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THE OP.LANSUOWNE.6Yesterdfiy morning,-: at live .^o'clock, died, at LaiiHiiowne^house,siiHBerke ley-square, the Most Noble* the Marquis df LansdoWNE. His Lordship hud been foffriany months in a declining state of: health. In theautuinn of the present year, by the advice of his medical Attendants, he was preparing to embark fot' Lisbon, to try the effect of the temperature of the atmosphere of that coun-try. Previously to his intended departure he visited his favourite castle tft Southampton, “and finding hiuiteff daily getting better, he abandoned his intention of going to Portugal, His disorder Was a liver complaint, to which lie had for many years been subject.His Lordship was (Harried a few years since to Lady Gifford, but he left no issue. His titleand e»tar*'s devolve in consequence to his onlybrother, Lord Henry Petty, now Marquis ofLaNSDO WMF.The lute. Marquis was a most perfect Gentleman,. and of very sound tinders anding. His sentiments, while a Member of the House of j Commons, were always respected, even by those who differed from him in political opinion; but, we believe, lie never once spoke in the Senate after his succeeding to the Peerage, .011 the death of his father.** He hud nearly completed the 44th j’earof his agei The titles are Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe and Shelburne, Viscount Calne, and Baron Wycombe.
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London Pilot
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Nov 16, 1809
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