Wednesday and Thursday Posts From the London Gazette
From the London Gazette dated March 26 to March 28 details of military appointments in the Austrian forces under Haddick Laudohn and Potemkin. Promotions include Majors, Lieutenants, and brevet ranks across several regiments. Also reports the Emperor’s serious illness and his clerical rites performed in secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ield
Marshal Romanzow
Prince Potemkin
Vienna
Prince de Ligne
Prand
Marshal Haddick
Rouvroi
Croatia
Marchal Laudohn
Foot
Lord Strathaven
Colin Campbell
Soth Regiment of Foot
Patrick Wauchope
Henry Ogilvie
Francis Erskine
Benj. Rowe
Leutenant
Reg
George Don
Hugh Sibbald
Wm. C. Corrie
74Th Foot
Hamilton Maxwell
16Th Foot
Alexander Ross
James Moneypenny
Savoy
Britth
John Abercrombie
London
Wm. Randall
Shoe Lane
Fleet Street
H. D. Symonds
Paternoster Row
Lown
Country
Stockkhoum
London Gazette
Wauitenactr
Robert Fitz-Gerald
Great Britain
Reland
Prince Epward Named Commander Amid Peerage Debate
London April 19 14 Prince Epward is sent from Germany to command the 7th Regiment and may be expelled. The piece argues new English peerages are limited by extinctions and lists notable titles, while noting royal favors distribution to Windsor traders and a Shakespeare birthday. It covers political shifts, military logistics, and Hastings trial preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince Epward
Germany
England
His
Spencer
Chtham
Montague
Camden
Bathurst
Mansfeld
Wharlow
Soughborough
Ashburton
Rodney
Heathfield, &c. &c
Windsor
Canterbury
Earl of Salisbury
Pitt
St. George’s Day
Anne
St. Paul’s
Elizabeth
St. Paul's
Antiquary Sociery
France
Berty
Marquis of Lansdown
Thurday
Dunkirk
His Majesty’s Custom House
New Holland
Commodore Philips
Portsmouth
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Spithead
Peter Burrell
Leslie
Westminster Hall
Hastings
Horse and Foot Guards
Parliament expected to finish great national cause in six weeks
Reports from Philadelphia note a Sunbury oil from hickory nuts and a proposal by Sir J Dalrymple for Egypt to be possessed by England. Observations cover delays in a major trial, a violent theft in Deptford, a forgery at Hoare's, a horse trot record from Glasgow to Greenock, and a New York Congress application for constitutional revision. An April Fools origin tale links to Noah and the dove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law
Philadelphia
Sunbury
Susquehanna
Sir J. Dalrymple
Egypt
England
Asia
Europe
Alexander
Alexandria
Mithridates
Rome
Suez
Venice
Rip
Deptford Road
Sir John Goodicke
Messrs. Hoare
Fleet-street
John Burton
John
John Goodricke
Glassgow
Greenock
Glasgow
White Hart Inn
Congress of the
United States of America
New-York
Pensylvania
Congress
Anecdote of Sterne and the widow in Coxwould
Shortly after Sterne took the Coxwould living in Yorkshire he was summoned by a dying widow who wished to take the Sacrament. Sterne attended and asked what she would leave him. She replied she could not afford a legacy. Sterne insisted on caring for her two children in her memory and kept his promise after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Coxwould
Yorkshire
Earl Faulcenberg
Thomas Watt
Montaguestreet
Somerset
Cuin-Macna
John Willoughby
Obituary Notices From Exeter and Surrounding Areas
An old obituary fragment lists Mrs Eaton widow of the Rev Mr Eaton of Exeter Mrs Underwood wife of the Rev Mr Underwood prebendary Hereford Cathedral Mrs Hole of North Cadbury William Leman Esq of Beccles Suffolk Capt Barber long on half pay with a Newfoundland dog and 4000 left to Foundling Hospital. John Bailey East India officer Miss Goffelyn Grey Street Mrs Selden upholder Green Street Mrs Brocas widow of the late Dean Brocas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Exeter
Underwood
Hereford
Hole
North Cadbury
William Leman
Beccles
Suffolk
Barber
Foundling Hospital
John Bailey
Efa
Goffelyn
Gay-street
Sarah Ueretia Selden
Selden
Upholder
Green-street
Brocas
Dean Brocas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wedneday
St. Peterssurcghu
Sterne
Bath Society
Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Fothergill
Wimpey
John Antiruther
Lord Orford
Locke
Anderson
F.R.S
Mr. Gray
Spooner
William Matthews
N. B
Brifiel Tontine Association
Messrs
Ames
Cave
Harford
Daubeny
Aid Bright
Nathaniel Gifford
William Bulgin
Josiah Greethead
Walter Jenkins
Robert Rosser
Lettice Fussell and Son
Richard Price
Lettice Fuffell & Son
Clare-ftreet
Tomas Watt
WALL
Bali
Thomas Wall
Temple
Robert Willis
Camely
Laourer
Thomas Jones
Morgan and Griffiths
Golden Fleece
High-street
Bristol
Eorge Poston
Carr
Guppy and Armstrong
Back
Rhedbrook
Monmouth
Glocestershire
Epward Rosser
Jamaica
Pollard
Boker
John Fargus
Wheeler
Milk-street
Mesfrs, Clarx and Co
Jack
Corn-Street
Prince’s Street
Captain Pocock
Willoughby
Castleditch
Susannah Card
R. Jacoss
Queen Square
Charles Melsome
Broadmead
J. Jarrert
Maryport-street
J. Janes
Horheld Lane
Princess Royal
Sophia
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Bannister
Johnstone
Darley
Edwin
God Save the King
Augusta
Pilon
Commons
Dublin
Gop
Saint Paul’s
Temple Bar
East India Company
Lord Cornwallis
India
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