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MARRIAGES.

Savile, second son of the earl of Mexborough, to Catherine, third daughter of the late Kingsmill Pennefather, of Newpark, Tipperary.

18. At Wilton, the earl of Shelburne, son of the marquess of Lansdowne, K.G., to Georgiana, fifth daughter of the late earl of Pembroke.

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At Theydon-mount, Henry Bullock, esq., eldest son of Jonathan Bullock, esq., of Faulkbourne-ball, Essex, to Cicely-Abigail, eldest daughter of sir E. B. Smyth, bart,

19. At Dundee, Robert Jebb, esq., third son of the late hon. Richard Jehb, second justice of the court of King'sbench in Ireland, to Emily Harriett, youngest daughter of the very rev. Dean Horsley, and grand-daughter of the late bishop of St. Asaph.

20. At Southampton, the right hon, lieut.-gen. lord Keane, G.C.B., G.C.H., to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late lieut. col. Boland.

29. At Swansea, W. G. Craig, esq.,M.P. eldest son of sir James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, bart,, to Betsy, daughter of H. Vivian, esq., of Singleton, M.P.

31. At St. Margaret's, the hon. H. R. H. Gage, eldest son of viscount Gage, to Sophia, only daughter of sir Charles Knightley, bart., of Fawsby, Northamp tonshire.

Lately, at Edinburgh, George, second son of J. B. Lennard, esq., of Belbus, Essex, to Jessie Drummond, dau. and co-heiress of J. M. Drummond Nairne, esq., of Dunsinane-castle, Perthshire.

SEPTEMBER.

1. At Cheltenham, Samual Walker, esq., of the Grange, Leicestershire, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late hon. sir Robert Le Pocr Trench.

At St. Pancras, the rev. Thomas, eldest son of the late hon. and venerable Charles Knox, archdeacon of Armagh, to Eliza Winckworth, eldest daughter of the late Ellis Bent, esq., judge-advocate of New South Wales.

At the same time and place, C. G. Knox, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister, third son of the late hou. and venerable the archdeacon of Armagh, to Isabella Hannah, youngest daughter of the late Ellis Bent, esq.

At Marylebone Church, the rev. George Chetwode, son of sir John Chetwode, bart., of Oakley-park, Stafford.

shire, to Mrs. Leslie Jones, dau. of the late Dr. Shipley, dean of St. Asaph.

At Ashwell, Herts, the rev. John Byng, vicar of Langford, Bedfordshire, and grandson of John visc, Torrington, to Willamina Hebe, fifth daughter of the rev. Henry Morice.

8. At Exeter, the rev. E. C. Phillpotts, third son of the bishop of Exeter, to Georgiana Lukin, fourth daughter of the late rev. R. F. Hallifax, rector of Richards Castle, Herefordshire.

9. At St. James's Church, sir John Rae Reid, bart., M.P., to Maria Louisa, only daughter of Richard Eaton, esq., of Stretchworth-park, Newmarket.

10. At St. John's, Paddington, W. P. Croughton, esq., of Hlesendon-house, Kent, to Mary, only daughter of the late Robert Peel, esq., of Accringtonhouse, Lancashire.

At St. James's Church, the hon. Edward Kenyon, se con son of lord Kenyon, to Susan, youngest daughter of the late lord George Beresford.

23. At Edinburgh, Alex. Mitchell Junes, esq., eldest son of William Mitchell Innes, esq., of Parson's-green, to Charlotte Gordon, third daughter of sir Thomas Dick Lauder.

26. At Marylebone Church, Thomas Fortescue, esq., M.P., of Ravensdale, to the lady Louisa Butler, sister of the marquess of Ormond.

29. At Paxton-house, Berwick, the hon. Charles St. Clair, R.N., second son of lord Sinclair, to Isabella Jane, youngest daughter of William F. Home, esq., of Paxton.

OCTOBER.

1. At St. George's, Hanover-square, lord Seaford, to lady Hardy, widow of vice-admiral sir Thomas Hardy, late governor of Greenwich-hospital.

At St. Pancras, New Church, capt. Sydney C. Dacres, R.N., son of the late vice-admiral sir Richard Dacres, C.C.H. to Emma, daughter of John Lambert, esq., of Tavistock-square.

3. At Gorhambury, the viscount Folkestone, eldest son of the cart of Radnor, to the lady Mary F. Grimston, third daughter of the earl Verulam.

4. Henry Woodman, esq., of Rickmansworth, to Mary Ann, eldest dau. of George Alfred Muskett, esq., M.P., of the same place.

5. At Leamington, William Fitzwil

MARRIAGES.

liam Barton, esq., of Barton-hall, Car low, to Eleanor Mary, daughter of the late William and lady Charlotte Brown. 15. At Ilston, Leicestershire, Thomas Bell, esq., youngest son of lieut.-col. Bell, C.B, to Henrietta Susan, only daughter of the late sir Arthur Grey Hazelrigg, bart., of Noseley-hall.

17. At Florence, G. S. Gough, esq., only son of major-gen. Hugh Gough, K.C.B., K.C.S., Rathrouan-house, Tipperary, to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of lieut.-col. Palliser, of Coinragh, Waterford.

12. At St. Pancras Church, Thomas Tyringham Bernard, esq., second son of the late sir Scrope Bernard Morland, bart., to Martha Louisa, second dau. of the late William Minshull, esq., of Kentish Town.

20. At Cheltenham, lieut--gen. sir William Paterson, K.G.H., to Miss Michael, of Paragon-parade.

22. AtSt. John's Wood, the Chevalier William de Viry, equerry to the king of Sardinia, to Emily, daughter of Basil Montagu, esq., Queen's Counsel.

27. At St. Pancras Church, the rev. William Knight, rector of Steventon, Hants, son of Edward Knight, esq., of Godmersham-park, Kent, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late rev. Edw. Northey, of Woodcot-house, Surrey.

29. At St. James's, Hambleton Francis, eldest son of Hambleton Custance, of Weston-house, Norfolk, to Frances, widow of the rev. Henry Walpole Nevill, and youngest daughter of sir Edmund Bacon, bart.

- At Leamington, Warwickshire, the rev. Arthur Isham, rector of Weston Turville, Bucks, to Charlotte Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late hon. sir Patrick Murray, bart., of Ochtertyre.

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Prideaux Selby, esq., of Paston, Northumberland, to Harriet, second daughter of sir William Beauchamp Proctor, bart., of Langley-park, Norfolk.

5. At Taymouth, viscount Haddo, eldest son of the earl of Aberdeen, to Mary, second dau. of George Baillie, esq., of Jerviswoode.

6. At St. Martin's Church, the rev. Heneage Drummond, to Cecil Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Mortimer and lady Emily Drummond.

9. At Isleworth, Henry, son of rearadmiral lord George Stuart, to Cecilia, fourth daughter of Charles Hammersley,

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At Southampton, C. S. Grey, esq,, youngest son of the late hon. sir George Grey, bart., to Laura Mary, fourth daughter of C. A. Elton, esq., of Clevedon-court, Somersetshire.

17. At Hedsor, E. H. Hussey, esq., son of Edward Thomas Hussey, esq., of Galtrim, Meath, to the hon. Frederica Irby, fourth daughter of lord Boston.

19. At All-Saints, West Ham, J. H. Pelly, esq., eldest son of sir J. H. Pelly, bart., of Upton, Essex, to Johannah, youngest daughter of the late John Carstairs, esq., of Stratford-green, Essex.

23. At Stanmore Church, C. E. Law, esq., son of the hon. C. E. Law, M.P., to lady Eleanor Howard, daughter of the earl of Wicklow.

24. Sir G. F. Johnstone, bart., to lady Louisa Craven, only daughter of the late earl Craven.

26. At St. George's, Hanover-square, John Simeon, esq., eldest son of sir Richard Simeon, bart., of Swainston, Isle of Wight, to Jane Maria, only dau. of the late sir F. F. Baker, bart., of Loventor, Devon.

28. Hon. Richard Denman, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, third son of lord Denman, to Emma, youngest daughter of Hugh Jones, esq., of Larkhill, West Derbyshire.

Lately, at Fort George, N.B., W. B. Gardner, esq., R.A., eldest son of maj.gen. the hon. W. H. Gardner, to Eliza, daughter of col. sir Alexander Anderson, C.B.

At Ootacamund, in India, Hatley Frere, esq., M.C.S., nephew of the right

PROMOTIONS.

hon. J, Hookham Frere, to Theodora, daughter of the lord bishop of Madras.

DECEMBER.

29. At Marylebone, Henry James Baillie, esq., M.P.. for Inverness-shire, to the hon. Phillippa Sydney-Smythe, eldest daughter of viscount Strangford, G.C.B.

PROMOTIONS.

1840.

JANUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTION.

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22. J. M. Kemble, esq. to be examiner of all plays, or any other entertainment of the Stage, in the room of (his father) C. Kemble, esq. resigned.

24. T. N. Harris, esq. to be one of the grooms of her majesty's privy chamber in ordinary, vice S. H. Paget, esq. resigned.

25. Lord R. Grosvenor to be groom of the stole; Mr. G. E. Anson, treasurer; lord G. Lennox and viscount Borringdon, gentlemen of the bedchamber; lieut.-col. Bouverie, Royal Horse Guards Blue, and lieut.-col. Wylde, R.

21. Major-gen. sir W. Cotton, K.C.B. Art. to be equerries; and gen. sir G. to be G.C.B.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

J. Manning and J. Halcombe, esqrs. of the Western circuit; W. F. Channell and W. Shee, esqrs. of the Home circuit; and E. C. Wrangham, esqr. of the Northern circuit, to the degree of sergeants-at-law.

D. Maclise, W. F. Witherington, and S. A. Hart, esqrs. elected royal academicians, vice sir W. Beechey, C. Rossi, and W. Wilkins, deceased.

M. O'Connell, esq. to be first assistant registrar of deeds for Ireland.

FEBRUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Master H. W. J. Byng to be page of honour to her majesty, vice Cavendish.

4. The earl of Listowel to be one of the lords in waiting to her majesty.

6. His serene highness Francis Albert duke of Saxe, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. to be styled and called "his royal highness," before his name and such titles as now do, or hereafter may, belong to him.

7. His royal highness Francis Albert duke of Saxe, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. to use and bear the royal arms, differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point charged with the cross of St. George, quarterly with the arms of his illus

Anson, G.C.B. and lieut. F. Seymour, 19th reg. to be grooms of the bedchamber, to his royal highness prince Albert.

Baron Crofton elected one of the Irish representative peers, in the room of the late earl of Kingston.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Denbigh county.-Hon. H. Cholmondeley.

Meath county.-M. E. Corbally, esq.
Rutland.-Hon. C. G. Noel.

MARCH.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. His royal highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel duke of Saxony, prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G. her majesty's consort, shall henceforth, upon all occasions and in all meetings, except where otherwise provided for by act of parliament, have, hold, and enjoy place, pre-eminence, and precedence next to her majesty.The hon. E. L. Mostyn sworn lord-lieut. of the co. of Merioneth, and M. Biddulph, esq. lord-lieut. of the co. of Denbigh.

6. His royal highness prince Albert invested with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.

Knighted, T. Marrable, esq. secretary to the Board of Green Cloth.

PROMOTIONS.

9. A. Y. Spearman, esq. late assistant secretary to the treasury, created a bart. of the United Kingdom. S. H. Paget, esq. to be police magistrate at Gibraltar. A. B. J. Clogstoun, esq. to be marshal of Trinidad.

13. A. Stockenstrom, of Maas Strom, Cape of Good Hope, esq. captain in the army, created a bart. of the United Kingdom.

The 11th regt. of Light Dragoons to be armed, clothed, and equipped as Hussars, and be styled the 11th (or prince Albert's Own) Hussars.

17. The hon. R. Abercomby to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the king of Sardinia; the hon. W. T. H. F. Strangways to be her majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation.

18. James-Henry-Robert duke of Roxburghe, and Archibald John earl of Roseberry invested with the Order of the Thistle.

Knighted, major R. H. Bonny castle, of the Royal Engineers.

20. Knighted by patent, R. B. Clarke, esq. solicitor-gen. in Barbadoes.

30. The dignity of a duchess of the United Kingdom granted to the right hon. lady C. L. Underwood, (eldest surviving daughter of A. Saunders, second earl of Arran, by Elizabeth, his third wife, daughter of R. Underwood, late of Dublin, esq.) by the title of duchess of Inverness.

NAVAL PROMOTION.

The hon. G. Elliot, C.B. to be commander-in-chief in the East Indies.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Helston.-J. Basset, esq.
Inverness burghs.-J. Morrison, esq.
Lewes.-Lord Cantilupe.
Morpeth-Lord Leveson.

Perthshire.-I. H. Drummond, esq.
Woodstock.-F. Thesiger, esq.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

D. Dundas, esq. to be queen's counsel. Rev. S. Reay, to be Laudian professor of Arabic, Oxford.

APRIL.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

sheriff depute of Peebles, vice J. Wood, esq. resigned.

6. Knighted, lieut.-col. C. Chichester, 81st Foot, Brigadier-gen. in the service of the queen of Spain, K.S.F., &c.

18. The lieut.-governor of the Bahama Islands, col. F. Cockburn, to be governor and commander-in-chief of the said Islands.

25. Lieut.-col. the hon. G. R. Abercromby to be lieut. and sheriff principal of the shire of Clackmannan.

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9. J. Ivory, esq., to be one of the lords of session in Scotland.-T. Maitland, esq. advocate, to be solicitor-general for Scotland.

20. Capt. sir E. Lyons, knt. minister plenipotentiary at Athens, created a bart. of the United Kingdom.

22. Major-general sir E. Bowater, G.C.H., to be one of the equerries of H.R.H. prince Albert.

26. E. Horsman, esq., to be one of

4. G. Napier, esq. advocate, to be the lords of the Treasury.

PROMOTIONS.

27. G. Spiers, esq. to be sheriff-depute of the shire of Edinburgh.

H. W. des Voeux, esq., to be one of the gentlemen ushers daily waiters in ordinary to her Majesty.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

R. Moore, esq. Q.C., to be serjeantat-law in Ireland, in the room of Mr, Curry, now master in chancery.

JUNE.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. C. Innes, esq., to be sheriff-depute of the shires of Elgin and Nairn, vice Speirs.

6. Colonel J. G. Baumgardt, 2nd Foot; lieut.-col. J. Pennycuick, 17th Foot; lieut. col. R. Carruthers, 2nd Foot; and major A. C. Peat, Bombay Eng., to be companions of the order of the Bath.

13. Sir T. Willshire, K.C.B., colonel in the army, created a baronet of the United Kingdom.

16. Brevet major sir Alex. Burnes, knt, of the 21st Bombay N. Inf., to be a companion of the Batli.

19. R. Langslow, esq., to be one of the judges of the district court of Colombo in the Island of Ceylon.

20. Lieut.-gen. the right hon. sir F. Adam, lieut.-gen. sir B. D'Urban, and lieut.-gen. sir A. F. Barnard, to be knights grand cross of the Bath.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

Vice-admiral sir H. Digby, K.C.B., to be commander-in-chief at Sheerness. ---Rear-admiral sir E. D. King, K.C.H., to be commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Cockermouth.-E. Horsman, esq.,

re-elected.

Radnor county.-Sir J. Walsh, bart., Sudbury.-G. Tomline, esq., The earl of Lucan, elected a representative peer of Ireland.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Hon. and rev. W. Herbert, to be warden of Manchester.

JULY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Knighted, J. Adolphus, esq., M.D., inspector-general of army hospitals, in the Island of Jamaica.

The Earl of Aboyne to be one of the lords in waiting to her majesty, vice vise. Falkland.

Knighted, the right hon. W. S. Clark, lord mayor of York; J. Walmsley, of Wavertree-hall, co. Lancashire, esq., mayor of Liverpool; W. Lowthrop, esq., mayor of Hull; J. W. Willams, esq., F.R.S. mayor of Portsmouth; T. Potter, esq., mayor of Manchester; R. Pendlebury, esq., alderman and late mayor of Stockport; J. Fife, esq., late mayor of Newcastle; A. M. Downie, esq., M.D. physician to her late R. H. the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg; and J. Hare, esq., of Springfield, co. Somerset.

Rear-admiral sir J. Brenton, bart. and K.C.B., to be vice-admiral of the blue.

C. D. Day, esq., to be solicitor-general in Lower Canada.

2. C. Warner, esq., to be solicitorgeneral in Trinidad.-R. Bernard, esq., to be advocate-general and crown solicitor in South Australia.

4. Admirals sir W. Hotham, and sir J. Rowley, bart., and vice-admirals sir C. Rowley, bart., and sir D. Milne, to be knights grand cross of the Bath.Vice-admiral J. West, and rear-admirals sir C. Dashwood, knt. sir J. W. Loring, knt. C.B., sir R. Barrie, knt. C.B., sir J. Hillyar, knt. C.B., and lord W. Fitzroy, C.B., to be knights commanders; and captains C. Gordon (a), C. Dilkes, W. Goate, T. T. Tucker, C. Bell, H. Weir, and G. Le Geyt, R.N. to be C.B.

6. Created baronets of the United Kingdom.-T. F. Buxton, of Belfield, co. Dorset, esq.; J. Stuart, esq., chief justice of the province of Lower Canada; J. H. Pelly, of Upton, co. Essex, esq.; and J. P. Bruce, Chichester, of Arlington court, co. Devon, esq.

Rear-admiral sir J. A. Gordon, K.C.B. to be lieut.-governor of Greenwich Hospital.

9. R. Handyside, esq., advocate, to be sheriff-depute of Stirling.

16. C. Locock, M.D. to be first physician accoucheur to her majesty; R. Ferguson, M.D. to be second physician;

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