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    he held till his death . —George Lord Willoughby , the proper subject of this article , succeeded his father in 1775 , and died in 1780 . No particulars have been learned concerning him-152 . John Hare , Cork ? 1768 . 153 . Thomas Beaumont , York ? 154 . Jonathan Dickenson , London ?

    155 . Nathaniel Brassey , C . London A * banker , in the house of Lee , Ayton , firassey and Co . of which his son is now a partner . 156 . George Burden , C- Mans , field ?

    137 . Robert Waddington , Clap , bam , ? 158- George Forster , * Warrington ,

    Or more properly Dantzic , where he was born , 1754 . He distinguished himself greatly while at Warrinoton by his attainments in science and literature , and

    particularly in the quick attainment of the English tongue . He accompanied his father ( see Vol . VIII . p . 289 , w . ) ' ^ the voy age with Ckptain Cooke ; and published an account of the voyage

    on their return , which abounding with reflections injurious to the government , and unfavourable to the great navigator , both Father and son were treated with such

    coolness as obliged them to quit the kingdom , and after having resided some time at Paris was appointed professor of Natural History at Cassel ; but afterwards accepted a chair at Wilna . He could not long be happy in a seini . barbarous nation * and entered

    into a treaty with the Emplress Catharine to proqeed on a new voyage of discovery ; but this was

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    prevented by the Turkish war . His reputation , however , being increased by the articles on Natural History and General Literature , with which he enriched different scientific publications , he was appointed president of the University of Mentz , and was discharging the duties of that office when the French took possession of the city . On this event he was serit on a mission to Paris

    to request the union of Mentz with the French republic ; but his property having been lost by the subsequent re-capture of that city by the Prussians ; this , tbgethef with

    some domestic misfortunes , aggravated a scorbutic disease which he had contracted during his voyage rouhd the world , and put an end to his life while he

    was preparing to undertake a journey to Thibet and Hindostan . He died at Paris at the age of 39 , on the 13 th Feb . 1793 . Besides his C c Tr ^ ... ^ »* f ¦» 1 i 1 _ ¥ - * ¦» he l

    " Voyage , " published a Repy to Mr . Wales ^ s Remarks on it , and was connected with various works on the continent , as above mentioned *

    159 . William Wyatt , Liverpool ? 160 . Charles Rogerson , Warrington 161 . Cornwall S « i alley , * C- London .

    A Russia merchant ; partner in the house of Thornton and Smalley , at Petersburg , 162 .. James Hall ^ Warrington ? 163 . William Hassal , D . Namptwich .

    In 1773 settled at Rochdale , on the removal of the Rev . Richard Bolton to Preston ; but in about two years was obliged to relinquish the ministerial profession * in consequence of a total failure of his voice in the pulpit- For

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    386 Students educated at the Warrington Academy ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/2/