BELSHAM, William, the younger brother of the preceding, was born in 1752, and died at Hammersmith in 1827. He published various political tracts in support of Whig principles, and was the author of a history of Great Britain from the accession of George I. to the peace of Amiens in 1802, in 12 vols. 8vo. His volume on the Philosophy of the Mind is less known.