and, dying without issue, divided his estate between his brothers, David and PHILIP HANMER, who eventually became possessed of the whole estate, and whose eldest son and successor, SIR DAVID HANMER, Knt., was appointed one of the justices of the Court of King's Bench. From this Sir David, descended SIR JOHN HANMER, who was created a Baronet on the 8th July, 1620, and sat in Parliament as member for the county of Flint in 1621. By his wife Catherine, second daughter of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Knt., he left an only son, : SIR THOMAS HANMER, second Baronet, who married twice first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Baker, and maid of honour to Queen Anne, consort of James I.; and secondly, Susanna, daughter of Sir William Henry, Knt., of Ickworth in Suffolk, by both of whom he left issue. Sir Thomas served in Parliament for Flintshire, and, dying in 1678, was succeeded by his eldest son, SIR JOHN HANMER, third Baronet, and member of Parliament for the county, and subsequently for the town of Flint. This gentleman, having imbibed the military spirit of the time, entered the army, and distinguished himself in the command of a regiment, under King William, at the battle of the Boyne. He died in 1701, having attained the rank of Major-General. Leaving no issue by his wife Mary, daughter and heiress of Joseph Alston, of Netherall, in Suffolk, Esq., his estate and title devolved upon his nephew, SIR THOMAS HANMER, fourth Baronet, only son of William Hanmer, Esq. This distinguished author and statesman was born in 1676, and received the rudiments of his education at Westminster school, whence he was sent to Christ-Church College, Oxford. On the accession of Queen Anne he was returned to Parliament for the county of Flint. In 1707, he sat for Suffolk, and in 1712 he was unanimously chosen Speaker of the House of Commons. Alluding to this event, Dr. Johnson says, Illustrious age! how bright thy glories shone, When Hanmer filled the chair, and Anne the throne. For many years Sir Thomas had amused his leisure hours in revising the plays of Shakspeare, and making, in the printed copies of them, such corrections as were suggested by his own genius, or as he found advanced on good authority by others. In accordance with the wishes of his friends, he presented this manuscript to the University of Oxford, where it appeared in six quarto volumes. Sir Thomas did not long survive the publication of his Shakspeare. He died in May, 1746, at Milden Hall, whence his remains were conveyed to his seat at Hanmer, and interred in the chancel of Hanmer church, where, on an elegant carved monument of white marble, is inscribed the celebrated Latin epitaph by Dr. Friend, so beautifully paraphrased by Dr. Johnson. Sir Thomas had married twice: first, in 1688, Isabella, Duchess Dowager of Grafton, only daughter and heiress of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Folkes, of Barton, in Suffolk, Esq., but by neither of these ladies left any issue, and in consequence the Baronetcy expired. The estate of Milden Hall, in the county of Suffolk, devolved upon his nephew and heir-at-law, Sir Henry Bunbury, Bart., of Bunbury, in the county of Chester, and the estate of Hanmer, by bequest, upon his first cousin of his own name, WILLIAM HANMER, Esq., who wedded Elizabeth, X sister and heiress of Charles Jennens, of Gopsal, Esq., but, leaving no issue male, was succeeded by his only surviving brother, HUMPHREY HANMER, Esq. This gentleman espoused Catherine Quatermain, the descendant of a respectable Irish family, but dying without issue in 1773, the estate devolved upon JOB HANMER, Esq., second son of Thomas Hanmer, Esq., by Jane, daughter of Sir Job Charlton, Bart., of Ludford, and grand-daughter of Sir Job Charlton, Bart., speaker of the House of Commons. Mr. Hanmer was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He married Susanna, daughter and heiress of Thomas Walden, Esq., of Simpson Place, in the county of Bucks, and was succeeded by his only son, WALDEN HANMER, Esq., barrister-at-law, and M.P. for Sudbury, who was created a baronet 3rd May, 1774. This gentleman married Anne, youngest daughter and coheiress of Henry Vere Graham, Esq., of Holbrook Hall, in the county of Suffolk, and dying in 1783, was succeeded by his eldest son, SIR THOMAS, second Baronet, who married, in 1779, Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of George Kenyon, Esq., of Peel, in the county of Lancaster, and had, with other issue, THOMAS, who was born in 1781, espoused, in 1808, Arabella Charlotte, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Iskin Diet Bucknall, Esq., and died in 1818, leaving, with other issue, JOHN, of whom presently. Sir Thomas Hanmer died in 1828, and was succeeded by his grandson, SIR JOHN, third and present Baronet. This gentleman was born in December, 1809. He espoused, on the 3rd September, 1833, GEORGIANA, youngest daughter of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. CARL MARIA VON WEBER. BY H. F. CHORLEY, ESQ. I. Lo! Music waves another wand! and fade The unclouded southern skies. Around me sweep I'm in the North!-upon its foaming sea, Or with brown gipsies ramble thro' the shade Of oaken woods ;-and now, from mountain hold, Brave knights come riding down, with casque and spear, And broider'd scarf of emerald and gold, Wrought with some choice device ;-and now I hear Wild clarions call to war.-I wake-How well Sweet wizard of the North, hath wrought thy tuneful spell! II. Child of Romance!-how varied was thy skill! Now, stealing forth in airy melody, Such as the west wind breathes along the sky Of wild rejoicing, such as well might fill The bright sea-chambers, where the mermaids play; The earthquake's muttered threat—the thunder's roll, III. O, had we but the monarch's ring of might Thy shade to visit earth-thy voice to tell When on thy solemn form the moonbeams shone, Which old tradition mantles with affright Come back, mild spirit! from the golden shore Where thou hast joined the white-robed seraph quires; And let thy song, tuned to celestial lore, Comfort our sorrows, quicken our desires— Vainly for such a bliss we weep, we yearn, Hark! how the night-winds sigh—“ the dead no more return!" |