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economical he had been at charges for educating his children. Lord Castlereagh supported her prayer, on the ground of King's "unremitting zeal and integrity" during more than twenty years' service in forming subordinate settlements in that remote quarter of the globe, or in conducting the government of the whole." The pension recommended by Lord Castlereagh, £200 a-year, was at once awarded.

She returned, after many years, to the land of the South, and lived and died beloved by her children and grand-children. Her son rose to the rank of Admiral, and was called by various Governors to assist in the councils of the colony. The writer of these lines can recall to his memory her intelligence, her matronly dignity, and her piety.