Burney, Chas., Mus. Doc.-N.P.G. Cavallo, Tiberius. -Klackner. Chalié, F., wine merchant.-Vokins. "Chambers, Sir W.-R.A.L. Charlemont, Earl of. Clarke, Alderman Rd.-J. L. Rutley. Cobb, J., dramatist.-Col. Sanders. Cockerell, S. Pepys, architect.-B.M. Combe, W. ("Dr. Syntax ").-Fine-Art Society. Cosway, R.-R.A.L. Crosdill, J., violoncellist.-Thomas. Dalrymple, Alex., hydrographer.-J. L. Rutley. "Dance, G., the artist.-M. H. Spielmann; Mag. of Art, October, 1898. Dance, Wm., musician.-M. H. Spielmann. Daniell, T.-R.A.L. Daniell, W., engraver.-B.M. Dartmouth, Lord.--J. L. Rutley. Huddesworth, Rev. G., author.-Thomas. Inchbald, Mrs.-N.P.G. James, Sir Walter.-J. L. Rutley. Jekyll, Joseph.-N.P.G. Jessop, W., engineer.-N.P.G. Kemble, J. P.-Christie's, 15 May, 1899. King, Thos., actor.-Christie's, 15 May, 1899. Knyvett, C., senior, musician.-Thomas. Knyvett, C., junior, musician.-Thomas. Knyvett, W., musical composer.-Thomas. Lamb, Charles, at the age of twenty-two.*-Sabin. Langton, Bennet.-B.M. Latham, Dr. John.-Col. Sanders. Lewes, J., architect.-E. E. Wellesley. Lewis, W. T., comedian.-B.M. surgeon.-Harvey. Longman, publisher.-Fine-Art Society. Lucan, Charles, first Earl. Lysons, Rev. D.-B.M. Lysons, Samuel.-B.M. Delane, Solomon, artist.-Milner. Another of the Marchant, N.-R.A.L. same.-Colnaghi. aD'Eon, Chevalier.-B.M. Dickson, W., Bishop of Down and Connor.-Sir E. Sullivan. Drewe, W., solicitor.-V. E. Plarr. Dryander, Jonas.-B.M., bought in 1884. Earle, Sir J.-R.C.S. Edwards, E., artist.-B.M. Englefield, Sir H. C.-N.P.G. Este, Rev. C., editor of the World.-Col. Sanders. Farington, J.-R.A.L. Fawcett, J., actor.-J. L. Rutley. Fisher, John, Bishop of Salisbury.-V. E. Plarr. Flaxman, J.-R.A.L. Foot, Jesse, surgeon.-R.C.S. Foster, N.-J. L. Rutley. Fuseli, H.-R.A.L. "Gardner, Alan, Lord Uttoxeter.-J. L. Rutley. Garvey, Edmund.-R.A.L. Gilpin, S.-R.A.L. 1859. Another.-B.M., bought in Girtin, Thos., artist.-B.M. Goulburn, Lieut. Col.-J. L. Rutley. Haley, (doubtless one of the two celebrated Hamilton, W.-R.A.L. Hardinge, Geo., politician and author.-J. L. Rutley. Hardwicke, Thos., architect.-W. Sterling. "Harrison, S., singer.-W. Sterling. Harvey, Ludford, surgeon. -Klackner. "Haydn, J. F.-Leggatt. Hearne, Thos., engraver.-Thomas. Heaviside, J., surgeon. Klackner. Hoare, Prince.-B.M. Hodges, Mrs.-Leggatt. "Hodges, W.-R.A.L. Holcroft, Thos., dramatist.-B.M. Hole, Rev. Rd., author.-E. E. Wellesley. "Hoole, J.-N.P.G. Hoppner, J.-R.A.L. Howard, H.-R.A.L. Howard, J., surgeon.-R.C.S. Marsden, W., author and collector.-Marsden. Mathias, G., treasurer to George III.-E. E. Wellesley. Matticks, Mrs. (? Mattocks, actress).-E. E. Wellesley. Meyer, J.-R.A.L. Molini, bookseller.-E. E. Wellesley. Muuden, J. S., actor.-N.P.G. "Mylne, R., civil engineer.-N.P.G. Newbery, F., bookseller.-Thomas. Newton, F. M.-R.A.L. Nollekens, J.-R.A.L. "Northcote, J.-R.A.L. Opie, J.-R.A.L. Opie, Mrs., authoress.-B.M. Palmer, John, novelist.-W. Roberts. aPaoli, General.-B.M. Parke, oboist.-Harvey. Partington, Miles, medical man.-W. Roberts. Phipps, Hon. Mrs. Augusta.-Colnaghi. Piozzi, Hester Lynch.-N.P.G. Planta, Right Hon. Joseph.-B.M. Rennie, J., engineer.-N.P.G. "Rigaud, J. F.-R.A.L. Rix, W., Town Clerk of London.-J. L. Rutley. Robinson, Mary, "Perdita."-Leggatt. Rogers, Samuel.-N.P.G.; Mag. of Art, Oct., 1898. Rooke, Judge.-J. L. Rutley. *This very interesting and almost unknown portrait is dated 1797, and was sold at Messrs. Foster's, Pall Mall, on 7 December, 1898. Taylor, J.. oculist.-R.C.S. Thomson, Hy.-R.A.L. &c., which Messrs. Christie sold on 15 May last. W. ROBERTS. Carlton Villa, Klea Avenue, Clapham, S. W. 'DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY': NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. (Continued from 9th S. iii. 204.) Vol. LVIII. Pp. 19-21. Bp. Ullathorne. There is a chapter on him in J. F. Hogan's 'Australian in London and America,' 1889; Dr. Littledale's Unity and the Rescript' was a reply to Ullathorne. P. 21 a. Richard Ullerston; see Poulson's 'Holderness,' i. 250-3, ii. 277, where he is called "Ulverstone." For "Beford" read Beeford. P. 23 b, l. 1. Insert and after "Yorkshire." Pp. 36-7. W. Upcott. E. H. Barker's 'Literary Anecdotes,' 1852, ii. 5, 6. P. 39. James Upton compiled "Пoikian Townley, James, Proctor in the Commons.-Col-IgTopía, Extracts from Greek Historians, naghi. Tresham, H.-R.A.L. Turner, J. M. W.-R.A.L. Tyler, W.-R.A.L. Venn, J.-R.A.L Waithman, R.-Colnaghi. abWalpole, Horace.-N.P.G.; Mag. of Art, Oct., 1898.* Warren, Peter, 1795.-Stuart. Another, undated. -Jackson. West, B.-R.A.L. Whitefoord, Caleb.-Christie's, 15 May, 1899. Wolcot, Dr., "Peter Pindar."-B.M. Young, Arthur.-N.P.G. Zoffany, J.-R.A.L. In the sale there were eight other portraits without names, but respectively described as an engraver, the superintendent of the Bengal warehouses, an auditor of the Board of Works, a surgeon, an architect, a gentleman, a French painter, and the editor of a newspaper. Some of these it should not be difficult to identify. It ought perhaps to be mentioned that the portraits of Bensley, Kemble, King, and Whitefoord were also in the Dance sale last year, that they passed into the possession of Mr. William Wright, and that they were included in his collection of water-colour drawings, with Notes and Latin Version, as a Delectus for Eton School," 1701, dated from Eton, June, 1701. His 'Ascham' was reissued in 1815. Pp. 43-5. David Urquhart was entertained at a public dinner in Hull, 26 Dec., 1838, and his speech printed; his 'Pillars of Hercules' was adversely reviewed by Ford in the Quarterly Review, March, 1850; 'Manual of Turkish Bath,' edited from Urquhart by Sir J. Fife, 1865; story of his bringing up a child without clothes, N. & Q.,' 3rd S. ix. 381; he issued many pamphlets, of which five vols. were offered to public libraries in 1882 by the conductors of the Diplomatic Review; see Spectator, 16, 23 May, 1885, Eastern Morning News, 13, 16 Dec., 1898. P. 52 a. John Urry. Hearne's Neubrig.,' 1719, ii. 770. 'Gul. Pp. 64-72. Abp. Ussher's sermon at Wanstead, 1624, received much attention, Chillingworth, 'Rel. Prot.,' 1846, pp. 26, 237, 262; Baxter, 'Reform'd Pastor,' 1656, pp. 423, 462. Baxter admired him, wrote his "Call to the Unconverted' at his request, and says there were "but three such in all our times, as Usher, Gataker and Vines," Reform'd Pastor,' pp. 161-2; 'Works,' ed. Jenkyn, 1846, Pp. lvii, 43; Vines, Sacrament,' 1677, poem prefixed. He supplied various readings to Dr. H. Hammond's 'Paraphrase'; a MS. of his on music is mentioned in 'Aratus,' Oxon., 1672, ii. 47; a letter on the Ignatian Epistles, Wordsworth, 'Eccl. Biog.,' v. 367; his friendship with Sir M. Hale, ibid., vi. 45, 74; Hervey styles him that "oracle of universal learning," Meditations,' 1758, i. 272; Blackwall calls him "venerable," 'Sacred Classics,' 1737 ii. 202; Hickeringill rebukes Marvell for force; there is a notice and portrait of him. attacking him, 'Gregory Father Grey-beard,' in the Church Missionary Intelligencer, May, 1673, p. 215. Ussher's works induced Arthur 1873; 'Annual Register,' 1873, p. 127; he pubBedford to write his 'Scripture Chronology,' lished a sermon at Queens' Coll., Camb., on 1730; his tract on the Incarnation, Im-Academical Studies,' 1828; a sermon on manuel,' was reprinted at Hull in 1824. P. 75 a. "Swinhey," i.e., Swine; "Nunkelyng," now Nunkeeling. P. 84 b. "Tooke's," read Took's. Pp. 84-5. A. J. Valpy. See F. H. Barker's 'Literary Anecdotes.' P. 89. "Henderskelfe," now Hindershelf. P. 91. Vanbrugh. Tickell praises his work at Blenheim in prologue to Addison's 'Rosamond,' Addison's 'Works,' 1726, i. 90. P. 100. Blackmore wrote a poem 'Instructions to Vanderbank,' on which see Steele's Tatler, No. 3, ed. 1723, i. 15, 16. death of Eling Elliott, 1843; edited a 'Memoir of Weitbrecht,' 1854; and wrote a preface for Salter's 'Asiatics,' 1873. P. 208 a. John Venn. His funeral sermon at Clapham, by H. Pearson, was printed, Oxford, 1813; Life of Josiah Pratt,' 1849, chap. i. ii.; Roberts's 'H. More,' 1835, iii. 330; 'Life of C. Simeon,' p. 29; 'Life of W. Wilberforce'; he was a pupil with Tho. Robinson, of Leicester, Vaughan's 'Life of Robinson,' 1815, p. 88; 'Eclectic Notes,' 1856; 'Life of Tho. Dykes,' 1849, p. 6. Pp. 209-10. John Venn. See Husband's Pp. 104-11. Waller wrote a poem on Van-Remonstrances,' 1643, p. 537, &c.; Wood's dyke, 'Poems,' 1694, p. 30. Pp. 112 b, 116 a. "Shipbourne," "Shipborne." P. 146 a. "Busby," i.e., Buskby. P. 150 a. Epworth is in Lincolnshire. Pp. 167-8. Sir John Vaughan, judge, was praised by Oldham for his "sense," Poems,' ed. Bell, 161; his friendship with Sir M. Hale, Wordsworth, 'Eccl. Biog.,' vi. 23; and with Bp. Stillingfleet, who preached his funeral sermon, Life of Stillingfleet,' 1710, p. 21. Pp. 170-1. Bishop Richard Vaughan is praised at length in the ded. of Rob. Hill's Pathway of Piety,' 1629. Andrew Willet dedicated to him 'Genesis,' 1605. He stopped the printing of Lord Bacon's 'Considerations touching the Church of England,' 1604. Pp. 174-5. Robert Vaughan, antiquary. See Hearne's 'Langtoft,' vol. i. p. 4. Pp. 182-3. Thomas Vaughan is ridiculed in Gifford's 'Baviad' and 'Mæviad.' P. 186 b.. Stow-in-the-wolds," i.e., on-thewold. P. 207. Henry Venn's 'Sermons,' 1759, were at St. Alban's, Wood Street; sermon on St. Matt. x. 35, 36, 1759; funeral sermon for Grimshaw, of Haworth, with Memoir,' Leeds, 1763. See Gent. Mag., 1797, p. 618; Miller, Singers and Songs'; Tyerman, Oxford Methodists'; Ryle, Christian Leaders,' chap. ix.; Overton, True Churchmen,' 1802, pp. 15, 99, 227; and the following Evangelical biographies: Tho. Adam, Berridge, Cecil, Flechere, Pearson's 'Hey,' Rowland Hill, Lady Huntingdon, Jones of Creaton, Tho. Robinson, Simeon, S. Walker, Daniel Wilson, C. Winter. P. 208 a. Henry Venn was appointed to Drypool in 1826, Gent. Mag., 1826, ii. 555; the "friend named Wilberforce" was the Wilber 'Athenæ Ox.,' iii. 164, 278, 682. There was a tract Venn and his Myrmidons; or, the Linen Draper Capotted,' 1679 (?); John V. of Balliol, Vice-Chan., "Ath. Ox.,' iii. 1155; 'Fasti,' ii. 397-8. P. 210. Richard Venn printed a 'Sermon' preached before the Lord Mayor, 1737; Gent. Mag., 1739, p. 106. P. 213. Ralph Venning also wrote 'The Heathen Improved,' 'Warning to Backsliders,' 'Way to True Happiness'; 'Mercies Memorial; or, Israel's Thankful Remembrance, a Sermon before the Lord Mayor, 1656, with a Discovery of the Hellish Powder Treason,' 1657. Misc. Gen. et Her., 1872, monthly series, p. 315. P. 216. Mrs. Verbruggen. See Steele's Tatler, No. 3 (1723, i. 14). See P. 238 b. Sir Horace Vere. Prof. Wallis was chaplain to his widow, and has left notes of the time spent with her, Hearne's 'Langtoft,' ed. 1810, vol. i. pp. clii, clix. P. 243 a. "Bishop Stortford." Bishop's S. Pp. 248-9. Harry Verelst was connected through his wife with W. Mason, Gray's friend; see Gent. Mag., 1771, p. 286; 1785, p. 920; Pryme's 'Autob.,' 1870, p. 17. P. 253. Polydore Vergil's archdeaconry of Wells, see 'N. & Q.,' 3rd S. i. 55; 7th S. vii. 8. P. 259 a. For "Stonhouse, Asholme," read Stonehouse, Axholme. Pp. 273-4. Francis Vernon. See more in Wrangham's 'Zouch,' ii. 110-1; Hearne's Langtoft,' ii. 579. P. 277 a. Hanbury, Staffordshire; should be Worcestershire as on p. 282 a. P. 291 b. See 'N. & Q.,' 9th S. iii. 306 (epitaph on Vesey). Pp. 296-8. Bishop Veysey's friendship with Sir T. More, Wordsworth, 'Eccl. Biog.,' ii. 103. Pp. 298-9. John Vicars. Oldham's 'Poems, ed. Bell, 1854, p. 193. P. 325 a. Villiers. Epitaphs at Youghal, in Topographer and Genealogist, 1853, ii. 199, 200. Pp. 355-6. S. Vince. Pryme's 'Autob.,' 1870, pp. 99, 100; Mathias, 'P. of L.,' 348. P. 357 a. April, 1899.' This volume was not published until March, 1899. Pp. 358-9. Henry Vincent. See Eastern Morning News, 24 Jan., 1879; 26 April, 1884. P. 360. Nathaniel Vincent. See Brook's 'Puritans.' His 'Cure of Distractions,' 1695; also 'Conversion of the Soul,' 1683, 1688; he printed funeral sermons on James Janeway, 1674, and Thomas Cawton, 1677. See Hearne's Coll.,' iv. 194, Oxf. Hist. Soc. P. 360 b. Cromwell's establishment at Durham was a college, not a university. P. 363. Thomas Vincent's 'God's Terrible Voice' was reprinted in 1722, and again by the Rev. John Scott, of Hull, 1831-2. See Brook's 'Puritans.' P. 365. Dean Vincent. See E. H. Barker's 'Literary Anecdotes,' vol. i. p. xv. Pp. 366-8. Sir R. Viner. Bishop Ezekiel Hopkins dedicated his sermon 'Vanity of the World,' 1668, to him as not one of those "who value themselves by the bag or the acre." Pp. 369-71. Richard Vines issued a tract on Hæresie,' 1647; his book on the 'Sacrament' has laudatory verses by Baxter and a preface by Anth. Burgess. Saltmarsh ridicules him for his pluralities, 'Some Drops of the Viall,' 1646, ii. 125. At the Uxbridge Conference he had Dr. Hammond for his opponent, Wordsworth, 'Eccl. Biog.,' v. 358; Baxter preached for him at St. Lawrence's, when owing to the crowd they both occupied the pulpit together, Baxter, by Jenkyn, 'Puritan Divines,' 1846; specimen of his sauciness to God, Grey's 'Hudibras,' on part i. c. ii. 603. Pp. 369 b; 370 a, b. St. Clement "Dane's," read Danes. P. 373. William Vint gave the address at Fish Street Chapel, Hull, when Joseph Fox began his ministry there, 1827, afterwards printed at Idle. P. 373 b. "At Idle" (in title), read in Idle. P. 374. Tho. Violet. See 'Camden Miscellany,' viii.; 'N. & Q.,' 3rd S. iv. 82. Pp. 375-6. C. Vitell. See 'N. & Q.,' 4th S. iv. 431. P. 376. Vivares. Gray mentions his lodging at an alehouse in Malham, Yorkshire (by Mason, 1827, p. 308). P. 382 a. Soignes," read Soignies. P. 385 a. Boyne. ? Bogue. P. 406. Dean Waddilove. See Gent. Mag., 1781, p. 193; 1782, p. 96; 'Ann. Biog, and Obit.,' xiv., 1830; long notice in Nichols's 'Illust. Lit. Hist., 1831, vi. 605, 894 ; another by him self in Oliver's 'Beverley,' 1829, p. 499; Farrer's 'Ripon,' 1801, pp. 110, 114, 153; Smales, Whitby Authors,' p. 22; Smith's 'Old Yorksh.,' 1882, iii. 46. P. 406 b. "Scoresby." Most likely Scoreby, in parish of Catton. P. 410. Dean Waddington. Why repeat Cambridge in line 30? He "was ordained in the English Church "; where else should he? He left considerable money benefactions in his will. His 'History of the Church' was reprinted in one volume in the "L.U.K.," 1833, and is not yet obsolete. See the Register, ii. 96. An anecdote of him, 'N. & Q.,' 8th S. ii. 376. Pp. 413-6. Geo. Wade. Bishop Tho. Newton's work on 'Prophecies,' 1754, was occasioned by conversations with Marshal Wade (ded.). Doddridge's 'Gardiner,' 1778, pp. 261, 270. Pp. 433-5. Tho. Wagstaffe lent Cockman a codex of Cicero for his ed. of 'De Oratore,' 1696. T. W., jun., see Hearne's 'Gul. Neubrig.,' 1719, vol. i. p. lxiv n. P. 440 a. "Michael Jones," read Michael Hudson (xxviii. 152). Pp. 452-5. Gilbert Wakefield is criticized in Wrangham's 'Zouch,' ii. 435 sq.; Mathias ridicules him, 'P. of L.,' 112, 296, 304. W. C. B. Vol. LV. Sir Charles Stuart (1753-1801) was apparently for a time M.P. for Bossiney, Cornwall, as his name occurs in the lists of M.P.s for 1780; two of his brothers were in the same Parliament. There are three different dates of his death quoted by as many authoritiesDebrett in the twenty-first edition (1836) of his 'Peerage,' and probably in other issues, gives 25 March, 1801; Foster says 25 May, 1831; and Burke and the 'D.N.B.' state 25 May, 1801. It would be interesting to explain how Sir Charles Stuart came to die so frequently. Mention should have been made in the 'D.N.B.' of Romney's portrait of Stuart; this was engraved twice, first by Grozer in 1794, and again by S. W. Reynolds W. ROBERTS. Carlton Villa, Klea Avenue, Clapham. in 1803. Vol. LII. P. 317, col. 1, 1. 3, for "1718" read 1715. Major Joseph Sirr died in Nov., 1799, aged eighty-four (Register, St. Werburgh's, Dublin). S. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND DEFAULTING OMENS.-I stayed recently in a country house where a Bavarian lady, who was a guest, allowed me to take down the following items of her conversation. As these not only go to illustrate some curious practices, but also show that dire portents are not told of the occurrence. I myself had a lookinginvariable precursors of calamity, I commend glass broken, and the sheet of silvered glass which them, without further preface, to my fellow-was to replace it cracked right across as it was put readers of N. & Q.' into the frame; but I am unconscious of any particular bad luck having ensued. "In 1886, when we were living in the mountains of Bavaria, my younger sister was married, and I was told that, in accordance with local usage, I must be offered up as a sacrifice. I was clad in a single white, sleeveless garment, and then thrust within the room occupied by my sister, so that I lay prostrate at her feet. After a brief interval 1 was taken out and placed upon a pile of fagots, on which I was supposed to be burnt. One girl went so far as to prepare to light the sticks, but at this point I had had enough of it, and terminated the proceedings. I understood the idea to be that my sacrifice would in some way benefit and strengthen my sister. The bridegroom gave me a pair of green silk stockings, which I wore at the wedding; but I think he got this idea from my stepmother, who is a Scotchwoman, and that it is not a German custom. About the year 1885 I was in Silesia, where I saw a curious procedure. Prior to the marriage of a betrothed girl her relatives heaped up all manner of rubbish before her door. Over this she was required to step. If she stepped clear, all was well; but should she touch the heap, it was evident that she was not the suitable bride and that the marriage would not be a happy one. "It is a curious coincidence that thrice within the two or three months before my father's death the glass of his framed photograph was found broken, and without any ostensible cause. It is true that it stood between a door and a window, and therefore in a draught; but it has stood in a similar draught for ten years since his death, and the glass has never gone again. "I was not quite nine years old when my own mother died, and, in order to keep the house quiet during her illness, we children were sent to stay with friends. In the night I was heard calling out, 'Mother, mother, don't go!' and on the servants assuring me she was not there, I declared that I had seen her in her nightdress, with flowing hair and a very white face, that she had kissed me and had stood waving her hands, as if to bid me farewell, when I called out. It may have been a dream; but the incident occurred on the night of my mother's death. "In 1879 my father and an old manservant were simultaneously awakened by a tremendous crash, which came from the dressing-room. Forcing open the door with much difficulty, they found a large mantel-glass fallen, which had shattered not only itself, but a marble-topped washing-stand and some chairs. No ill luck followed. "In 1886 we were at an out-of-the-way place in the Bavarian Highlands, and my stepmother had gone for the day to shop in the nearest town. I went to my father's study to ask him to speak to the gardener, and, as we reached the door of the room, a large portrait of my stepmother fell upon the chair from which my father had just risen. Neither the glass nor the cord of the picture was broken, and the nail from which it had been suspended remained firmly in the wall; indeed, the picture was put back again on to the same nail. My father was greatly perturbed, and telegraphed for news of his wife. She, however, returned safely, and, as no ill happened, was, after a considerable interval, "In 1896 my sister had a baby, and I was looking after her. In the middle of the night there was a loud knocking at her bedroom door-as if the knuckles of a closed fist were pounding upon it. The monthly nurse and I called out, at the same moment, 'Come in,' but no one came, only the knocking was repeated. We then looked out, but the passage was empty. The children's nurse and my brother-in-law, who had heard the noise, came to inquire its cause, and disaster to my sister or her infant was feared. They both did well, however, and, although the origin of the noise was never explained, no one was the worse for it.” FRANK REDE Fowke. 24, Victoria Grove, Chelsea. FRENCH PROPER NAMES.-The following quotation, since it gives the pronunciation of many well-known French names, would seem to deserve enshrinement in these columns. It is from a book called 'Dick Moon en France,' by Francis Wey, chap. xxi.: "Il est fâcheux d'ignorer, quand on se frotte à la société, que le duc d'Escars se prononce d'Ecars, et s'écrit aujourd'hui des Cars; que Fénelon se prononce Fenlon; Coigny, Cogny; Talleyrand, Tallerand; Duras, d'Uzès, d'Uze, Dura; Saint-Priest, Saint-Pri; Broglie, Castries, Broille, Castres; de Croy, de Croui; Craon, Cran; Sully, Suilly, en mouillant les 7; Lamoignon, Lamognon; Coetlogon, Cotlogon; Béarn, Béar; Soyecourt, Socourt. Chastellux, Châtelu; Bézenval, Bézval, &c." JAMES PLATT, Jun. EPITAPH RIGHT HON. EDWARD WESTON.A memoir of this eminent official will appear in due course in the 'Dictionary of National Biography.' The following epitaph on his monument in Somerby Church, not hitherto in print, was sent to me by Mr. C. F. WestonUnderwood, of Somerby Hall, and is worthy of preservation in the columns of ' N. & Q.': "Under this chancel, in a vault built by himself for the interment of his family, lieth Edward Weston, Esq., one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council in the kingdom of Ireland, Second son of Stephen, late Lord Bishop of Exeter, who having served the Crown twenty-two years in public offices, viz., eighteen under Lord Viscount Townsend and the Earls of Harrington, Granville, and Chesterfield, Secretaries of State in Ireland, and the last four as Chief Secretary in Ireland under the same Lord Harrington, then Lord-Lieutenant, Retired in the year 1751 to this place, his own purchase; and having continued his residence here till the death of King George II., returned in 1761 to his former post of Under-Secretary of State, upon the invitation of the Earl of Bute, and after serving under his lordship, George Granville, Esq., and the Earl of Halifax till the month of May, 1764, he was obliged by ill health to quit public business entirely, and retired once more to this place. He was twice married: first to Penelope, eldest |