. Mudford to the Times, on his retiring from the Courier," after nearly 11 years of uninterrupted superintendence: "_" When Mr. Canning was placed by the King at the head of his councils, he had the unsolicited support of the Courier. When the grave closed over the remains of that illustrious statesman, he had its unfeigned, its deep, its unaffected tribute of sorrow. These were offences not to be forgotten by those who felt them as offences, when they were again in a situation to prove that they remembered them. I name no persons: I will not do so, except upon such provocation as I do not anticipate. I shall merely say, it was conveyed to me, in no equivocal terms, that the support which I had given, in the columns of the Courier, to Mr. Canning, humble as it was (and I only wish it had been commensurate with my admiration of the man), disqualified me from remaining the editor of it if the paper was to continue the organ of the existing Government. As a proprietor of the paper, I certainly did not discern the wisdom or the prudence of the required concession; but as far as it concerned me personally, it was made with my entire

Acquiescence."

terbury Journal." In addition to which, he became latterly the editor of the "John Bull;" and it was only on the Friday preceding his death (exactly one week,) that, although borne down by antecedent sickness and exhaustion, be was at the office until a late period of the evening, and penned an article, little dreaming that it was the last time that pen would be wielded, which had so long and so ably upheld the principles to which he was devoted.

The deceased has left a widow and seven children, the youngest of whom, an infant, died of convulsions the day after its father.

In all his writings Mr. Mudford supported Tory principles; and not only in the paper which was within his own conduct, but in many periodicals to which he was a prolific contributor, was ever consistent and unwavering.

In private life Mr. Mudford was liberal and hospitable, and though for the latter season of his life withdrawn from the once wide circle in which he moved, there yet remain some old associates and friends to lament his loss. He was the chief founder of "The Melodist," whose first meetings were held in his house, where Braham, Sinclair, and others enjoyed the harmonious and convivial entertainments. In many other matters of much passing interest he also took a leading part, and, we can truly say, fulfilled functions of no small importance to the lasting advantage of many individuals, and of consequence to the country.

The following is a list of Mr. Mudford's early works:

Critical Inquiry into Dr. Johnson's Writings; in which is shown that the Pictures of Life contained in the Ram. bler, and other publications of that cele brated writer, have a dangerous tendency. 1802. 8vo. This was his first work, and written when he was only seventeen.

Travels in Africa; from the French of Golberry. 1803. 2 vols. 8vo.

Augustus and Mary, or the Maid of Buttermere; a Domestic Tale. 1803.

Memoirs of the Life of Richard Cum. berland, esq.; with a Critical Examination of his Writings, and an occasional Literary Inquiry into the Age in which he lived, and the Contemporaries with whom he flourished; and an Appendix, containing twenty-six original Letters, relating to a transaction not mentioned in his Memoirs. 1812. 8vo.

A new and improved edition of the same. 1814. 2 vols. 8vo.

Adventures of Paul Plaintive; a Novel. 1811. 2 vols. 12mo.

An edition of the British Novelists; with Lives of the Authors. 1811.

The Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo; comprehending a Circumstantial Narrative of the whole Events of the War of 1815. Written from the first authority. 1816. imp. 4to. (Published in Parts.)

In 1812 Mr. Mudford issued a statement soliciting relief for a granddaughter of Churchill, which will be found in our Magazine, vol. LXXXII. i. 338. His exertions were ill-requited; and he published in his vindication a "Statement of Facts, disproving some gross calumnies insinuated by Miss Churchill, and her Mother, against Mr. Mudford.'

Some good letters of Mr. Justice Hardinge, addressed to Mr. Mudford in 1812 and 1813, were printed by Mr. Nichols in his "Literary Illustrations," vol. III.

MR. JOHN JOHNSON.

Feb. 17. In Brooke-street, Holborn, aged 71, Mr. John Johnson, printer.

Mr. Johnson was a native of Cheshire, and bred as a compositor.

The following is Sir Egerton Brydges's account in his Autobiography of the establishment of his private press at Lee Priory: "In 1813 a compositor and pressman (Johnson and Warwick) persuaded me, with much difficulty, to allow them to set up a private press in the Priory. I consented, on express condition that I would have nothing to do with the expenses; but would gratuitously furnish them with copy, and they must run all hazards, and, of course, rely on such profits as they could get. These printers might have done very well if they had been decently

prudent. They quarrelled as early as 1817, and Johnson quitted. The press was not finally given up till Dec. 1822."

In Johnson's own words, "From mental affliction, brought on by the cruel and unjust treatment he had experienced from those connected with the private press at Lee Priory," he was induced to engage in the compilation of "Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor; including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the Sixteenth Century," &c. &c. This work was published in two volumes small octavo, in 1820, and to the second volume is prefixed a portrait of "John Johnson, ætatis XLVI.' Drawn and engraved on wood by W. Harvey. It is a book of some value, not only as a history and grammar of the art of printing (in which it has several rivals,) but from containing in a compressed form the most interesting portions of Dr. Dibdin's accounts of the early English printers.

Mr. Johnson afterwards printed, in his peculiar style of ornamental printing, Mr. Thomson's History of Magna Charta, and the same author's Chronicles of London Bridge. These volumes, and a grand triumphal arch, formed of metal types, he had the vanity to esteem as chefsd'œuvres of typography; but the ornamented works of later days, with their margins adorned by the pencils of able artists, leave to the " typographical art" of Mr. Johnson and the wood-engravers of five-and-twenty years ago, the merit only of having intended well.

JOHN PRESTON NEALE, Esa. Nov. 14. At Tattingstone, near Ipswich, aged 67, John Preston Neale, esq.

Mr. Neale was formerly a clerk in the General Post Office in London. More than thirty years ago he undertook the publication of a History of Westminster Abbey. The first Part appeared in 1816; the letter-press was written by the veteran antiquarian author, Mr. E. W. Brayley, the plates furnished by the best artists, and the work was completed in two handsome quarto volumes in 1818.

In 1818 he commenced publishing in numbers" Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland." The series was completed in six volumes octavo, 1823; having been well supported by the assistance of the parties immediately interested; and he afterwards continued the work in a second series, which extended to five volumes.

In 1824 he commenced on a similar plan "Views of the most interesting Collegiate