Lord Coleraine.

March 31. Of a convulsive fit at his house near the Regent's Park, aged 73, the Rt. Hon. George Hanger, 4th Lord Coleraine, of Coleraine, co. Londonderry, a Major General in the Army; and better known by the title of Colonel Hanger, or the familiar appellation of "George Hanger."

He was the third son of Gabriel first Lord Coleraine, by Elizabeth daughter and heir of R. Bond, Esq. of Cowbury, co. Hereford; and younger brother of the two preceding Lords. He entered young into the army, and served in America during the whole of the war with that country, but notwithstanding his repeated solicitations, was not afterwards engaged in active service. His retirement on the full pay of his rank as Captain from the Artillery Drivers drew some observations from the Commissioners of Military Enquiry in their 17th Report, to which Colonel Hanger published an answer.

He was formerly admitted among the convivial companions of his present Majesty; but as the Prince advanced in life, the eccentric manners of the Colonel became somewhat too free and coarse for the Royal taste, and the broad vivacity of the facetious Humourist gave way to associates of a more refined description. But though the Colonel was free in his manners, he never was inclined to give intentional offence, and the peculiarity of those manners precluded all idea of resentment, and laughter rather than anger was the result of his most extravagant sallies. He was capable of serious exertions of friendship, not by pecuniary sacrifices, for of such his situation hardly ever admitted, but by persevering zeal when he was likely to effect a beneficial purpose. He was well acquainted with military duty, and was never wanting in courage, or the spirit of enterprize. He is generally acknowledged to have been a very handsome man in early life, but his person was disguised by the singularity of his dress. Though disposed to participate in all the dissipations of higher life, he yet contrived to devote much of his time to reading, and was generally well provided with topics for the usual conversations of the table, even in the most convivial circles. He was so marked a character that he might be considered as one of the prominent features of his time, and he was courted as well for the peculiarity, as for the harmless tendency of his humour.

On the death of his elder brother, Wm. Ld. Coleraine, Dec. 11, 1814, he resolutely declined to assume the title, and was always somewhat peevish when he was addressed by it. Upon the whole, if he had not the wit of Falstaff, he was always entertaining, and his numerous and various classes of acquaintances may well say of him, as of the facetious offspring of our immortal Bard, that they could "have better spared a better man."

He published the following pamphlets, all containing information, expressed in his own whimsical manner, and in one of them he introduced a portrait of himself suspended on a gibbet. "Address to the Army on Tarleton's History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781," 8vo. 1789. "Anticipation of the Freedom of Brabant," 8vo. 1792. "Military Reflections on the attack and defence of the City of London," 8vo. 1795. [this abounds with disputable positions.] "His Life, Adventures and Opinions," 2 vols. 8vo. 1801. "Reflections on the menaced Invasion, and the Means of protecting the Capital." 8vo. 1804.