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BIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE

OF

DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES CONNECTED WITH THE TOWN OF IPSWICH.

IF this part of the volume were to be executed with the talent necessary for a complete biographer, it would, doubtless, be the most interesting portion of the history of Ipswich; but it must, for several reasons, be little more than a catalogue raisonnée, or a brief abstract and chronicle of names, with a short memorial of each individual character; and it is probable that some have been omitted who were worthy of insertion. Wherever we have found a monument erected to the memory of a person in any way distinguished, or could note the place of sepulture, we have inserted our notice of such individual, with a view of varying the necessary dulness of parochial history. This is also the case when the persons mentioned were immediately connected with any particular parish or place, whether they had died there or not. Whenever this has been previously done, we have merely inserted the name in the Index, with reference to the page of the book where such sketch is to be found.

To do full justice to the character of the numerous distinguished individuals who have been, and still are, connected with this town, we could swell our materials into ponderous volumes; but, in order to keep faith, as near as we can, with our subscribers, we must compress our matter into a much smaller compass, having, now, been compelled to trespass upon their indulgence, for extending our publication somewhat beyond the bounds originally proposed.

ACTON, Eliza, a native of Ipswich, is author of a volume of poems which display much feeling and taste, and have been so well received, that a second edition was printed at Ipswich, by R. Deck, 1827.

ALBEMARLE, George Monk, duke of, the restorer of Charles II. to his crown, was presented with the freedom of the borough-was born December 6th, 1608, and died 1670. This extraordinary man was an author; for, after his death, the following treatise was published by authority, which he composed while a prisoner in the Tower: it is called "Observations upon Military and Political Affairs, written by the honourable George, duke of Albemarle, &c." London, 1671, small folio. He was also the writer of several other tracts. Cromwell had strong suspicions of his intentions; for, a little time before his death, he wrote to him a letter, with the following curious postscript: "There be that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there, to introduce Charles Stuart; I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him and send him up to me."

ANGLESEY, marquis of. This distinguished nobleman is collaterally descended from Sir William Paget, Knight of the Garter; who was elevated to the peerage, in the third year of King Edward VI. in 1549. The late earl of Uxbridge was summoned, by writ, to parliament, in 1770, and in 1784, was created earl of Uxbridge; who was succeeded by his son Henry-William, created marquis of Anglesey for his services in the late war-in which he greatly distinguished himself as a general of cavalry. He is a general in the army, and colonel of the 7th Hussars; who were several years in garrison at Ipswich; where his lordship resided for a considerable time, and was conspicuous for his munificence and liberality. He was with the duke of Wellington in many of his campaigns, and displayed great bravery and skill as a cavalry officerparticularly at the battle of Waterloo; where his leg was carried off by a shot, and buried at Hougomont, and where a somewhat singular monument is erected to its memory: which circumstance produced the following jeu d' sprit; and, from its whimsicality and humour, we have been induced to insert it here:

"HERE lies-and let no saucy knave

Presume to sneer and laugh,

To learn, that, mouldering in this grave,
Is laid-a British calf.

"For he who writes these lines, is sure
That those who read the whole,
Will find such laugh were premature,
For here, too, lies-a sole.

"And here five little ones repose-
Twin-born with other five-
Unheeded by their brother toes,
Who all are now alive.

"A leg and foot-to speak more plain-
Rest here, of one commanding;
Who, though his wits he might retain,
Lost half his understanding.

"Who-when the guns, with murder fraught,

Poured bullets thick as hail-
Could only in this way be brought
To give the foe leg bail.

"Who, now, in England, just as gay
As in the battle brave,

Goes to the rout, review, or play,
With one foot in the grave.

"Fortune in vain here shewed her spite,
For he will still be found,

Should England's sons engage in fight,
Resolv'd to stand her ground.

"But Fortune's pardon I must beg-
She wished not to disarm;

And when she lopped the hero's leg,
She did not seek his h-arm:

"And but indulged a harmless whim,
Since he could walk with one,
She thought two legs were lost on him
Who never deigned to run."

AYLMER, John, bishop of London, was born at Akenham Hall, near Ipswich, in the year 1521, and became tutor to Lady Jane Grey-who spoke of him in the most affectionate and friendly terms. He was very rigid against both the papists and puritans, and was a warm-tempered, irritable man. He was rather a man of business than a theologian, and died very rich, at Fulham, 1594.

BACON, Francis, was born the 22nd of January, 1561. He was several times member of parliament for Ipswich, previous to the year 1614, when he left that borough on being elected for the university of Cambridge. It would be idle to attempt here, the history of the great Lord Chancellor Bacon, the father of experimental philosophy, whose wonderful talents and extraordinary fall from greatness are known to all the civilized world, and whose littleness of conduct, contrasted with the magnitude of