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indebted . " Bro . Greville Jones was , we believe , initiated in tho Bank of England Lodge , and served as AVarden . Aug . 15 . —Bro . LORD BLOOMFIELD , ret . 78 . —The deceased Benjamin Bloomfield , Baron Bloomfield , of Oakhampton and Redwood , in the county of Tipperary , in the Peerage of Ireland , G . C . B . and G . C . H ., Lieutenant-General in the Army , Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Horse ArtilleryGovernor of Fort CharlesJamaicaand P . O . was
, , , , born on the 13 th of April , 1768 , and married on the 7 th of September , 1797 , Harriet , eldest daughter of the late John Douglas , Esq ., by whom he leaves issue one son and two daughters . His lordship commanded the Royal Horse Artillery at Ross and Vinegar Hill during the Irish rebellion of 1798 , and received the thanks of Lord Cornwallis , the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and of General Lord Lake , to whose staff he was appointed on the dispersion of the rebel force in that year . The noble
lord sat in three parliaments for the borough of Plymouth , until his appointment as Privy Purse to the Prince Regent in 1817 , and afterwards for several years filled the offices of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden . His lordship is succeeded in the family honours by his son , the Hon . J . A . Douglas , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St . Petersburg , who was born in November 1802 and married , in September 1845 the Irion .
, , , , Georgiana Liddell , youngest daughter of Lord Itavensworth . Aug . 17 .. —BRO . SIR CHARLES AVETiiEittLL , a * t . 76 . — -Sir Charles AVetherell has sunk under the consequences of his late accident ; he expired et Preston-hall , near Maidenhead , about half-past five p . m . on Monday . He remained insensible to the last , and unconscious of the
presence of his friends . Sir Charles was the son of the Rev . Dr . Nathan WetherelJ , Master of University College , Oxford , and Dean of Mereford . He was born at Oxford in 1770 . The father was a friend of Dr . Johnson , and the son is saicl to have retained a lively recollection of the doctor ' s appearance and manners . In 1790 , he entered himself a student of the Inner Temple , ancl was called to the bar by that society in 1794 . He devoted himself in preference to the equity branch of his profession . For some time after he was called to the bar his practice
was inconsiderable ; but the liberal allowance made to him by an opulent father made it easy for him to " bide his time . " At the death of Dr . AA'etherell his son inherited a large fortune ; yet clung to his profession , partly from ambition of distinction , partly from a disposition that required employment , and found even the routine of the law not distasteful . His first opportunity for distinguishing himself was when
he was retained as counsel for I histlewood and his associates , on which occasion he was assisted by Copley and Hill . Notwithstanding his Tory predilictions he indulged in tlie full latitude of professional personality in denouncing the employment of spies . After the accession of George IV . he was retained to assist tlie Crown counsel on die trial of Queen Caroline . In 1823 , he succeeded to the office of Solicitor-General , and in 1826 , became Attorney-General . This appointment he held at that time only a few monthsresigning it when Canning became Prime
, Minister . In January , 1828 , Sir Charles was again appointed Attorney-General by the \\ ellington administration . He held it till March , 1829 , when having refused to draw the bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics , and opposed the measure in his place in Parliament , he was dismissed . When the Reform Bill was introduced , lie opposed it with considerable ability . Sir Charles was twice married : after he had com-VOL . IV . T T
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Obituary.
indebted . " Bro . Greville Jones was , we believe , initiated in tho Bank of England Lodge , and served as AVarden . Aug . 15 . —Bro . LORD BLOOMFIELD , ret . 78 . —The deceased Benjamin Bloomfield , Baron Bloomfield , of Oakhampton and Redwood , in the county of Tipperary , in the Peerage of Ireland , G . C . B . and G . C . H ., Lieutenant-General in the Army , Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Horse ArtilleryGovernor of Fort CharlesJamaicaand P . O . was
, , , , born on the 13 th of April , 1768 , and married on the 7 th of September , 1797 , Harriet , eldest daughter of the late John Douglas , Esq ., by whom he leaves issue one son and two daughters . His lordship commanded the Royal Horse Artillery at Ross and Vinegar Hill during the Irish rebellion of 1798 , and received the thanks of Lord Cornwallis , the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and of General Lord Lake , to whose staff he was appointed on the dispersion of the rebel force in that year . The noble
lord sat in three parliaments for the borough of Plymouth , until his appointment as Privy Purse to the Prince Regent in 1817 , and afterwards for several years filled the offices of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden . His lordship is succeeded in the family honours by his son , the Hon . J . A . Douglas , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St . Petersburg , who was born in November 1802 and married , in September 1845 the Irion .
, , , , Georgiana Liddell , youngest daughter of Lord Itavensworth . Aug . 17 .. —BRO . SIR CHARLES AVETiiEittLL , a * t . 76 . — -Sir Charles AVetherell has sunk under the consequences of his late accident ; he expired et Preston-hall , near Maidenhead , about half-past five p . m . on Monday . He remained insensible to the last , and unconscious of the
presence of his friends . Sir Charles was the son of the Rev . Dr . Nathan WetherelJ , Master of University College , Oxford , and Dean of Mereford . He was born at Oxford in 1770 . The father was a friend of Dr . Johnson , and the son is saicl to have retained a lively recollection of the doctor ' s appearance and manners . In 1790 , he entered himself a student of the Inner Temple , ancl was called to the bar by that society in 1794 . He devoted himself in preference to the equity branch of his profession . For some time after he was called to the bar his practice
was inconsiderable ; but the liberal allowance made to him by an opulent father made it easy for him to " bide his time . " At the death of Dr . AA'etherell his son inherited a large fortune ; yet clung to his profession , partly from ambition of distinction , partly from a disposition that required employment , and found even the routine of the law not distasteful . His first opportunity for distinguishing himself was when
he was retained as counsel for I histlewood and his associates , on which occasion he was assisted by Copley and Hill . Notwithstanding his Tory predilictions he indulged in tlie full latitude of professional personality in denouncing the employment of spies . After the accession of George IV . he was retained to assist tlie Crown counsel on die trial of Queen Caroline . In 1823 , he succeeded to the office of Solicitor-General , and in 1826 , became Attorney-General . This appointment he held at that time only a few monthsresigning it when Canning became Prime
, Minister . In January , 1828 , Sir Charles was again appointed Attorney-General by the \\ ellington administration . He held it till March , 1829 , when having refused to draw the bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics , and opposed the measure in his place in Parliament , he was dismissed . When the Reform Bill was introduced , lie opposed it with considerable ability . Sir Charles was twice married : after he had com-VOL . IV . T T