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ed his esteem by nominating him to a canonry of Windsor ; but though a most honourable and lucrative preferment, he declined it, and died after a life devoted to the public good, on the 4th of January, 1761. He was among the 'most eminent naturalists of his day ; and Haller has eulo- gized him by saying that he was “ pious, modest, indefati- gable, and born for the discovery of truth."
He was remarkable for social virtue and sweetness of temper. His life was not only blameless, but exemplary in a high degree. " Perhaps," says Dr. Aiken, " the rec- ords of biography cannot produce a character more marked by the union of blamelessness with active benevolence." He published a number of sermons, and contributed many valuable papers to the transactions of the Royal Society. Pope had a high esteem for " plain parson Hales," whom he looked upon as a model of sincere piety. He was one of the three witnesses of Pope's last will.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1733.
22. JAMES STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY.
As Colonel Stanley, he was Groom of the Bedchamber to King William; but on the death of his brother, William George Richard, in 1702, without male issue, he succeeded to his title and estates, as the tenth Earl of Derby. He is represented as being more of a soldier than a statesman, (Mackay's Memoirs, 63.) He died in the beginning of 1736.
23. ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, EARL OF SHAFTESBURY.
He was the great-grandson of the first Earl of Shaftesbury, who was Lord High Chancellor of England, and one of the Lords Proprietors of South Carolina. The father of the Trustee was the third Earl, the author of "Characteristics," (not the Trustee, as Grahame, iii., and Bancroft, iii., declare,) and designated by Voltaire as the " boldest English philo- sopher of the time." It was his son who was the Trustee for Georgia, and one of the most indefatigable members of the corporation. He died in May, 1771.
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24. JOHN, LORD TYRCONNEL,
Was Sir John Brownlow, fifth Bart. of Humby, and M. P. for Lincolnshire. He was elevated to the Peerage of Ire- land, as Baron Charleville and Viscount Tyrconnel, in 1718. He died in 1754.
25. JAMES, LORD LIMERICK.
Advanced, in 1756, to the dignity of an Earl in the Irish Peerage, by the title of Earl of Clanbrasil, in the county of Armagh.
26. JAMES, LORD D'ARCY.
This nobleman was the grandson of Baron D'Arcy, in the Irish Peerage, and succeeded his grandfather at his decease, in 1731, as second Lord D'Arcy, assuming to his own name, Jessop, the surname and arms of D'Arcy. He died in 1733, and with him the barony became extinct.
27. RICHARD CHANDLER, Esq.
28. THOMAS FREDERICK, M. P.
The son of Sir John Frederick, Bart. ; and upon the death of his elder brother, in 1757, succeeded to the Baronetcy as Sir Thomas Frederick, Bart. Sir Thomas was also a mem- ber of Parliament. He died in 1770.
29. HENRY L'APOSTRE, Esq.
30. SIR WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, Bart., M. P.
He married the only daughter of the Earl of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Sir William was a member of Parliament, and died in 1751.
31. JOHN WHITE, Esq.
32. ROBERT KENDALL, Esq. Alderman of London.
33. JOHN PAGE, Esq., M. P.
34. WILLIAM HANBURY, Esq.
Successor to the estates of John, Lord Bateman, and grand- father of Baron Bateman.
35. CHRISTOPHER TOWER, Esq., M. P.
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36. SIR ERASMUS PHILIPPS, Bart., M. P.
A descendant of a very ancient family of that name in South Wales. He was the son of Sir John Philipps, and suc- ceeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father, in 1736.
37. SIR JOHN GONSON, Knight.
38. GEORGE TYRER, Esq.
Alderman of Liverpool.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1734.
39. REV. THOMAS RUNDLE, D.D.
At the time of his election, Dr. Rundle was Prebendary of Durham, and master of the hospital of that city. In Feb- ruary, 1735, he was raised to the Bishopric of Derry, in Ireland ; and resigning all his English preferments, removed to his diocese, and took upon him the duties of his episco- pate. These were performed with such zeal and fidelity, that in Oct., 1742, he was translated to the Archbishopric of Dub- lin. But he did not live to enter upon his new preferment, as he died in 1743, at the age of fifty-seven, leaving a col- lection of letters, and memoirs of himself, which were sub- sequently published by James Dallaway, M.A.
40. WILLIAM, LORD TALBOT,
Was the son of Charles Talbot, Lord High Chancellor of England, and elevated to the peerage, as Baron Talbot. William, Lord Talbot, was the second Baron, and was ap- pointed Lord Steward of the King's Household, sworn of the Privy Council, and in 1761, advanced to the earldom, as Earl Talbot. In 1780, his lordship was created Baron Dynevor.
41. RICHARD COOPE, Esq.
42. WILLIAM WOLLASTON, Esq., M. P.,
Son of the author of " The Religion of Nature." He died in 1764.
43. ROBERT EYRE, Esq.
Son of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Eyre, Knight,
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Chancellor to the Prince of Wales, and eventually Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Eyre succeeded his father, in 1735; and was one of the Commis- sioners of Excise.
44. THOMAS ARCHER, Esq., M. P.
Was elevated to the Peerage, in 1747, as Baron Archer, of Umberslade. His lordship died in 1768.
45. HON. HENRY ARCHER, M. P.
A younger brother of the preceding, married to Lady Mon- tagu, sister to the Earl of Halifax. He died also in 1768.
46. ROBERT TRACY, Esq., M. P.
47. FRANCIS WOLLASTON, Esq. 1
Brother of William Wollaston. Died in 1774.
48. SIR ROBERT CATER, Knight, Alderman and Sheriff of London.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1737.
49. SIR JACOB DE BOUVERIE, Bart.
Son of Sir William de Bouverie, and brother of Sir Ed- ward de Bouverie. Sir William, at his death, in 1717, left £500 sterling for redeeming or subsisting captives taken by pirates in Barbary. Not finding occasion to use it for that purpose, his son, Sir Edward, in consideration that he had enjoyed the money so long, left at his death, in 1736, an additional £500 sterling, to be employed by his brother for the same purpose. But the British Consul in the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco having informed Sir Jacob that there were no English slaves in the Barbary States, he gave the two legacies, amounting to £1,000 sterling, to the Trustees, " to be expended in providing foreign and other servants for the benefit of the colony."-Jour. Trust., ii. 7. In 1747, Sir Jacob was elevated to the Peerage, as Lord Longford, Baron of Longford, and Viscount of Falkestone. His eldest son was created Earl of Radnor. Sir Jacob, or Lord Long- ford, by his second marriage, with the eldest daughter of
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Lord Romney, had an only son, who, marrying the eldest daughter of the Earl of Harborough, became the father of the celebrated Rev. Edward B. Pusey, D.D., Regius Pro- fessor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1738.
50. SIR HARRY GOUGH, Bart., M. P.
Was the son of Sir Henry Gough, Knight of Perry, Bart. Sir Harry, when only eleven years old, accompanied his uncle, Sir Richard Gough, to China, where he obtained the name of Amy Whang, or the White-Haired Boy. It is re- lated, as evidence of the early development of mercantile abilities, that during this voyage he kept all his uncle's ac- counts. In 1707, he commanded an East-Indiaman ; and making a large fortune in the China trade, was elected a Director of the Honourable East India Company. He died in 1751, leaving an only son, Richard Gough, the celebrated antiquary.
51. SIR ROGER BURGOYNE, Bart., M. P.
One of the Commissioners of the Navy. This gentleman was the son of Sir Roger Burgoyne, (the Sir Roger de Coverley of Addison's Spectator,) and married the eldest daughter of the Earl of Halifax. Sir Roger, who died in 1780, was the cousin of General Burgoyne, who surrendered his army to General Gates, at Saratoga, in 1777.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1739.
52. LORD SIDNEY BEAUCLERK, M. P.
One of His Majesty's Privy Council, and third brother of the Duke of St. Albans. He died in 1744.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1741.
53. HENRY, EARL BATHURST.
Eminent as a lawyer, he was in 1746 appointed Attorney
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General to Frederick, Prince of Wales; in 1754 one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and elevated to the Peerage as Baron Apsley on being made Lord Chan- cellor of England in 1771. In 1775 he succeeded his father as second Earl Bathurst, and died in 1794.
54. HON. PHILIP PERCEVAL.
55. SIR JOHN FREDERICK, BART., M. P.
Died in 1755.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1742.
56. HON. ALEXANDER HUME CAMPBELL, M. P.
This gentleman, a brother to the Earl of Marchmont, was Solicitor General to the Prince of Wales, and Lord Regis- trar of Scotland.
57. SIR JOHN BARRINGTON, Bart., M. P.
58. SAMUEL TUFNELL, EsQ., M. P.
A Commissioner for settling commerce ; died in 1758.
59. SIR HENRY CALTHORPE, K.B., M. P.
At his death in April, 1788, Sir Henry was the senior Knight of the Order of Bath, having been installed in 1744.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1743.
60. SIR JOHN PHILIPPS, Bart., M. P.
One of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations ; died in 1764. Sir John was a brother of Sir Erasmus Philipps.
61. VELTERS CORNEWALL, EsQ., M. P.
In recording the death of this gentleman, in 1768, the Gen- tleman's Magazine remarks of him, " He was one of those steady patriots whom no promises, rewards, titles, or expec- tations, could seduce from the true interests of his country."
62. JOHN WRIGHT, Esq.
Of Bolton on Swale ; died in 1748.
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TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1745.
63. REV. THOMAS WILSON, D.D.
Only son of Bishop Wilson, of Sodor and Man, senior Prebendary of Westminster, died in April, 1784, aged 80.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1747.
64. FRANCIS COKAYNE, Esq. Lord Mayor of London.
65. SAMUEL LLOYD, Esq. An eminent Silk Merchant.
TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1749.
66. EARL OF EGMONT,
Son of Lord Perceval, first Earl. The Earl was one of the Post Masters General, First Lord of the Admiralty, and, being sworn of the King's Privy Council, was enrolled in the English Peerage as Lord Lovel and Holland. Walpole, in his letter to Sir Horace Man, (Strawberry Hill, March 4th, 1749,) thus speaks of him : " He has always earnestly studied our history, and constitution, and antiquities, with very ambitious views ; and practised speaking early in the Irish Parliament. Indeed, this turn is his whole fund, for though he is between thirty and forty, he knows nothing of the world, and is always unpleasantly dragging the con- versation to political dissertations. When very young, as he has told me himself, he dabbled in writing craftsmen and party papers ; but the first event that made him known was his carrying the Westminster election, at the end of my father's ministry, which he amply described in the his- tory of his own family, a genealogical work called " The History of the House of Yvery."
" Egmont has taken the lead in the opposition, and has made as great a figure as perhaps was ever made in so short a time. He is very bold and resolved, master of vast knowl-
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edge, and speaks at once with fire and method. His words are not picked and chosen like Pitt's ; but his language is useful, clear, and strong. He has already, by his parts and resolution, mastered his great unpopularity, so far as to be heard with the utmost attention ; though I believe nobody had ever more various difficulties to combat." He died in 1772.
67. ANTHONY EWER, Esq.
68. EDWARD HOOPER, Esq., M. P.
A Commissioner of Customs. He married Dorothy, fourth daughter of the second Earl of Shaftesbury, and grand- daughter of the Earl of Rutland.
69. RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN CUST, Bart., M. P.
This Baronet was the nephew of John, Lord Viscount Tyr- connel, and inherited the estates of that nobleman. After holding several high offices in the household of the Prince of Wales, he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, in 1761, and sworn of His Majesty's Privy Council in 1768. His death, in 1770, was hastened, it is said, by the fatigues of his office. In consideration of the public and honourable ser- vices of Sir John, his son, Sir Brownlow Cust, was elevated to the Peerage, as Baron Brownlow.
70. RIGHT HON. SLINGSBY BETHEL, M. P.
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London ; died in 1758.
71. RIGHT HON. STEPHEN THEODORE JANSEN, M. P. Lord Mayor of London.
72. RICHARD CAVENDISH, M. P.
One of His Majesty's Commissioners of Customs.
CHARTER
OF
THE COLONY OF GEORGIA.
GEORGE THE SECOND,
By the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ire- land, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas we are credibly in- formed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labour they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families ; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America ; where, by cultivating the lands at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsist- ence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colo- nies, and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms. And whereas our provinces in North America have been frequently ravaged by Indian enemies ; more especially that of South Carolina, which in the late war, by the neighbour- ing savages, was laid waste by fire and sword, and great num- bers of the English inhabitants miserably massacred ; and our living subjects who now inhabit there, by reason of the small- ness of their numbers, will, in case of a new war, be exposed to the like calamities ; inasmuch as their whole southern frontier continueth unsettled, and lieth open to the said savages ; and whereas we think it highly becoming our crown and royal
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dignity, to protect all our loving subjects, be they never so distant from us; to extend our fatherly compassion even to the meanest and most infatuate of our people, and to relieve the wants of our above mentioned poor subjects ; and that it will be highly conducive for accomplishing those ends, that a regu- lar colony of the said poor people be settled and established in the southern territories of Carolina ; and whereas we have been well assured, that if we would be graciously pleased to erect and settle a corporation, for the receiving, managing and dis- posing of the contributions of our loving subjects ; divers per- sons would be induced to contribute to the purposes aforesaid. Know ye therefore, that we have, for the consideration aforesaid, and for the better and more orderly carrying on the said good purposes, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, willed, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do will, ordain. constitute, declare and grant, that our right trusty and well beloved John Lord Viscount Purcival, of our Kingdom of Ire- land, our trusty and well beloved Edward Digby, George Car- penter, James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert Moor, Robert Hucks, Roger Holland, William Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon, William Beletha, Esqrs., A.M., John Burton, B.D., Richard Bundy, A.M., Ar- thur Beaford, A.M., Samuel Smith, A.M., Adam Anderson, and Thomas Coram, gentlemen, and such other persons as shall be elected in the manner herein after mentioned, and their suc- cessors to be elected in the manner herein after directed, be, and shall be one body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America ; and them and their successors by the same name, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, really and fully make, ordain, constitute and declare, to be one body politic in deed and in name forever ; and that by the same name, they and their successors, shall and may have perpetual succession ; and that they and their successors, by that name, shall and may forever hereafter, be persons able and capable in the law, to purchase, have, take, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions,
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franchises, and other hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being in Great Britain, or any part thereof, of whatsoever nature, kind or quality, or value they be, in fee and in perpetuity ; not exceeding the yearly value of one thousand pounds, beyond reprises ; also estates for lives and for years ; and all other manner of goods, chattels and things whatsoever they be ; for the better settling and supporting, and maintaining the said colony, and other uses aforesaid ; and to give, grant, let and demise the said manors, messuages, lands, tenements, heredita- ments, goods, chattels and things whatsoever aforesaid, by lease or leases, for term of years, in possession at the time of grant- ing thereof, and not in reversion, not exceeding the term of thirty-one years, from the time of granting thereof ; on which in case no fine be taken, shall be reserved the full ; and in case a fine be taken, shall be reserved at least a moiety of the value that the same shall reasonably and bona fide be worth at the time of such demise ; and that they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall and may forever hereafter, be persons able, capable in the law, to purchase, have, take, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any lands, territories, pos- sessions, tenements, jurisdictions, franchises and hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being in 'America, of what quantity, quality or value whatsoever they be, for the better settling and supporting, and maintaining the said colony ; and that by the name aforesaid they shall and may be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever, and before whatsoever judges, justices and other officers, of us, our heirs and successors, in all and singular actions, plaints, pleas, mat- ters, suits and demands, of what kind, nature or quality soever they be; and to act and do all other matters and things in as ample manner and form as any other our liege subjects of this realm of Great Britain, and that they and their successors for- ever hereafter, shall and may have a common seal to serve, for the causes and businesses of them and their successors ; and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors, to change, break, alter and make new the said seal, from time to time and at their pleasure, as they shall think best. And we do further, grant, for us, our heirs and successors, that the said
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corporation and the common council of the said corporation hereinafter by us appointed, may from time to time, and at all times, meet about their affairs when and where they please, and transact and carry on the business of the said corporation. And for the better execution of the purposes aforesaid, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant to the said corporation, and their successors, that they and their successors forever, may upon the third Thursday in the month of March yearly, meet at some convenient place to be appointed by the said corporation, or major part of them who shall be present at any meeting of the said corporation, to be had for the appointing of the said place ; and that they or two- thirds of such of them that shall be present at such yearly meeting, and at no other meeting of the said corporation, be- tween the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of the same day, choose and elect such person or persons to be members of the said corporation, as they shall think beneficial to the good designs of the said corporation. And our further will and pleasure is, that if it shall happen that any person hereinafter by us appointed, as the common council of the said corporation, or any persons to be elected or admitted members of the said common council in the manner hereafter directed, shall die, or shall by writing under his and their hands respec- tively resign his or their office or offices of common council man or common council men ; the said corporation, or the major part of such of them as shall be present, shall and may at such meeting, on the said third Thursday in March yearly, in manner as aforesaid, next after such death or resignation, and at no other meeting of the said corporation, into the room or place of such person or persons so dead or so resigning, elect and choose one or more such person or persons, being members of the said corporation, as to them shall seem meet : and our will is, that all and every the person or persons which shall from time to time hereafter be elected common council men of the said corporation as aforesaid, do and shall, before he or they act as common council men of the said corporation, take an oath for the faithful and due execution of their office ; which oath the president of the said corporation for the time being, is hereby authorized and required to administer to such person or
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persons elected as aforesaid. And our will and pleasure is, that the first president of the said corporation is and shall be our trusty and well-beloved, the said John Lord Viscount Purcival ; and that the said president shall, within thirty days after the passing this charter, cause a summons to be issued to the several mem- bers of the said corporation herein particularly named, to meet at such time and place as he shall appoint, to consult about and transact the businesses of the said corporation. And our will and pleasure is, and we, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, ordain and direct, that the common council of this corporation shall consist of fifteen in number ; and we do, by these presents, nominate, constitute and appoint our right trusty and well-beloved John Lord Viscount Purcival, our trusty and beloved Edward Digby, George Carpenter, James Ogle- thorpe, George Heathcote, Thomas Laroche, James Vernon, William Beletha, Esqrs., and Stephen Hales, Master of Arts, to be the common council of the said corporation, to continue in the said office during their good behaviour. And whereas it is our royal intention, that the members of the said corporation should be increased by election, as soon as conveniently may be, to a greater number than is hereby nominated ; Our further will and pleasure is, and we do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, ordain and direct, that from the time of such in- crease of the members of the said corporation, the number of the common council shall be increased to twenty-four ; and that the same assembly at which such additional members of the said corporation shall be chosen, there shall likewise be elected, in the manner herein before directed for the election of common council men, nine persons to be the said common council men, and to make up the number twenty-four. And our further will and pleasure is, that our trusty and well-beloved Edward Dig- by, Esq., shall be the first chairman of the common council of the said corporation ; and that the said Lord Viscount Purcival shall be and continue president of the said corporation ; and that the said Edward Digby shall be and continue chairman of the common council of the said corporation, respectively, until the meeting which shall be had next and immediately after the first meeting of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation respectively, and no longer : at which said
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second meeting, and every other subsequent and future meeting of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation respectively, in order to preserve an indifferent rotation of the several officers of president of the corporation, and of chairman of the common council of the said corporation; we do direct and ordain, that all and every the person and per- sons members of the said common council for the time being, and no other, being present at such meetings, shall severally and respectively in their turns, preside at the meetings which shall from time to time be held of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation respectively. And in case any doubt or question shall at any time arise touching or concerning the right of any member of the said common council to preside, at any meeting of the said corporation, or at the common council of the said corporation, the same shall respec- tively be determined by the major part of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation respectively, who shall be present at such meeting. Provided always, that no member of the said common council having served in the offices of president of the said corporation, or of chairman of the common council of the said corporation, shall be capable of being or of serving as president or chairman at any meeting of the said corporation or common council of the said corporation, next and immediately ensuing that in which he so served as president of the said corporation, or chairman of the said com- mon council of the said corporation respectively ; unless it shall so happen, that at any such meeting of the said corporation there shall not be any other member of the said common council present. And our will and pleasure is, that at all and every of the meetings of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation, the president or chairman for the time being, shall have' a voice, and shall vote and shall act as a member of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation, at such meeting ; and in case of any equality of votes, the said president or chairman for the time being, shall have a casting vote. And our further will and pleasure is, that no president of the said corporation, or chair- man of the common council of the said corporation, or member of the said common council or corporation, by us by these
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