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pight before her death , she told the writer of this article , that she had no hopes of living ; and added , " I believe God is good , and he knows what is best . " He paid his tribute of funeral respect to her in a sermon which he delivered at her interment on Monday the 19 th , at Ditchling Meeting-hou .-e .
The text , which was chosen by herself , was Isaiah xlv . iz . " Look unto me , and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth : for I am God and there is none else . " The congregation was numerous and serious ; and as the deceased was well known , many persons were much affected . Though dead she yet speaketh . A . B .
September ia , at her seat at Lee , in Kent , GERTRUDE BRAND , BARONESS DACRE , xelict of Thomas Brand , Esq . of the Hoo , in Hertfordshire , who died in February , 1794 . Her Ladyship was the daughter of Sir
S . Fludyer , a wealthy and eminent citizen , who died January 18 , 1768 . Early in life ( 1773 , ) she had married Trevor Charles Roper , Esq . who on the death of his uncle , Lord Dacre , 11786 ) inherited his title . Her affection for her
second husband was most extraordinary ; and her sorrow for his loss almost overwhelmed her mind . For a considerable period after that event she wholly secluded herself , and When she appeared again abroad , she wore the hat and the walking cane of her deceased husband . A habit of the colour of his cloaths , and formed after the fashion of them about
the waistcoat , was assumed by her ladyship immediately after her mourning "weeds . The boots , spurs , and gloves of Lord Dacre , were placed every morning in the hall , by the servant who had attended him in his life time . A portrait of his lordship hung in the dining parlour , and a plate , with a knife and
fork , was placed at table as if for him . His monument which is of ma .-ble , and ver , y beautifully executed , * tands beside that of Sirjs . Fludyer s , in Lee church-yard , and was cleaned with care every Saturday , and strewed round with sea sand- Thither her ladyship came
every evening at about nine o ' clock , and knelt about ten minutes ; nothing could deter her frpm these orisions ; and although she was twice robbed , yet woulc } she not permit any of her servants to attend her even at a distance . On neithc of these occasions did she seem
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anxious to punish the plunderers but when a villain 'wantonly mutilated the monument of her husband , she prosecuted him with very great severity . The period of the year in which Lord Dacre expired , was always held sacred by her , and because the meadows were then
being mowed , and his Lordship , the day previous to his death , had sat at the window to observe the hay-makers , the meadows were every year afterwards mowed on the same day ; the chair in which his lordship sat was placed by the side of the window , and as she
placed herself beside it , she seemed to converse with the . spirit of her departed spouse . In all this there was no derange - ment of intellect i ^/ ti most jhiogs a strong masculine perception and extensive prudence were the characteristics of her ladyship . She was benevolent to the poor , but economically so ; and though not
sparingof her beneficence , she knew the great secret of doing much good at a small expense . She walked about the village of Lee in all weathers , frequently entered the cottage of the sick , chatted with the aged , and encouraged the industrious . The respect and affection for her memory , which was shewn at
hrr funeral on Tuesday the 20 th of Sep . tember , was very great : the churchyard and the lanes leading thereto , were crowded by numbers of all ranks , and the poor bewailed their loss with tears and lamentations . Her ladyship ' s age was no more than 54 , but her
appearance and her masculine attue , made her to be thought full ten years older . She was rather &hort and bulky in her person . Her features were small and pleasing , but being embrowned by her manner of living , possessed a forbidden harshness to a casual observer .
Condescension , cheerfulness , and benevolence , were indeed soon perceived by those who conversed with her , and she seemed to take an interest in the affairs of others , Uiat endeared her to many . —* She is succeeded by her eldest son the
Hon . Thomas Brand , M . P . for HertjfordFihire , whd will go up to the House of Peers , under the title of Baron Dacre . Both his private character and public conduct are pledges for his political purity .
September , at his seat , Forthampton Court , Gloucestershire , in his 78 th year , the Hon . and Right Rev . JAMES YORI yE , JL . L . D . Juord Bishop q £
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Gertrude Brandy Baroness Dacre .
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Right Rev . James To ? he , L * L . D .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/47/
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