372 OBITUARY.-Sir P. K. Roche.-Lieut.-Gen. Lawrence. [April, Works of English Authors, particularly 4to. 18. A Volume of Sermons on Faith and other Subjects, 1825, 8vo. 19. In 1815, Mr. Nares edited Dr. Purdy's Lectures on the Church Catechism, &c. to which he prefixed a Biographical Preface, giving some account of the Author, and of two of his most intimate friends, the Rev. T. Butler and Lawson Huddleston, Esq. men of distinguished talent and worth. Mr. In 1798, Mr. Nares, in conjunction with the Rev. W. Tooke and the Rev. W. Beloe, revised and enlarged the General Biographi cal Dictionary, in 15 vols. 8vo. Mr. Tooke's portion of the work was vols. 1. to v. Nares's, vols. VI. VIII. X. XII. and XIV. and Mr. Beloe's, vols. VII. IX. XI. XIII. and XV. This edition was enlarged by no less a number than 3424 lives, either entirely newwritten, or for the first time added. To the Sermons of the late Dr. Vincent, Dean of Westminster, published in 1817, Archdeacon Nares prefixed a life of that excellent and learned person. Mr. Nares materially assisted in the establishment of the Royal Society of Literature; and in 1823 was elected one of the first Vice Presidents. In 1824 he contributed to the Society "An Historical Account of the Discoveries that have been made in Palimpsest (or Rescript) Manuscripts:" and in 1826, a Memoir on the Religion and Divination of Socrates." He contributed, also, to the Archæologia of the Society of Antiquaries, "Observations on the discoveries of part of a Sarcophagus at Reading Abbey, supposed to have contained the Remains of Henry I." (Vol. xviii. p. 272.) To the Gentleman's Magazine Mr. Nares was a frequent and most acceptable contributor. Such is the imperfect memorial of this estimable man from the pen of one attached to him since infancy, and one who best knew his virtues and acquirements. SIR P. K. ROCHE. Feb. 15. In Regent-street. Sir Philip Keating Roche, Knt. C.B. K.C.H. C.S. & F. Colonel in the British service, and formerly Lieut.-General in that of Spain. He was appointed Lieutenant in the 17th dragoons in 1800, Captain in 1804, and Captain of the 4th garrison battalion in 1807. He served in the last-named year, on the staff of the British army, under Sir Samuel Auchmuty, in the expedition against the Spanish settlements in the Rio de la Plata, was at the assault of Monte Video, and at Buenos Ayres. In 1808 he was sent to the Peninsula under special instructions, and served in the Asturias and Gijon. In 1809 he acted as Major of Brigade of the South-west District of England; but in the same year he returned to the Peninsula, where he served with the allied forces, and attained the rank of Lieut.-General in the Spanish army. In 1812 he defended Alicant against the French, and he received, for his conduct on that occasion, a valuable sword. On the 15th of March, 1816, the Royal permission was granted for him to wear the insignia of the Orders of Charles the Third, and of the third class of St. Fernando; and on the 14th of May following, he received the honour of knighthood. He was also nominated a Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order, and a Commander of the Bath. He had been promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the British service, in 1811, and attained that of Colonel in 1821. LIEUT.-GEN. H. P. LAWRENCE. Feb. 7. At Harefield, Lieut.-General Henry Parker Lawrence, of the Bombay Establishment. This officer embarked for India, in April 1778, on board the Colebrooke, which struck on a rock, then unknown, near the Cape, and several lives were lost. The boat in which Mr. Lawrence embarked, run on shore upwards of thirty miles from any habitation, a distance which was then to be traversed on foot, without shoes or stockings. He was detained at the Cape till No. vember, and at length arrived at Bombay in Jan, 1779. In the following month Mr. Lawrence was appointed to the European regiment, then about to embark for the northward with other troops under Lieut.-Col. Hartley, to co-operate with the Bengal army under Col. Goddard. Ensign Lawrence served at the sieges of Ahmedabad and Baroda, and other affairs of that eventful period. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1780, of Captain 1791, of Major 179-, and of Lieut.-Colonel 1800. With the last rank, he commanded his corps, the second battalion of the third regiment of Native Infantry, in the war with Tippoo Sultaun, serving in the advance brigade, under Col. John Montreser. He was engaged at Sedaseer, when the Sultann attacked the British with the flower of his army, and was defeated; and also in other actions of that campaign. Subsequently he was employed under Sir Henry Oakes, in storming the durbar at Mangalore, and in storming the Marine Yard. He rose to the rank of Colonel in 1810, and to that of Major-General in 1813. In 1810 he commanded at Poonah; in 1811 at Kairah, and afterwards in the Southern Division, and in Guzerat. He returned to England in 1819; and was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General in 182... 1829.] OBITUARY.-Lieut.-Gen. Dickson.-Lieut.-Col. Dickson. 373 LIEUT-GEN. DICKSON. Jan. 29. At Bath, aged 84, John Dickson, esq. a Lieut.-General in the service of the East India Company; great-uncle to Sir William Dickson, Bart. Lieut.-General Dickson was the third and youngest son of Archibald Dickson, esq.; and younger brother to Admiral William Dickson, and to Admiral Sir Archibald Dickson, Bart, who both died in 1803. He was uncle to the late Sir Archibald, who died in 1827 (see memoirs of him in our vol. xcvII. i. 642, ii. 181,) and to the present Col. Sir Alexander Dickson, KC.B. and K.C.H. and aide-de-camp to the King, both of whom were sons of Admiral William Dickson, the eldest of the three brothers. Lieut.-Gen. Dickson married Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Collingwood, of Unthank in Northumberland, esq. and sister to the wife of his eldest brother. By that lady he had issue: 1. Archibald, a Captain in the Royal Navy, who has married his cousin (on the side of both parents) Jane, eldest daughter of Adm. William Dickson; 2. Eleanor, married Capt. Soane; 3. Elizabeth, now Mrs. Burdon. Mrs. Rachael Dickson (we presunie a second) wife of the General, died at Bath only a few weeks before him. LIEUT.-COL. DICKSON. 1828. In India, aged 46, Lieut.-Colonel William Dickson, commanding the 7th regiment of Bengal cavalry, at Kernaul in the upper provinces. This gentleman was the eldest son of the late Thomas Dickson, esq. of Southampton, and by his mother descended from Col. Gardiner, who was killed at the head of his regiment at Preston Pans in 1745, and whose 'Confessions' are well known. Col. Dickson entered the army of the East Indies in 1802; he was particularly noticed by General Lake iu the general orders of 24th Oct. 1804, for his gallant conduct at the siege of Delhi, where he was present as a Lieutenant in the 2d Battalion of the 14th regiment, as well as on other occasions; and he was twice severely wounded. Having nearly completed his period of service, Col. Dickson was on the eve of returning to England, when his life was suddenly terminated by a violent fever. His remains were interred the day after his death, with the highest military honours, the General commanding the station, and all the troops, attending. The Colonel is the third brother who has fallen in the military service of the East India Company; one survives, the present Peter Dickson, esq. of Southampton. Their mother is still living, at an advanced age. Colonel D. was married early, and has left a widow and several children. JOSHUA GRIGBY, ESQ. March 6. At his seat at Drinkstone in Suffolk, aged 70, Joshua Grigby, Esq. one of the Deputy Lieutenants of, and a Magistrate for, that County. As the firm and consistent supporter of civil and religious liberty, and the generous advocate of the oppressed, Mr. Grigby ranked deservedly high in his native county; and his death, therefore, will be long lamented as a public loss. He was not less distinguished by his numerous virtues, than by true independence of mind and genuine liberality of spirit. To his friends and acquaintance he was generous, hospitable, and beneficent; and amongst his poorer neighbours, his heart and his hand were ever open to relieve their wants, and to comfort their distress. The beautiful and appropriate liues of a poet upon the death of a celebrated statesman may with justice be aplied as truly illustrative of the character of the deceased: "A Patriot's even course he steer'd, 'Mid faction's wildest storms unmov'd; By all, who mark'd his mind, rever'd, By all, who knew his heart, belov'd." The remains of Mr. Grigby were interred, according to his request, in the gardens at Drinkstone, until a mausoleum be prepared for their reception, attended by a select number of his friends, who voluntarily paid this their last tribute to the memory and virtues of the deceased. The service, on this occasion, was performed by the Rev. W. P. Scargill, the Minister of the Unitarian congregation in Bury St. Edmund's, to whom Mr. Grigby bequeathed the sum of twenty guineas for his attendance. For several years afterwards, the management of one of the principal stud departments was entrusted to his superintendance. His merits as a cavalry officer were well known and appreciated by the Government; and, a very few months before his death, the highest eulogiums were passed on his meri- He served the office of High Sheriff for torious conduct, and the discipline of his the County in 1810. He was twice marregiment, by Lord Combermere. Col. Dick-ried, viz. 1st, in 1784, to Miss Brackenson was, moreover, a man of considerable literary attainments; he was of a cheerful disposition, temperate in his habits, a strict disciplinarian, but conciliatory and kind to those under his command; a warm and zealous friend, and an indulgent and affectionate husband and father. bury; and, 2dly, in Jan. 1827, to Anna, the second daughter of William Crawford of Hawleigh Park in Suffolk, esq. but has left no issue. The family of Grigby is of great respectability in the county of Suffolk. Mr. Joshua Grigby, the grandfath 374 OBITUARY.-Joshua Grigby, Esq. the deceased, was lord of the manor of Gonvile, in the parish of Windham in Norfolk, and of Drinkstone in the county of Suffolk; an eminent solicitor at Bury St. Edmund, and the town clerk of that borough. He left issue a daughter, who married on the 5th of April 1762, Samuel Horsey, esq. and a son Joshua Grigby, who received the early part of his education at the Free Grammar School in that town, from whence he was removed to Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of LL.B. in 1754. He was bred to the bar; and in 1784 was elected, after a strong contest, one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Suffolk, having polled three hundred single votes on that occasion. Mr. Grigby was a true Whig in the strictest sense of the term, and consequently a zealous advocate for civil and religious liberty, and a firm supporter of the real interests of his country. He erected the mansion at Drinkstone about the year 1760, and surrounded it with handsome plantations; and, dying in 1798, was interred in the chancel of the church of that parish, where, on a mural tablet, is the following inscription to his memory: "Joshua Grigby, Esq. died xxvi December, MDCCLXXXXVIII. aged lxvii." He married Jane, the daughter of ........ ...... who deceased in 1789, and was interred in the same place, with this inscription to her memory: "Jane, wife of Joshua Grigby, esq. died May xxii. MDCCLXXXIX. aged liii years, a true Christian." They left issue three sons, and four daughters, viz. Joshua, who lately deceased, as above-mentioned; George, who received his academical education at Caius College, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of B. A. in 1793, being the second senior Optime on the Tripos. He was elected a Fellow of his Society, and proceeded to the degree of M.A. in 1797. He was ordained a Deacon; but relinquishing the Church, embraced the military profession, and served for some years as an officer in the Royal Dragoons. He obtained a company in the 11th reg. of foot, and unfortunately perished on his равsage to Cadiz, in 1811. Against the south wall of the church of Drinkstone, a handsome mural tablet is erected to his memory, with this inscription: "George Grigby, Esq. youngest son of Joshua Grigby, Esq. of Drinkstone, and Captain of the 11th reg. of infantry. On board a transport bound to Cadiz, he was run down by the Franchise frigate off Falmouth, February 21, 1811, and perished together with 233 souls, aged 39 years. A faithful friend inscribes this marble to the memory of one whose unassuming virtues [April, endeared him to all who knew him; whose honour, generosity, upright intentions, shone conspicuously in every action; whose firmness of principles, and trust in Providence, no adversity could shake; and whose humble resignation and pious hopes were supported through life by this reflection, that inscrutable as are His ways,' God is ever just." The daughters were, Elizabeth, who married on the 24th of Oct. 1783, Joha Wombwell, esq of London, and some time merchant at Alicant, in Spain, and who, dying without issue, was interred in the chancel of the church of Drinkstone, where, on a flat stone, is this inscription to her memory, as well as to that of her sister Jane: "Subtus dormiunt Jana Grigby, annos Joannis Wombwell, arm', uxor, annos nata nata xv. mortua Feb. xiv.; et Elizabetha xxv. mortua Jul. xxiii. MDCCLXXXIV." 2. Mary, who died unmarried, on the 5th of January, 1823, and was buried in the same place. 3. Jane, who was born in 1769, and deceased in 1784, without issue: and, 4.......... who, in 1786, married John Harcourt Powell of Argyle-street, London, esq. by whom she had issue John Harcourt Powell, of Beighton, in Suffolk, esq. In the Gent. Mag. for 1735, is this notice:-Died, Nov. 5, Jos. Grigby, of Newfoundland, Capt. of a man of war in Queen Anne's reign.' GIPPOVICENSIS. FRANCIS PLOWDEN, Esq. Lately. At his apartments in the Rue Vaugirard, Paris, at an advanced age, Francis Plowden, esq. L.L.D. formerly a distinguished member of the English Chancery Bar, author of a History of Ireland, and fatherin-law to the Earl of Dundonald. This gentleman was a member of the eminent Catholic family of the name, and brother to the Rev. Charles Plowden, a Roman Catholic priest, and tutor at Stoneyhurst, author of several professional works, and to the Rev. Robert Plowden, priest at Bristol, noticed on his death in 1823, in our vol. XCII. ii. 474. The barrister's first works were: "An Investigation of the native Rights of British Subjects, 1784," 8vo.— "A Supplement to the same, written in relation to the case of the Earl of Newburgh, a descendant of the Earl of Derwentwater, 1785."—"Impartial Thoughts upon the beneficial consequences of enrolling all Deeds, Wills, and Codicils, affecting Lands throughout England and Wales, including a draught of a Bill proposed to be brought into Parliament for that purpose," 1789, 1790, 8vo (noticed in our review, vol. LX. p. 344). The Case stated, by Francis Plowden, esq. Conveyancer of the Middle Temple; occasioned by the Act of Parliament lately passed for the relief of the Eng 1829.] OBITUARY.-F. Plowden, Esq.-M. Dawes, Esq. lish Roman Catholics, 1791," 8vo (noticed in vol. LXII. p. 155). In 1792 Mr. Plowden published: "Jura Anglorum; the Rights of Englishmen; being an historical and legal Defence of the present Constitution," 8vo; and at the Encania at Oxford on the 5th of July in the following year, the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him. In 1794 it was attacked by an octavo pamphlet, called "A Letter to Francis Plowden, esq. conveyancer, of the Middle Temple, on his work entitled Jura Anglorum. By a Roman Catholic Clergyman," (much praised in the Monthly Review, N.S. vol. xiv. pp. 261— 267.) Dr. Plowden's next publications were "A short History of the British Empire during the last twenty months, viz. from May 1792 to the close of the year 1793, London, 1794," 8vo.-" A friendly and constitutional Address to the People of Great Britain, 1794," 8vo. In the titlepage of this he styled himself "LL.D. of Gray's-inn, conveyancer." In the same year, John Reeves, esq. another well-known legal and political writer, printed "The Malcontents; a Letter to Francis Plowden, esq." and there was also "A Letter from an Associator to Francis Plowden, esq. The next productions of Mr. Plowden were "Church and State; being an Inquiry into the origin, nature, and extent, of Ecclesiastical and Civil Authority, with reference to the British Constitution. 1795," 4to.-"A short History of the British Empire during the year 1794. London, 1795," 8vo.-" A Treatise upon the Law of Usury and Annuities," 1796, 1797, 8vo.-"The Constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, civil and ecclesiastical. 1802," 8vo. In 1803 appeared, in two quarto volumes, his grand work, entitled "An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, from the invasion of that country under Henry II. to its Union with Britain in 1801. London, 1803." Of this an elaborate critique by Sir Richard Musgrave, the author of the History of the Irish Rebellion,* appeared in the British Critic, continued through more than one number; and which was afterwards published in a separate form, "with" additions, corrections, and an appendix, under the title of, "Strictures upon an Historical Review of the State of Ireland, by Francis Plowden, esq.; or, a Justi fication of the Conduct of the English Governments in that Country, from the Reign of Henry the Second to the Union of Great Britain and Ireland." (See this noticed in our vol. LXXIV. p. 662.) Mr. Plowden Sir Richard Musgrave, whose literary Jabours were dedicated to subjects very kindred to those of Mr. Plowden, died in 1818, and has a short biographical notice in our vol. LXXXVII. i. 391. 875 published in reply two pamphlets, one intituled, "A Postliminious Preface to the Historical Review of the State of Ireland; containing a statement of the Author's Communications with the Right Hon. Henry Addington, &c. upon the subject of that work; Strictures upon the British Critic, and other traducers of the Irish Nation; and also Observations on Lord Redesdale's Letters to the Earl of Fingal, 1804," 4to; and the other, "An Historical Letter to Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. occasioned by his Strictures on the Historical Review, 1805," 8vo. In 1806 Mr. Plowden published "The Principles and Law of Tithing illustrated, adapted to the convenience of all persons interested in Tithes," royal 8vo; -in 1807, "A Refutation of the Charge of having improvidently and maliciously advised the Prosecution in the Case of the King versus Graham," 8vo; -and in 1812, an octavo edition, in five volumes, of "The History of Ireland, from 1172 to 1810." At the Lifford Assizes, April 4, 1813, Mr. Plowden was prosecuted by Mr. Hart for a libel contained in the History of Ireland. A verdict of 5000l. damages was obtained against him; the consequence of which was his retirement to France, where he passed the remainder of his life, we fear not without pecuniary difficulties. Mr. Plowden's lady died at her son-inlaw's the Earl of Dundonald, at Hammersmith, in July 1827. She also was an au thor; and published in 1800, Virginia; a comic opera, in three acts.' Their eldest son, Captain Plowden, was shot in a duel in Jamaica, where he was aide-de-camp to Gen. Churchill. The eldest daughter Anna-Maria, became the third Countess of Archibald ninth and present Earl of Dundonald in April 1919, and died Sept. 18, 1822; Frances-Penelope, another daughter, died Nov. 16, 1796, aged 14; and Mary, the youngest, was married Feb. 2, 1800, to John Morrough, esq. of Cork. MANASSEH DAWES, ESQ. April 2. In Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street, Manasseh Dawes, esq. Barrister of the Inner Temple. Mr. Dawes had left the Bar long since, and had lived in Clifford's-inn for the last six-and-thirty years, in a very retired manner. He was a gentleman of a very strong mind, and combined with a great knowledge of the law, much general information; and of this he has left behind him proofs, in several works, published at different periods of his life, of which some bear his name; others were anonymous. Among some others, were the following: "Philosophical Considerations, or Inquiry into the Merits of the Controversy between Doctors Priestley and Price, on Matter and Spirit, and Philosophical Necessity, 1780," 8vo."On Intellectual Liberty and Toleration, 376 OBITUARY.-Henry Hase, Esq.-Wm. Shield, Esq. 1780," 8vo. "Letter to John Horne Tooke, Esq. on the Responsibility of Members of Parliament, 1782," 8vo.-"Essay on Crimes and Punishments, with a View of and Commentary on Beccaria, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fielding, and Blackstone, 1782," 8vo-" The Nature and Extent of Supreme Power, 1783," 8vo.-"Vapity of all Human Knowledge, a Poem, by John Stuckley. Now corrected, enlarged, and arranged, with an Account of the Life of the Author, 1784," 4to.-"England's Alarm; or, The prevailing Doctrine of Libels, 1785," 8vo.-"The Deformity of the Doctrine of Libels, 1785," 8vo. Vindication of the Proceedings of the Lords and Commons upon the Regency, 1789," 8vo. (See vol. Lix. p. 242.)- Commentaries on the Laws of Arrests in Civil Cases, in which they are deduced from their origin to the present time, 1789," 8vo.-"Examination into the particulars of the two last Elections for Southwark, in May and November, 1796," 8vo." An Introduction to the Knowledge of real Estates and of Remainders, 1814," 8vo. He also wrote some poetry, "An Elegy by a Son, on the loss of his Mother; with a Discourse on Selfishness in Sorrow;""The Dying Prostitute;" and "Malvern Hill." HENRY HASE, Esq. March 28. Aged 66, Henry Hase, esq. Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. He was a gentleman of extraordinary abilities, and of a social disposition, intimately acquainted with the late Dr. Abraham Rees, by whom, and by a numerous circle of friends, he was highly respected. His attention to business, great arithmetical attainments, and strict integrity of principle, were noticed and duly appreciated by the late Abraham Newland, esq. at whose recommendation, and under whose fostering care, he rose gradually from a comparatively humble station to the office of assistant, or second cashier. He was also one of the executors of Mr. Newland, and at his decease was appointed by the Honourable Board of Directors to succeed him in his office. Mr. Hase had been indisposed for a few days previous to the last evening of his life, but was then apparently recovering, and expected to have been able to proceed in his carriage to his office on the following day. He had been sitting in his drawing room, in company with his now afflicted widow, to whom he was fondly attached, when he rose for the purpose of walking into an adjoining apartment, but on reaching the door he fell, and instantly breathed his last. WILLIAM SHIELD, Esq. [April, Shield, who, as a composer, may be said to have been peculiarly English, was born in the village of Swalwell, in the county of Durham, and was first taught to modulate his voice and practice the violin, when he was only six years old, by his father, a Singing Master; and subsequently received a few lessons of thorough bass, in his infancy, from the celebrated Avison, of Newcastle. At the death of his father, he was bound by indenture to Edward Davison, boat-builder, in South Shields; and, during his apprenticeship, led the Newcastle Subscription Concerts, where he repeatedly played the solo parts of Geminani's and Giardini's concertos. His first attempt in composition, was setting the music to an ode for the opening of the Freemason's Lodge, at Sunderland, written by a gentleman of Hull, lately deceased. Having produced an admired specimen of sacred music, when the new church was to be consecrated at Sunderland, he was requested to compose the anthem, which was performed by the then excellent Durham choir, to an immense congregation. At Scarborough, in the fashionable spa season, he was the occasional leader of the concerts, and the constant one in the orchestra of the theatre, for which he composed many songs, written by the late ingenious pastoral poet Cunningham, who was an actor in Bates's company at that period. At one of the concerts, he was importuned by the late eminent professors, Fischer and Borghi, to fill a vacant seat in the orchestra of the Italian Opera House, which gratifying offer was most readily accepted, and that great musical general, Giardini, placed him in the rank of the second violins; but the following season the late excellent leader, Mr. Cramer, removed him to the principal viola, at which post he remained eighteen years, in the course of which time he produced upwards of twenty operas for Colman's and for Covent-garden Theatre: of the latter he became the Musical Director, and was also appointed one of the Musicians in Ordinary to His Majesty. His engagements comprised Bach and Abel's concerts, the Professional concerts, the Ladies' Friday concert, the grand Sunday concerts, and the Wednesday concert of Ancient Music; from the latter of which he withdrew, as the necessary attendance at the Monday's rehearsal interfered with his Theatrical duty; but Lord Sandwich, who was the influential friend of Mr. Harris and Joah Bates, commanded his return to a duty which he always performed with profitable pleasure, and at last relinquished with mortifying regret. Shield had the good fortune, about this time, to travel from London to Taplow with the greatest of instrumental composers, Haydn; and considered that he gained more important information by four days' communion with that founder of a style which has given fame to so many imitators, than ever |