Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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pendent, but a few days at the meeting of Parliament may settle
whether peace or war. The empress of Russia and the king of
Prussia, are in favour of Great Britain.
178.'?. Jan. 11. Lieutenant General Charles Grey honoured with
a Red Ribbon, vacant by Lord Ligonier, as also witli the dignity of
Knight of the Rath.-^
1783. Jan. 19. Died, Mr. K'alpli Eklei', merchant in Alnwick,
aged 42, of the palsy.
Died at Bickerton, Captain Forster of a jaundice, aged 62.
1783. Jan. 22. Died at Alnwick, Miss Anne Rrown, aged 55,
sister to Mr. Nicholas Brown, attorney.^
1783. Jan. 27. Died, William Burrel, esq., of Howtell.'
1783. Jan. Married, Mr. W. Pearetli of Usworth, son of William
Peareth, esq., of liradley, county of Durham, to Miss Susan Forster,
daughter of C. Forster, attorney, late of Ahiwick.*^
1783. Feb. 3. Died at London, Mr. Ralph Bell, clerk of the
kitchen to His Grace Duke of Northumberland.
1783. Feb. 7. Died, Mr. Richard Brown, head gardener (at Hampton
Court) to His Majesty.
1783. Feb. 10. William Hargrave of Shawdon, esq., appointed
high sheriff for Northumberland.'-*
'
{general Charles Grey of Fallodon, afterwards first Earl Grey, was baptized
23 Oct., 1729, and died 14 Nov., 1807. A short biography of this distinguished
soldier maj- be found in the new History of ^I'orthumherland, vol. ii. p. 357, and
elsewhere.
*
He died 'greatly lamented.' Cf. Xtwcadle Courant, 25 Jan., 1783.
' On the 17 inst. at Bickerton near Rothbury, in the 62n(l year of his age,
Captain James Forster, a gentleman wlio spent fifteen years in the flower of his
days in the India Company's Service. Newcastle Courant, 25 Jan., 1783.
" The Diarist's sister.
'
It is probable that all the lines of Burrells in Northumberland have their
origin in the stamiiKjut of Howtell in the jiarish of Kirknewton, which was in
their possession before the j-ear 1541 and where their ruined tower still stands.
William Burrell of Howtell, eldest son and heir of William Burrell (whose will
is dated 11 April, 1719, pr. 1720) married Dorothy, daughter of Robert Allan
of Kilham (marriage settlement 3 and 4 July, 1722) and died lirca 1732 (will
dated 24 July, 1731, pr. 1732) leaving issue two sons and a daughter, of whom
the eldest was William Burrell named in the text (buried at Kirknewton
26 Jan., 1783), who left issue surviving three daughters and coheirs, Martha,
wife of Robert (irej', Dorothy, who died unmarried, and Anne, wife of John
Ord of the parish of Morbattle.
"
Mr. William Peareth of Usworth, co. Durham, was son of William Peareth,
alderman of Newcastle, :ind died 11 Aug., 1810, aged 76, having had issue by his
wife Susanna, daugi\ter and coheiress of CoUingwood Forster of Alnwick, an
only son William Jennens Peareth of Christ Church, O.xford, whose loss is
expressed by his parents on a tine monument in St. Nicholas church, Newcastle.
A portrait of Mrs. Peareth, who died 23 Dec, 1821, aged 69. by an unknown
artist, is in the possession of her kinsman, the Rev. W. T. Thorp of Charlton
Hall, in Kllingham.
"
Mr. William Hargrave of Shawdon, was the only son and heir of James
Hargrave of the same place, by his wife Priscilla, daughter of William Bonner