The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-24 00:00:00

LORD L.

VINO

J .V.

"Wu 'lave extraned the tolios,ving artide from The
elvigua Gazette of ?he tith„'sit

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It is with the 'deepeit concern we annoiffee
the,publie the• cleats of 'his Excellency 'the stintou Honourable Lord LAVINGTON' 'Captain-General
and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's 'Leeward
Islands.; and such we know to have been the high
• res,peet, and justly merited estimation in which
thiaalloleleinan was held, that we are persuaded,
the melancholy event el his dissolution will be d.
plot* with the most poign?nt grief, not only by
the inhabitants of all the Islands lately under .his
vernmeut, where his loss must be particularly and
severely felt,, but individeally.and generally by hia.
Lordship's very extended circle of friends in Great
Britain, and on, the Continent of Europe.
,The many yaluable endowMents possessed by, thee:
amiable Nobleman, whose death we have so much
reason .to lament,, his. uncommon talents for public
bUsiness, and his' unremitting attention to fllO,-4 4e2,
charge of it,, his affability, politeness, and elegaepel:
of manners. to' those who accosted hitn,. endeared:
him, while living, to allsanks of people, and cannot
m fail to cause his en*. to be long, and qvannly
cherished amongst us: His Lordship's (=duet as
Governor; his wish to promote the welfare and
happiness of. his Majesty's sebje6ts committed to his
charge; his unbotinded hospitality,.dignitied recep-
tion of strangers, and admirable condeet in the duties-
of Society, may tie equalled, but Over cap. be ex,
ceeded.—The late in6tance of.his..Leirciship's Zeal for
the relief of this Colony,, when labouring turder a
pressure of debt, unavoidably incurred 'in preparing
for the'delence of our livesland properties, can never
be 'forgotten ; and Antigua would torleit her title to
the charatter she so justly maintains, Wow; of her
'son could not 'be found to proclaim her gratitude
2b. fhe Nviirld; and to endeavour to 'preserve the al4t,
rot oblivion. Lord LAN'INGTON saw, and feeling-..
131 Palle& 'of nor distress ; and knowing the ready.
klisecisition 'of our Gracious Sovereign to assist his,,
tibjeCts ; his Majesty's beneficence his Lordship
.recoenneeded alit case, and in • laeguage that Made ,
the recomniendatieu irresistible, and obtained the
aloyal Grant °flee tliaUsind pounds sterling. , . -
Lord LAVINGTOi4-'sl.re.al abi;illeS, at a very early
period of bid life, on his first return from England,
'to St. Christopher's. were immediately dis Covered,
utid dely appreciated by hls eLuntrynien, who took
the 'earliest public Opportunity of testifying the high
opitAfre they etitertainedof him, by sending him 'as a -
ltepretentative for one of the Parishes to the House
of Assaf-foe- in that island.-4.4ncl so great waslhe in-
Ileince he had acquired, from the avdwed superiority
of his talents and knowledge, that at the first. meet-
ing ofthe house he was called Unanimously to the
Chair) 'and by his Coilduet in that distinguished
situation', fully jellified-the 'choice diet had been
Made:. It was said at the time this event took Plate,
that his Lordship was not legally 'qualified, from his
Elate 'of minority, *0 take his seat as a Member of
the Askanbly, and consequently could not assume
the ditties d ilve Chair. This Might have beetr, and
it was believed that the House knew it to be true;
slit the acquisition it had made was too great to be
hazarded upon the result df s elotioie and the 'gees-
tiou wits never agitated.
His Lordship, on his' refuin to Europe, ;Wes intro-
auced to the Ithest circles of compdny, and his ac-
complishments soon made* his society acceptable
whetever he went. After snaking the tour, Of Eu-
rope; on the General Elealott of Members Id
nient •in 1,13 A; his• Lordship 'bicatite the Representa-
tive for the Borough of Shaftesbury, and served in.
the 'successive Parliaments of 1774, arid 1780, for
Camelford and Plympton. In 11'72 his Lordship re-
ceived the honour of the Order of the Bath, and died
the Senior Knight of the Order.
.In 1771 he was ap-
pointed Captain General, 'and Governor in Chief of
the Leewattilslands, and continued in that station
until 1775, when his Lordship returned to Eng-
latel;:,and was appointed
.Clerk of the Board of
Green Cloth,' in .which, department he remained
during the existence of it. In Oaoher,
his. Lordship Was advanced 'to Alic Peerage of the
liingdern of Ireland, • and created Baron LAviteo-.
TON, which title, consequence of his Lordship's
dying without heirs, is now extina. In .1795 his
Lordship Was a`min cleated a Member of the British ,
radial-nein, for the. Borough of NVuodstock ; and in •
1801 was again appointed Captain-General of the
Leeward Islands, and iVvorii a Member of his Ma
M -
jesty's Most nondurable Privy Council ; and on Sa..
turday„the tat
.day of August, 18p7, between' two
end three o'clock in the afternoon, at the Govern-
Inept House in Antigua, his Lordship departed this
life, in Ilse .obtli year of hiS age.
Lord ,LAVINOTOI4 married Mademoiselle FILO?*
tOISE Lar4BERTINE, Bal'OlieSS Da KOLBEL, of a
Nobl..e Saxon family; &tighter of Fa Evian sox x
I-
len-t+N• Baron Da KoLaist,-, a General in the Impc-
rial service; a Lady-eminently distinguishedby
the
beauties'Of her person, and universally admired by all
'who enjoy the honour and pleasure of her acquaint..
ance, for her uncommon affability, suavity of temper,
elegant manners, and accomplishments, The shuck
which we are persuaded her Ladyship will undergo,.
on being made aequainCe4 with the irreparable loss
she has sustained, is nu small addition to our pre-
sent concern.

His Lerdihip's remains, in a leaden coffin, in-
closed in a handsome outside coffin, were conveyed,
from the Government-House, early on Tuesday
morning, to the Court-Hous?., where they lay in
State till abuut twelve o'clock, when the funeral
took place at St. John's Church, in the following
order :

A
Detachtnent of His Majesty's e6tlt. Regiment, with their
Band and Colour;;,
The Alembers of the Assembly, two and two.,
The Speaker in his Gown,' preceded by the Mace.
The lvlatshal of the Island with his Wand, and the pcputy
Secretary.
The Members of the Council, two and two:
His V'xcellency's.Seeretary.
The Clergy of the lsbnd in their GOwns..
. TFIE 'BODY;
Attended by sir Hearers,
In a Hearse drawn by four lor,,cs, tili appropriate De,
corlitims.
• His Honour the President as Chief Nourkr.
The Honoutilble lames Athill and Hastings Elwin, Esqrs.
- as Mourners.
His Excellency's Aids-do-Camp.
The Officers et the Navy and Army, according to their
t rank, two and two.
The Inhabitants ut the lalattci, two and two.

On the Proccsiiutleaving the Court-House, mi-
ni►te guns .were:fired, _until it reached the Church,
the trdra of artillery planthd near the Church,,by