of William first Lord Bagot, who died in 1806 in childbed of her only child, now the Rev. Francis Edward Paget; and secondly, in 1815, to Lady Harriet Legge, fourth daughter of George third Earl of Dartmouth, who survives him. By Lady Harriet he had further issue three sons, Major Henry William Paget; Capt. Patrick Paget, 54th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to the Master General of the Ordnance; and Edward-Heneage; and five daughters, Frances-Jane, now Marchioness of Ormond, and four who are unmarried. The eldest son, the Rev. Francis Edward Paget, who is Rector of Elford in Staffordshire, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, is well known from many interesting works. He married in 1840 his cousin Fanny, daughter of the late Rev. William Chester, and great-niece to the first Lord Bagot, by whom he has issue three daughters.

The remains of this distinguished officer were consigned to their last resting-place in the cemetery of Chelsea Hospital, on the 21st May. The funeral was a private one, and extremely plain. He was followed to the grave by his four sons, his brother the Marquess of Anglesea, Lords Dartmouth and Crofton, &c.; the officers of the hospital, Lieut.-Colonel Le Blanc, the Major; Captains Evans, Pecvor, Edwards, Chadwick, and Ford; Colonel Sir John Wilson, the adjutant; and the medical officers, Maclachlan, Gaulter, and Prout. The pensioners in their full dress lined the way from the Government house to the Hospital chapel, and from thence to the burial-ground.

GEN. SIR HECTOR MACLEAN, K.C.B.

Dec. 11. At Northwick-terrace, in his 93rd year, General Sir Hector Maclean, K.C.B. of the Hon. East India Company's service.

He was the third son of Hugh Maclean, laird of the Isle of Coll, by Jannette, eldest daughter of Macleod, of Talesker.

He was nominated a cadet on the Madras establishment in 1775, and sailed to India in the same ship with Lord Pigot, then proceeding to take charge of the government of Madras. As Ensign in the 5th Native Infantry, he was engaged in the expedition sent against the refractory rajahs to the northward of Arcot; and in 1778 was attached to a select corps of the army employed in the siege of Pondicherry. He shortly afterwards obtained his lieutenancy; and was variously employed in active service against the armies of Hyder Ali, and in the reduction of the Dutch fort of Policat, until 1786, when he was promoted to a captaincy in the 1st European Infantry, with the same rank by

brevet in the King's army, and appointed to the command of Cuddalore and its defences. In this position he continued until ordered to join the army of the Marquess Cornwallis at Bangalore; and in 1792 was present at the siege of Seringapatam. In 1795 he was promoted to the rank of Major in the 8th Native Infantry, and to the same rank by brevet in the King's army, and was variously employed until promoted to a Lieut-Colonelcy in 1798, and appointed to the command of a native corps stationed at Ceylon. In the year 1800, in command of the 9th regiment of Native Infantry, he was attached to the forces under the command of the Hon. Arthur Wellesley, (now Duke of Wellington,) and from the latter end of that year, until 1803, commanded a brigade of the army, and earned distinguished honour by his cool courage and military skill; particularly in the capture of the strong fortresses of Asseer-Ghurr and GowelGhurr, as well as at the battle of Argaum. After this he held the command of the forces stationed in the vicinity of Hyderabad until the year 1805. In the meantime he was promoted to the rank of Colonel (Sept. 1804), and to that of Major-General, in June 1811.

In Feb. 1815, Gen. Hector Maclean, as the reward of his faithful, honourable, and efficient military service, was created a Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath. In 1821 he was further promoted to the rank of LieutenantGeneral, and in 1838 to that of General. Many years ago he retired from active service, and has since chiefly resided in London, in the deserved possession of the sincere esteem and respect of all who enjoyed the honour of his acquaintance.

GEN. SIR ROBERT T. WILSON. May 9. At Marshall Thompson's hotel, Oxford-street, aged 72, General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Knt. Colonel of the 15th Hussars.

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This gallant and once very celebrated officer was born in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, in the year 1777, the son of Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S. an eminent painter, and author of many papers, chiefly on subjects relating to electricity, in the Philosophical Transactions (a list of which is given in Gent. Mag. LVIII. 656). Having been educated partly at Westminster and partly at Winchester,

*"In memory of Mr. Benjamin Wilson, of Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, who departed this life June 8, 1788, aged 66." Stone in the burial-ground of St. George's, Bloomsbury. (Gent. Mag. xcI, 814.)

he sat for some time at the desk of a respectable solicitor; but was diverted to the military profession through association with his brother-in-law Lieut.-Col. Bosville, who introduced him to the notice of the Duke of York. He first went to Flanders as a volunteer in 1793, and was appointed Cornet in the 15th Dragoons in April, 1794. A few days after, on the 24th of the same month, he was one of eight officers, with a small detachment of dragoons, who, by a daring attack on a formidable division of the enemy, at Villers en Couche, prevented the Emperor of Germany from being taken prisoner. For this service the officers received first a medal, and afterwards the order of Maria Theresa, which Sir Robert Wilson had licence to wear on the 2d June, 1801. He was made Lieutenant on the 31st Oct. 1794, and Captain in the same year, and was in all the cavalry actions in Flanders. During the rebellion in Ireland, he served on the staff as aid-de-camp to Major-Gen. St. John; and in 1799 he went to Holland, where he was present in all the considerable actions. In June, 1800, he succeeded to a Majority in Hompesch's mounted riflemen. He went through Germany and Italy by Marmora and Cyprus to Egypt, and was present throughout the campaign in the latter country, embarking afterwards with the expedition for Corfu. In Feb. 1802, he was appointed Lieut.-Col. in Hompesch's corps, and in October placed on half-pay. During the short peace he served as Inspecting Field-Officer of Yeomanry Cavalry to the counties of Devon, Somerset, and part of Cornwall.

At this period he was also induced to come before the world in a literary capacity. Having first published (in 8vo.) a translation of the French account, by General Regnier, of " The Campaign in 1801, between the French army of the East and the English and Turkish forces in Egypt," he proceeded to compile a more correct version of the same transactions, which was printed in 4to under the title of " An Historical Account of the British Expedition to Egypt, with some important facts relative to General Buonaparte." In this work he was assisted by his brother and by Mr. Roworth the printer; and it derived especial popularity from the charges of cruelty against Buonaparte, both towards his prisoners at Jaffa and his own soldiers at Cairo, which were taken from a pamphlet which had been printed by Mr. Morier at Constantinople. Of these charges the First Consul made complaint to the British Government, and, receiving no satisfaction, caused a counter-report to be issued by Colonel Sebastiani. Sir Robert Wilson's work went to several edi

tions, some of which are in octavo, and was also "carefully abridged" in one volume 12mo.

This literary success led to further exertion. In 1804 he published " An Inquiry into the Present State of Military Force of the British Empire, with a view to its Reorganization;'

an essay in which he was one of the first impugners of the practice of corporal punishment.

In Aug. 1804, he was appointed Lieut.Colonel in the 19th Dragoons; in March, 1805, he was removed to the 20th, and went to the Brazils, and was present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope.

He next accompanied Lord Hutchinson to the Continent, on a secret mission. He was attached to the combined armies, and present in all the operations, battles, and actions, from Pultusk to Friedland inclusive; whence he returned through St. Petersburg, and, having been immediately sent back to the latter place on a special mission, returned to England in Dec. 1807. Of this expedition he afterwards published a narrative, under the title of "An Account of the Campaigns in Poland in 1806 and 1807, with Remarks on the Character and Composition of the Russian Army. 1811." 4to.

In 1808, the Portuguese Minister in London having proposed that the Portuguese refugees in this country should be embodied under British officers and sent to Portugal, Sir Robert Wilson was selected to superintend this levy, and in August of that year he went to Portugal. He raised and formed the Royal Lusitanian Legion, and was engaged in various encounters with the enemy in Castille and Estremadura, during and for several months after the retreat of the British from Spain. He was ordered by General Cuesta and Marshal Beresford to take the command of a corps of 10,000 men on the Tietar; but, the battle of Midellin frustrating that arrangement, he was afterwards directed to take the command of the advanced guard of Marshal Beresford's army in pursuit of Marshal Soult; subsequently he was ordered into Spain by Sir Arthur Wellesley to command a Legion and a Spanish Brigade, and formed the advance of the combined army. He was engaged in various encounters, and penetrated within nine miles of Madrid.

At the battle of Talavera he was posted with infantry and guns, but without cavalry, two miles in rear of the enemy's centre, within half a mile of his headquarters, and finally cut off; but saved the corps under his command by passing the mountains, and at Bainos fought the enemy, 12,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry and 30 guns, for nine hours, having un der

his command neither guns nor cavalry, and only 3,000 infantry, of which 2,200 kept posts that covered passes. Sir Robert's guns were saved; but marched by another route on the first intimation of Sir Arthur Wellesley's movements on the Tagus.

In 1812 Sir Robert Wilson was sent to Russia, as British Military Correspondent at the head-quarters of the allied armies on the continent, and was present in the principal occurences that took place in the eventful years of 1812, 1813, and 1814. At the battle of Lutzen Sir Robert, in person, rallied a Prussian detachment, and carried the village of Gros Gorschen, of which he kept possession for several hours, until the evening, when the enemy renewed the attack with three columns, and drove the allied troops almost entirely from this position. At this period Sir Robert received the command of the Emperor Alexander to put himself at the head of the Prussian reserve, which having done, and uniting himself with the Russians, who were still disputing the skirts of the village with the enemy, he drove the French back to Lutzen, and at the close of the combat remained master of the contested spot.

The 25th July, 1810, he received the rank of Colonel in the army; the 10th Dec. 1812, the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 22nd Light Dragoons; and the 4th June, 1813, was promoted to Major-General.

In 1811 Sir Robert Wilson was made a Knight Commander of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword; in 1813 a Knight Commander of St. George of Russia by the Emperor Alexander, who put the cross round his neck in the camp of Jauer; in 1814 he received the first class of St. Anne of Russia, the grand cross of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and was nominated Knight Commander of the order of Maria Theresa of Austria (of which he had been a simple Knight from the year 1794).

After the peace, Sir Robert Wilson visited Paris, where, in Jan. 1816, he engaged with Capt. H. Hutchinson (the present Earl of Donoughmore) and Mr. Bruce in effecting the escape of Count Lavalette, who, having been condemned to death as an accomplice of Napoleon, had escaped from prison by changing dress with his wife. Sir Robert Wilson conveyed him in safety to Mons, and addressed a narrative of the adventure to Earl Grey, which will be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1816, vol. LXXXVI. i. 625. The three Englishmen were tried at Paris on the 22d of March, pronounced guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment; and on the 10th May a General Order was issued by

H.R.H. the Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief, expressing the Prince Regent's "high displeasure" at the act, and the false pretences under which it had been accomplished.

His conduct at the funeral of Queen Caroline completed his disgrace at head quarters. He was dismissed from the army on the 17th Sept. 1821, and all his foreign orders were resumed by their respective sovereigns. A public subscription was made to indemnify him, and after a few years he was restored to his rank.

In 1817 Sir Robert Wilson published "A Sketch of the Military and Political Power of Russia: " which brought upon him a calumnious attack in the Quarterly Review, to which he made an animated reply.

In 1818 he was brought into Parliament as the popular candidate for the borough of Southwark, ejecting the former member, Mr. Barclay the brewer.

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The poll was as follows:
Charles Calvert, esq.
Sir Robt. T. Wilson,
Charles Barclay, esq.

Mr. Calvert was restored to his former position on the death of Mr. Harris in the following November, and in 1831 Sir Robert Wilson gave place, without a contest, to Mr. William Brougham.

Sir Robert Wilson attained the rank of Lieutenant-General on the 27th May, 1825. He was appointed Colonel of the 15th Hussars on the 29th Dec. 1835. He attained the full rank of General on the 23d Nov. 1841. He was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Gibraltar in 1842, and had recently returned from that post after the expiration of seven years of command. He came home in apparent good health, and died suddenly from disease of the heart.

Sir Robert Wilson married a daughter of Colonel Bedford, and has left two sons, Bosville John Wilson, Lieut. Royal Navy (1832), and Bedford Hinton Wilson, esq. Chargé d'Affaires at the Caraccas; and two daughters, one married to the Rev. Mr. Randolph, and the other unmarried. There are several engraved portraits of Sir Robert Wilson: among others, one in folio by Ward from a picture by Pickersgill (representing him splendidly attired in all his orders), and one by Cooper in quarto, after Wivell.

His body was deposited in a vault in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey on Tuesday the 15th of May.

CAPT. SIR T. BOURCHIER, K.C.B. April 26. At Chatham, in his 59th year, Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.B. Captain Superintendent of that Dockyard.

He was the son of Major-General Bourchier, of Ardclony, co. Clare, by the daughter of Thomas Macnamara, esq. of Fenlowe and Rossroe in the same county. He was Midshipman of the Majestic at the surrender of Heligoland; passed his examination in March, 1808, and obtained his first commission on the 26th of August following. He was afterwards Lieutenant of the Forester, whose boats he commanded in cutting out a brig and schooner, and in destroying the guns and magazine of the battery at Guadaloupe, and at the taking of Martinique, for which he received a medal. At the close of the war in 1814, he was Lieutenant of the Victorious, 74. On the 29th April, 1815, he was appointed to the Tenedos, of which he was Lieutenant at the capture of the United States frigate President, at the expedition up the Penobscot, and commanded the seamen and marines. On the 12th of August, 1819, he was appointed flag Lieutenant to Sir Thomas M. Hardy on the South American station, where he was promoted to the command of the Beaver sloop, Sept. 9, 1822. He removed into the Eclair, Oct. 21, 1823; and was made Post Captain in the Menai 26 in Sept. 1827. He also commanded the Volage 28 for a short time in the Pacific,

Having been appointed to the Blonde, he commanded a brigade of seamen in the capture of Canton, and assisted in taking Amoy and Shanghai, in 1841; and was at the attack on the Chinese camp at Segahon, Woosung, and Shanghai, and the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo in 1842. He was for these services nominated a K.C.B. in the latter year.

Sir Thomas Bourchier was appointed to Chatham dockyard on the 20th Sept. 1846, and during the whole time he has

hardly been free from illness: his con stitution was first broken when he was in China. His funeral obsequies took place on Thursday, the 3rd of May. On the body leaving the official residence, the Poictiers, ordinary guard ship, commenced firing the number of minute guns allowed to the rank of the deceased. The procession reached from the Dockyard gates to St. Mary's Church, where the burial service was read by the Rev. Dr. Irving; after which the body was removed in the same order to the new burial ground, situated under the hill of Chatham Lines. All the naval officers at the port, most of the officers of the garrison, together with the officers of the dockyard, formed the mournful cortége, Vice-Adm. the Hon. G. Elliot, C.B. Commander-in-chief at the Nore, bringing up the rear. A detachment of Royal Marines formed the firing party, commanded by Colonel Ellis, who served in China with Sir Thomas Bourchier for two years and a half. The large concourse of officers of all services, and the thousands of the respectable inhabitants of the neighbouring towns who were present, testified the great respect in which the gallant deceased was held.

He married, in 1843, Jane-Barbara, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B.

THOMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT, ESQ.

Dec. 18. At Bournemouth in Hampshire, aged 56, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, esq. of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire, and Bywell Hall, Northumberland, formerly M.P. for the latter county.

Mr. Beaumont was the eldest son of Thomas Richard Beaumont, esq. of the Oaks in Darton, and Bretton Hall, Yorkshire, and of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, Colonel in the army, and knight in six parliaments for the county of Northumberland, by Diana, daughter and heir, by will, of Sir Thomas Wentworth Blackett, Bart. of Bretton Hall (formerly the Wentworths') and of Hexham Abbey. Colonel Beaumont died in 1829 (see a memoir of him in Gent. Mag. vol. xcIx. ii. 274); and on the death of his widow, in 1831, the large estates of the Blackett family descended also to the subject of this notice.

Mr. Beaumont was born in Old Burlington-street, London, on the 5th Nov. 1792. He succeeded to the representation of Northumberland, on the retirement of his father, at the general election of 1818; and he was rechosen in 1820 without opposition. In March 1826, on the death of Mr. Brandling, the other representative of the county, a contest took place between the Hon. H. T. Liddell and Matthew Bell, esq. The latter was returned by the small