hi folks, hope youre all well. here are a few deaths and an ecclesiatical preferment [added because it tied in with one of the deaths] The Annual Register 1827 Deaths: > PITT: on 14th Jan on Shoddon-gate, Carlisle, after a long illness, aged 73, Mr WM. PITT. He possessed various scientific acquirements, and employed his leisure in philosophical recreations; his meteorological observations were singularly accurate, and he usually communicated to the Monthly Magazine. > OLIVE: on 16th Jan at Berwick-hill, NBL, aged 104, Mrs BARBARA OLIVE. > BLAKE: on 23rd Mar, in Sloan st, aged 73, Elizabeth dowager lady BLAKE. She was the only dau. of ALEX. DOUGLAS esq., of the British Settlement at Bussorah, in Persia, & widow of Sir FRANCIS BLAKE, the late and 2nd baronet of Twizel-castle NBL. She was mother of Sir Francis, the resent baronet, and MP for Berwick; lieut.-gen. ROBERT DUDLEY BLAKE, one other son, and four daughters, the youngest of whom married in 1805 to BETHELL EARNSHAW STAG, of Holmworth in YKS, esq. Only 10 days after this lady's death, Apr. 3, her dau-in-law, the wife of the present baronet, died in Sloane-street. Their remains were conveyed together to be interred in the family vault in NBL. > JACKSON: on 6th Apr., at Thursby, nr Carlisle, aged 76, ROBERT JACKSON, MD, Inspector of military hospitals, and for many years chief of the medical dept., in the West Indies. A long obit in "The Gentleman's mag 1827, pg.566." and I'll be happy to e-mail a copy should anyone require it, but only if you include these reference details – i have no index.. > THOMPSON: on 7th May in Caldewgate, Carlisle, Mr JOS. THOMPSON, aged 100. > GOODENOUGH: on 26th May, in Berners-st., Mrs GOODENOUGH, wife of the Bishop of Carlisle. > ANSON: on 7th June in Stanhope-st., aged 56, the venerable CHARLES ANSON, archdeacon of Carlisle, uncle of viscount ANSON, and half-nephew of the archbishop of York. He was the 3rd s. of GEORGE ANSON of Sambrook, Shropshire, esq., by MARY, d. of GEORGE VENABLES, 1st lord VERNON; he was a scholar of Christ church, Oxford, MA 1795. > MUSGRAVE: on 26th June, at Eden Hall, CUR, aged 33, sir PHILIP CHRISTOPHER MUSGRAVE, 8th bart. of that place, MP for Carlisle, a JP for CUR, WES & WRY, alderman of Carlisle &c. He was the eldest s. of JOHN CHARDIN, the 7th and late bart., by MARY, d. of the rev. Mr EDWARD FILMER, 6th and late bart., of East Sutton, KEN. He succeeded his father 24 Jly 1806; and was first returned to parliament as MP for Petersfield ca.1819. He was chosen for that borough at the general election of 1820, and obtained the representation of Carlisle on the death of sir JAMES GRAHAM, bart., in 1825. Sir PHILIP married 21 Oct., 1824, ELIZABETH, 3rd d. of GEORGE FLUDYER, of Ayston in RUT, esq, formerly MP for Appleby. > SCOTT: on 20 Jly at Woodside, nr Kelso, aged 92, Lady DIANA SCOTT, relict of WALTER SCOTT, esq., of Harden. She was the last survivor of the issue of Hugh, 3rd earl of Marchmont, who died in 1794, and was the grt gr'daughter of Sir Patrick Home, Polwarth > THOMSON: on 16 Aug, in Abbey-st., Carlisle, aged 21, Miss RUTH THOMSON, teacher of drawing, &c. Her flower-drawings are amongst the finest productions of the pencil in that line of art. Gentleman's Magazine 1827 Deaths: > ROBERTSON: on 4 Dec 1826, at Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, aged 75, ABRAM ROBERTSON, DD, FRS, Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, & Superintendent of Radcliffe Observatory. Dr ROBERTSON was b. at Dunse, Berwick, 4 Nov., 1751. He had a school at Grt Ryle NBL, and afterwards in his native place. In 1789, Mr ROBERTSON was presented by the Dean & Canons of Christchurch to the Vicarage of Ravensthorpe, and soon after married Miss BACON of Drayton BRK. There's tons to this obit and certainly no room for it here, but i have a copy of it, so if anyone wishes it, let me know and I'll send it by direct attachment but only iof you include these ref. details: "Gentleman's Magazine 1827j-j pg.176" as there's is no index in the book. It's a marvellous obit, all his qualifications and even a physical description of him :-) oh, that all obits were as full as his one! :-) 1827: > RULE: on 9 Jan 1827 at Battlebridge, aged 100, MARGARET, relict of Mr JOHN RULE, of Berwick-on-Tweed. > ADAMSON: 13 Mar at Whitehaven, aged 98, Mrs MARGARET ADAMSON. She was present at the execution of the rebels ar Carlisle in 1745. > GRAHAM: on 11 Apr., aged 32, Wm RICHARDSON GRAHAM, esq., eldest s. of the late JAS. GRAHAM, esq., of Richardby, nr Carlisle > BELL: on 27 June, at Alnwick, THOS. BELL,esq., Solicitor > BERRY: on 12 Feb at Berwick, aged 77, Wm BERRY, esq., of Whitsom-hill, Banker, of the firm of BATSON, BERRY & Co. Ecclesiastical Preferment, 1827: > Dr HUGH PERCY, to be bp. of Carlisle, vice GOODENOUGH Cheers folks :-) le durachd fionnghal ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk