Luttrell Olmius, now Earl of Carhamp-
ton, &c. who assumed the name of Ol-
mius on succeeding to the estates of
Lord Waltham. His Lordship's death
also makes a vacancy in the represent-
ation of the borough of Ludgershall, for
which he was returned to the House of
Commons. He stood third on the list
of generals; those preceding him being
the Marquis of Drogheda and Earl Har-
court. Lord Carhampton, when Col.
Luttrell, opposed the late John Wilkes,
Esq. at the memorable election for Mid-
dlesex. Some years since he purchased
the beautiful and well known estate,
Pains-Hill, at Cobham, Surrey, which
had been rendered a delightful promen.
ade by the late Mr. Hamilton, and his
successor, Benjamin Bond Hopkins,
Esq. The park and grounds were con-
tinued in the same style and neatness by
his Lordship; in doing which his phi-
lanthropy was, among other traits of
generosity, eminently conspicuous, by
constantly employing a number of old
and impotent labourers (who must now
evidently be maintained by their respec-
tive parishes) in regularly keeping the
walks and grounds peculiarly clean and
neat. His charities were extensive, but
without ostentation, and his loss will be
deeply regretted in the neighbourhood of
his residence.
The family of Luttrell is of Norman
origin, and flourished from a very early
period in Lincolnshire and Somerset-
shire. The late Earl sold the estate of
Luttrellstown, co. Dublin, which was
granted by King John to Sir Geoffry
Luttrell, his ancestor, to Mr. Luke
White. The first of the Luttrell family,
who resided on the Luttrellstown estate,
was Robert Luttrell, younger son of
Sir Hugh Luttrell of Dunster Castle,
county of Somerset, by Jane Beaumont :
he died 15 Henry VI. seized of the castle
and lands of Luttrellstown.
CAWDOR, Lord, June 1, in Great
Pultney-street, Bath, the Right Hon.
John Campbell, Baron Cawdor, of
Castlemartin, in Pembrokeshire.
was the eldest son of Pryse Campbell,
of Cawdor and Stacpole-court, Esq.
M. P. for the counties of Cromartie and
Nairn, 1762, and a Lord of the Trea-
The late lord was elected
sury, 1766.
M. P. for Cardigan, 1780, 1784, 1790;
and on the dissolution of parliament in
1796, was called to the House of Peers.
His lordship married June 27, 1789,
Lady Caroline Howard, eldest daughter
of Frederic Earl of Carlisle, K. G.; and
by her had two sons.
CONOLLY, Lady Louisa, Aug. 6,
at Castletown-house, co. Kildare. Her
death was occasioned by a (presumed)
abscess on the hip, under which she
suffered much, for above two years,
with a fortitude and resignation which
a long life of exemplary piety and be-
nevolence could alone enable her to
exert.
This inestimable lady appeared to
take no pleasure but in doing good to
others, and lessening the sum of human
misery, as far as she could ascertain,
either by private information or actual
observation. Her list of poor pensioners
was extremely numerous; her occasi-
onal charities unceasing and unlimited;
and she supported a school of about 600
children at Celbridge. She has fre-
quently sent considerable sums to per-
sons in distressed circumstances, who
were ashamed to ask relief, and often by
a mode so concealed, that their bene-
factress could not be known.
Her ladyship's income is said to have
been 8,000l. a year, and never was a
share of fortune's gifts more auspiciously
distributed; never had influence a more
worthy possessor; never did riches come
into hands more magnificently liberal;
for, perhaps, it would not be too much to
say, that she expended more in real cha-
rity annually, than any prince or crowned
head in Europe. The loss, the afflic-
tion that must be occasioned by her
death but that is a subject on which it
would be painful to enlarge.
In point of family, Lady Louisa
Conolly stands in the highest rank. She
was relict of the Right Hon. Thomas
Conolly, and related to no fewer than
five dukes, amongst whom are Leinster,
Wellington, and Richmond, and she
was also related to the Marchioness of
Londonderry, and several personages of
the first distinction. The fine mansion
of Castletown, the largest country house
in the British empire, together with the
estate, devolves, we believe, to Colonel
Edward M. Pakenham, of the Donegal
militia.
CROMWELL, Oliver, Esq., at
Cheshunt, aged 79, great grandson of
Henry Cromwell, fourth son of the
Protector. In a late supplement we
gave extracts of his memoirs of his an-
eestor, a work in which he displayed
good principles, though, like all his fa-
mily, since 1660, he played a subdued
part in politics, and lived in constant
fear of committing himself or being com-
mitted. He formerly practised as a so-
licitor in Essex-street, and was also well
known in London as clerk to St. Tho-
mas's Hospital. For some years he
resided in retirement, and amused him-
self by writing the memoirs which, about
two years ago, were published. He is
survived by a widow and a daughter.
Mr. C. was in possession of many curi-
ous family papers, and relics.
CASSEL, Elector of Hesse, Feb. 27.
In consequence of an apoplectic fit, in
his 78th year, his Serene and Royal
Highness William, Elector of Hesse
Cassel, born June 3, 1743; married
Sept. 1, 1764, Wilhelmina Carolina,
daughter of Frederick V. King of Den-
mark; by whom he had issue, 1. Maria
Duchess of Anhalt, Sept. 14, 1768;
2. Caroline, Duchess of Saxe Gotha,
July 11, 1771; 3. William, now Elector
of Hesse, born July 28, 1777, who mar-
ried Feb. 13, 1797, Augusta, daughter
of William II. king of Prussia, by whom
he has issue. The late Elector was im-
mensely rich. In his private treasury,
was found a sum of 12,000,000 francs
in specie. Of this sum 10 millions were
destined to be sent to M. Rothschild, at
Francfort, to be employed for the se-
cond loan negotiated by that banker on
account of Austria.
DESART, Earl of, November 22.
At his seat, at Desart, county of Kil-
kenny, in his 33d year, the Right Ho-
nourable John Otway Cuffe, Earl of
Desart, Viscount Castlecuffe, Viscount
and Baron Desart. This amiable and
much regretted young nobleman was
born February 20, 1788; succeeded his
father, Otway, Earl of Desart, August
9, 1804; married Oct. 7, 1817, Cathe-
rine, eldest daughter of Maurice N.
O'Connor, Esq. of Mount Pleasant,
King's County, (claimant to the ancient
peerage of Killeen, as heir general of
Peter, fourth Earl of Fingall, and thir-
teenth Baron Killeen,) and had issue an
only son, John Otway O'Connor, Vis-
count Castlecuffe, born October 12,
1818, now third Earl of Desart, and
fifth Baron. He is a strong, healthy,
and lovely child. The late peer was the
only son of Otway, third Baron Desart,
created Viscount Desart in 1781, and
further advanced in 1793, to the digni-
ties of Viscount Castlecuffe and Earl
of Desart, by the Lady Anne Browne,
eldest daughter of John, Earl of Alta-
mont, and sister of John Denis, first
Marquis of Sligo. His Lordship was
extremely beloved and respected in his
neighbourhood, where he was eminently
active in upholding the public peace,
and advancing the true interests of his
country. In 1808, the earl was elected
a member of the House of Commons
for the borough of Bossiney.
With much gratification we subjoin a
character of this amiable nobleman, as
sent to us by a correspondent:
"His opening talents and early ha-
bits afforded the happiest presages of
distinction. He studied the moral and
political history of his country; and
acquired a general and practical know-
ledge of its past condition, and present
resources. He entered early into pub-
lic life with the fairest hopes of attain-
ing eminence; unhappily ill health soon
checked the course of his laudable am-
bition. But his patriotic feeling, the
ceaseless impulse of active benevolence,
still engaged him in a life of usefulness,
even in domestic retirement. The ener-
gies of his mind found a sphere for ex-
ertion in promoting the local interests
of his country; which not even the
increasing delicacy of his health could
abate. His principles were as sound
as his integrity was inflexible. Truth
and honor were governing impulses in
every action of his life. By living on
his estate, he gave a new face to that
part of the country. His tenants pros-
pered in industry, and advanced in
comfort under his protection. Warm in
his attachments, his candour never suf-
fered him to induce a hope which he
did not zealously endeavour to realise.
His disposition was cheerful, his man-
ners finished and engaging; and his
quick and lively fancy lent a charm to
conversation, which rarely failed to raise
emotions of intellectual pleasure. His
courage and his fortitude were invinci-
ble; to his latest moments, his serenity
remained unruffled, his intellect un-
clouded, and the elevation of his soul
became more apparent, as he felt the
nearer approach of his awful change.
They who surrounded his death-bed
witnessed an impressive example in the
exalted piety, the Christian resignation,
the calm, full of hope, with which this
virtuous nobleman, in the prime of life,
and in the full enjoyment of domestic
happiness, sunk into the grave.
DYSART, Wilbraham, Earl of,
March 9. At Ham House, Surrey, in
the 82d year of his age, the Right Ho-
norable Wilbraham Tollemache, Earl
of Dysart, and Baron Huntingtour, of
the kingdom of Scotland, a Baronet,
and High Steward of the borough of
Ipswich.
His Lordship was born October 21,
1739, and inherited the estates of his
maternal ancestors, the Wilbrahams of
Woodhey in Cheshire. At an early
age he was appointed an officer in the
royal navy, which service he soon re-
linquished, and entered into the army.
In 1760 he was promoted to a company
in the 106th regiment of foot, which he
retained until the reduction of that regi-
ment in 1763. In 1765 he exchanged
his half pay for a company in the 6th
regiment of foot, and was major of that
regiment when he quitted the army, in
1775. In 1768 he stood a severe con-
test for the representation for the bo-
rough of Ipswich, in which, however,
he was unsuccessful. On a vacancy, in
1771, he was chosen a burgess of the
town of Northampton; and re-chosen
at the general election in 1774.
1780, he was elected a burgess of the
borough of Leckrard; and served the
office of high sheriff for the county
palatine of Chester, in 1785. On the
death of his brother Lionel, the fourth
Earl of Dysart, February 22, 1799, he
succeeded him in the earldom, and, in
1806, the gallant Lord Viscount Nelson,
in the high stewardship of the borough
of Ipswich.
During the latter years of his lord-
ship's life, he withdrew from all political
concerns; mingled seldom in promiscu-
ous company; and was rarely or ever
seen in public, and what is called fashion-
able life. He chiefly divided his time
between the mansions of Ham in Sur-
rey, of Helmingham in Suffolk, and of
the beautiful marine villa of Steephill in
the Isle of Wight. At each of these
places he resided in a retired yet digni-
fied manner, exercising all the bounty
of old English hospitality, and indulg-
ing himself in extensive acts and distri-
butions of charity. In these retreats, he
passed his time in what the world calls
solitude; but the calm and sequestered
shades of Helmingham, the mild beau-
ties of the gardens at Ham, and the
grand and romantic scenery of Steep-
hill, had charms sufficiently attractive
to rivet his attention, and to recreate
his hours. Here also he had not only
his books and his paintings about him,
but an hospitable and a noble table, at
which all who were honored with his
acquaintance or friendship, were receiv-
ed with attention, and entertained with
the heartiest welcome. His proficiency
in drawing, painting, and the fine arts,
was considerable; and to the advance-
ment and interests of science, which
formed, indeed, the chief solace of his
leisure hours, he paid no inconsiderable
attention. His Lordship's manners were
highly polished, and of the old school;
his conversation instructive; his mind
well-informed; his judgment sound;
and his principles inflexible and honor-
able. To the late Countess, he was con-
spicuous in his attachment; and to the
close of his life cherished, the memory of
her many great and amiable virtues with
a singular and unalterable affection.
To his servants and dependents he was
a humane and generous, nay, a noble
master; and to his tenants, the best and
most liberal of landlords. His loss,
therefore, will be severely felt by these,
as well as by the poor of his immediate
neighbourhood, in relieving the wants
of whom he was a most assiduous, yet
unostentatious benefactor.
His Lordship married, February 4,
1773, Anna Maria, the eldest daughter
of David Lewis, of Malvern Hall, in
the county of Warwick, Esq. (the sister
of his brother's wife, the present Coun-
tess Dowager of Dysart), who died at
Ham House, September 14, 1804, in
the 59th year of her age, and was buried
with great pomp in the vault of his
Lordship's ancestors at Helmingham.
Her character is thus elegantly deli-
neated on her monument in the church
of that parish:
"Her death was lamented and re-
gretted by all, and particularly by her
afflicted and disconsolate husband, who
erected this Monument as a mark, faint
as it is, of his grief and affection; and
to perpetuate the memory of the most
excellent of women. Religion, virtue,
worth, benevolence, charity, beauty, and
innocence, all these she possessed in an
eminent degree: and her loss was irre-
parable to her husband, to her relations,
and to her friends.
Come, Virgins! ere in equal hands ye
join,
Come first and offer at her sacred shrine;
Pray that your vows, like her's, may be
return'd,
[mourn'd."
So lov'd when living, and when dead so
By the deccase of his Lordship, the
very ancient and highly respectable fa-
mily of Tollemache has become extinct
in the male line, -a family which has
flourished in the greatest repute, and in
an uninterrupted male succession in the
county of Suffolk, from the arrival of
the Saxons in this kingdom to the pre-
sent time; a period of more than 1,300
years.
Of a family of such high antiquity
and distinction, and which has borne so
conspicuous a part in the annals and
history of the county, the reader of
this memoir will surely pardon me, if
I indulge myself in giving a slight ac-
count. With the native of Suffolk, in-
deed, so long familiarized with the race,
it cannot fail of interest; for who is
there, I will ask, sincerely attached to
his county, who does not, whilst he pe-
ruses these "records of ancestry," re-
gret the extinction of the name of TOL-
LEMACHE?
“His saltem accumulem donis, et fun-
gar inani
Munere."
EDRIDGE, Henry, Esq. A. R. A.
& F. S. A. was born at Paddington,
August, 1769. His father, who was
in business, in the parish of St. James,
Westminster, died at the age of 44,
leaving his widow and five children
very scantily provided for. Henry was
the youngest but one of this family, and
if we except a short time passed at a
school at Acton, the principal part of
his education was afforded him by his
mother, who has been described as a wo-
man of very superior mind, and possess-
ing great prudence and forethought in
the management of her family.
In consequence of young Edridge's
early predilection for painting, his mother,
at the advice of her friends, was induced
to place him, at the age of fourteen years,
with Mr. Pether, an artist well known as a
mezzotinto engraver and painter of land-
scape, but the rising artist reluctantly
submitted to copy the works of others,
and his ready hand, in delineating after
nature, was soon turned to profitable
purpose by his master, who employed
him in painting portraits during the re-
mainder of the seven years for which he
was bound.
Two years after the expiration of his
apprenticeship, he became a student of
the Royal Academy, where, in 1786, he
had the good fortune to obtain a medal
for the best drawing of an Academy
figure. About this period, he attracted
the notice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
then president, of whose pictures he
was in the habit of copying in miniature
for his own amusement. Notwithstand-
ing the scale upon which they were exe-
euted, these small pieces possessed all
the breadth, colour, and force of the
originals. Upon one occasion Sir Joshua
was so much pleased with his performance,
that he desired to have the copy, which
was, of course, readily offered for his
acceptance. This, however, he declined,
and the young artist having been pre-
vailed on to name a price, Sir Joshua
not only paid him double the amount,
but meeting him a few days afterwards,
insisted upon making him a still further
payment, observing that he had since
sold the drawing to a nobleman for a
considerable profit, and was therefore
his debtor for the difference.
In 1789, Mr. Edridge married a
lady from Taunton, Devonshire, of the
name of Smith, and established himself
as a portrait painter, in Dufour's Place,
Golden Square, in which retired situ-
ation he raised himself to the greatest
celebrity, proving that merit such as his
did not require the adventitious aid of
outward circumstances to insure its suc-
In 1801 Mr. Edridge removed from
Dufour's Place to Margaret-street, where
he continued to practise his profession
till his death. He had two children,
the eldest, a daughter, who died May 1,
1807, in the 17th year of her age; the
other, a son, who died July 20, 1820,
at almost the precise age of his sisters.
He was a youth of great promise, and
his premature death was an affliction
from which Mr. Edridge never wholly
recovered. He had watched over his son
with an unwearied solicitude which none
can appreciate but those who feel the
strength of parental anxiety, and have
mourned the loss of an only child. It
would be difficult to describe the feel-
ings and sufferings he experienced at
his loss, and though he bowed with
submission to the will of Heaven, his
constitution sunk under the blow.
many years previous to his last illness,
Mr. Edridge had occasionally laboured
under considerable difficulty of respir-
ation, which in January last greatly in-
creased, and while suffering under a
most distressing oppression of breath,
he was attacked by spasms in the chest,
from which he endured extreme torture.
For above three months he had a few in-
tervals of ease, but during all that time
his mind retained its accustomed vigour,
and his fortitude in sustaining his af-
flicting illness, together with his Chris-
tian resignation to the will of God, was
the admiration of those who witnessed
it.
Mr. Edridge had always an exqui-
site taste for the picturesque beauties of
landscape, but the extent of his prac-
tice in drawing portraits prevented the
devotion of much time to this his fa-
vourite pursuit, until after the death of
his son, when, having no longer a mo-
tive for adhering to the lucrative part
of his profession, he indulged his in-
clination, and the drawings which he
afterwards made from various scenes of
nature are most admirable.
In 1817,
and again in 1819, he visited France,
where he found ample materials for the
exercise of his taste in the picturesque
buildings of Paris, and still more in-
teresting scenery of Normandy; the
drawings made from these sketches,
which were exhibited at the Royal Aca-
demy in 1820, as well as those of the
present year, leave us to regret that this
branch of art had not at least shared a
greater portion of his earlier time.
The late Mr. Hearne was the master
from whom Mr. Edridge first acquired
his taste and skill for sketching land-
scape scenery; a master, whose best
works will ever be esteemed so long
as there is any admiration for fidelity,
united to the best qualities of the art.
There was a timidity, however, in Mr.
H.'s manner which seemed to restrain him
from venturing on these bold effects and
strong transitions of chiaro-scaro, that
have since his time been the admir-
ation of the public. In this respect Mr.
Edridge stepped far beyond his master,
though he did not practise it. Mr. E.
about two years ago, painted three pic
tures in oil colours; two of them were
small landscapes, and the third was a
copy from Teniers.
In his habits, Mr. Edridge was per-
fectly domestic, and possessed those en-
dearing qualities which gained him
the affection of all who knew him. His
moral character was pure and without
a blemish. To the strictest integrity he
superadded the most refined and gentle-
manlike manners. In society, his quick-
ness and repartee, softened as it was
by the gentleness of his address, was
particularly interesting. His thoughts
were vigorously conceived, and concisely
expressed, and there never perhaps was
a man more entitled from his accom-
plishments, high judgment, and justness
of sentiment, to move in the polished
circles of life. In this society he was
courted and caressed, and was distin-
guished by the friendship and affection
of many in the highest rank, which con-
tinued with unabated kindness to the
hour of his death.
Upon the whole, the life of this ex-
cellent man affords an observation, not
unworthy of remark. A private and
humble individual, without fortune or
family, he raised himself, by his own
talents and conduct, to be the friend
and associate of the most distinguished
men in the country, and with feelings in
direct hostility with every attempt to in-
vade public opinion by meretricious con-
trivances and plausible deception, honor-
ably accumulated ample means for inde-
pendence.
Mr. Edridge died April 23, 1821, at
his house in Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square.
He was admitted a member
of the Antiquarian Society in 1814, and
of the Royal Academy in 1820.
ELLISTON, Mrs., aged 46, the
lady of W. Elliston, Esq. manager of
Drury-lane theatre. She had retired
to rest apparently in better health than
usual, but was suddenly attacked by
an hysteric affection, to which she had
been subject for the last two years, and
expired in about ten minutes. To bril-
liant personal accomplishments,she added
an exemplary private character.
FARQUHAR, Sir Walter, Bart.
M. D. late physician to the King,
&c. &c. The life of this medical
practitioner carries a moral along with
it, as it will prove how much may be
effected by a liberal education, talents,
perseverance, and a good character.
Walter Farquhar was the son of a clergy-
man of the church of Scotland, who had
always distinguished himself alike for
his rational piety and profound erudi-
tion. He was born at his father's house,
in the vicinity of Aberdeen, about the
year 1740, and received his education
in that town, which has always been
noted for the excellence of its instruc-
On being removed to the Marischal
College, founded by the munificence of
an ancient Scottish family, young Far-
quhar determined on the study of medi-
cine. He accordingly acquired the ru-
diments of his profession under Dr.
Gregory, a physician of some note, and
after remaining for four years as a stu-
dent, obtained the degree of M. A.
To enlarge his acquaintance with the
science to which he had determined to
addict himself, he repaired both to Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, the former being
noted, at that time, as the ablest
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