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 228 BUNWORTH Antigua, a native of that island, but had no issue, His circumstances were moderate, but easy, and the poor found ample benefit from his liberality as well as profes- sional skill. This worthy member of society paid the debt of nature at Rushbrook, in the county of Mayo, on Sunday, August the 29th, 1790, and was interred in the family burial place at Crossboyne. In his will he desired the following inscription to be placed on his monument: "Hanc opponi jussit Patri Matri Fratribusque Piissimis et sibi; Patricius Browne, olim Medicus Jamaicensi qui, nune insita humiliter pro tum inter mortuos enu- merandum deprecetur præcis fidelium pro se illisque offerri; ut eum Domino Deo requiescant in pace. Amen." CHARLES BUNWORTH WAs a protestant clergyman, and rector of Buttivant, in the county of Cork for many years, and was greatly dis- tinguished for his patronage and knowledge of Irish music. He was a remarkably good performer on the Irish harp, and at the time of his decease, about the year 1770, had in his possession fifteen harps, bequeathed to him at various times by the minstrels of his native land, as the last mark of their gratitude for his hospitality towards them, His own harp was made by the famous Kelly for him, and bears an inscription to that purpose on its front. It is still preserved by his descendants with that care and veneration, which so interesting a relick deserves. Mr. Bunworth had also an intimate knowledge of the classics. The celebrated Curran came to him to be ex- amined before he entered Dublin college, and Mr. Bun- worth was so much pleased with young Curran, that he gave him some pecuniary assistance.