He died in Madrid in 1825, in the prime of life.

His youngest brother was British consul for Caraccas, and afterwards for Riga.] [Footnote 32: The present General Sir James Kempt, G.C.B., &c, afterwards governor-general of British America, and subsequently master-general of the ordnance in Earl Grey's administration.] [Footnote 33: Owing to the communication by post between Lower and Upper Canada being so slow at this period, we observe that many of Colonel Baynes' letters to Brigadier Brock, at Fort George, were transmitted through the United States.

There was only a post once a fortnight between Montreal and Kingston, and in Upper Canada the post office was scarcely established.] [Footnote 34: The father of her present Majesty, Queen Victoria.].