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her. He was born Feb. 2, 1669, mar-
ried Susannah, daughter of Col. Apreece
of Washingly in the County of Hun-
ingdon. Died Oct. 7, 1744, leaving
one son and one daughter, the former of
whom, George Balchen, survived him
but a short time; for being sent to the
West Indies in 1745, Commander of his
Majesty's ship the Pembroke, he died in
Barbadoes in December the same year,
aged 28, having walked in the steps, and
imitated the virtue and bravery of his
good, but unfortunate father.
70. A noble and elegant monument
erected in honour of General Guest. It is
adorned with a pyramid and base of the
most beautiful Egyptian porphyry, orna-
mented with the finest enrichments, and
on the latter is an admirable bust of the
General of white marble. The whole is
executed in the most delicate and masterly
manner. It has this short, but apposite
inscription:
Sacred to those virtues that adorn a Christian
and a Soldier, this marble perpetuates
the memory of Lieut. Gen. Joshua Guest,
who closed a service of sixty years by
faithfully defending Edinburgh castle
against the Rebels, 1745.
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71. The next worthy of notice is the
elegant monument of Sir Charles Wager.
The principal figure here is that of Fame
holding a portrait of Sir Charles in relief,
which is also supported by an infant Her-
cules. The enrichments are naval tro-
phies, instruments of war and navigation,
&c. on the base is represented in relief the
destroying and taking of the Spanish gal-
leons in 1708. The inscription is as follows:
To the memory of Sir CHARLES WAGER, Knt.
Admiral of the White, first Commissioner of the Admiralty,
And Privy Counsellor:
A man of great natural talents,
Who bore the highest commands,
And pass'd through the greatest employments,
With credit to himself, and honour to his country.
He was in private life
Humane, temperate, just, and bountiful:
In public station,
Valiant, prudent, wise, and honest:
Easy of access to all;
Plain and unaffected in his manners,
Steady and resolute in his conduct:
So remarkably happy in his presence of mind,
That no danger ever discompos'd him;
Esteemed and favoured by his King;
Beloved and honoured by his Country.
He died 24 May 1743. Aged 77.
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