Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1786. Aug:. On the 28 of this month married Mr. Edward
Charlton (eldest son of William Charlton, esq.) to Miss Laing, third
daughter of Mr. J. Laing of Birdhopecraig.^^
1786. Sept. 1. A certainty of the death of the king of Prussia
on the 17th of August, aged 75.
1786. Sept. The two Lapland women sent to their own country
by Sir Henry George Liddell, bart., according to his promise made
them, but the deer kept.^*
1786. Sept. 6. Died at Newcastle, Matthew Bell, esq., an alderman
of the town and one of the members of the bank.^^
1786. Sept. Died, His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, relation to the
royal blood, aged 67.i^
1786. Se^Dt. Died at Newbiginn, a daughter of Robert Lisle of
Acton, esq.i''
1786. Sept. Died at Newcastle, Mrs. Greenwell, widow of the late
Mr. Greenwell, surgeon. ^^
1786. Sept. 20. A contested election for Berwick:—candidates.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, bart., [and] . . . Addington, esq.^^
1786. Sept. 21. The election finished. Sir G. Elliot a majority
of 45, and declared duly bv the returning officer.
1786. Sept. Died, Mr.' William Saint of Morpeth. ^o
1786. Sept. Died, Mrs. Smallridge of Morpeth, lady of the vicar
of the Bothell.2i
" Mr. Edward Charlton of Lee-hall, eldest son of William Charlton of the
same place, married at Bellingham, 28 August, 1786, Isabella, daughter of
.... Laing of Birdhopecraig and granddaughter of Elrington Reed of Troughend.
He was a captain in the Northumberland Militia, resided at Alnwick,
and died there on the 25 February, 1803, aged 45. His widow married,
18 February, 1811, Edward Stamp of Alnwick, and died on the 29 Nov. 1833,
aged 70.
" Cf. p. 274, Hupra.
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Mr, Matthew Bell, sheriff of Newcastle in 1736, and mayor in 1757, purchased
the estate of Woolsington and dying in 1786, was buried at All Saints',
Newcastle. Cf. Ntu'casUe Courant, 9 September, 1786.
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An account of the stately funeral of Charles, tenth Duke of Norfolk, who
died at St. James' Square, 31 Aug., may be found in the Gentleman's Marjazine
for 1786, p. 811.
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A pedigree of Lisle of Weldon and Acton may be found in the New
History of Northnmherland, vol. vii. p. 500.
" Mrs. Greenwell was a daughter of John Smart of Belford, and sister of
William Smart of Trewhitt.
1765. April 18. Mr. John Greenwell of South Shields and Mrs. Margaret
Simon, widow, formerly Smart. Alnwick Registers.
'" The vacancy arose through the elevation to the English peerage of Baron
Delaval. Sir Gilbert Elliot was subsequently created Earl of Minto.
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Mr. William Saint was baptized at Morpeth 9 October, 1735, as son of
Joseph Saint of that place (by his second wife Margaret, daughter of John
Fenwick). He died unmarried on the 28 September, 1786. Cf. Neircaxfle
Courant, 30 Sept., 1786.
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Mary (first) wife of the Rev. George Smalridge, rector of Bothal, was
buried there 29 Sept., 1786.