Royal appointments and militia commissions in the London Gazette
The London Gazette records the King granting Eden and Fraser new diplomatic posts at Dresden and Madrid, with Stratton and Lindsay named for Vienna and St. Petersburg duties, Jackson for Berlin, plus commissions in Somersetshire Militia. It lists promotions in the Somersetshire Regiment of Militia and names officers including Horner, Halliday, Edgell, Dungarvan, Jeffer, Taylor, Curtis, Wellman Halliday, and Bragge Prowse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton Eden
Dresden
Charles Henry Fraser
Madrid
Alexander Stratton
Vienna
William Lindsay
Petersburgh
Francis James Jackson
Berlin
Somersetshire Regiment of Militia
Thomas Strangeways Horner
John Hallida
House of Commons July 17 Supply Proceedings and Bills
In a Committee of Supply Mr. Rose moved funds not exceeding 20312 pounds 6s 4d to cover wartime expenses for Warren Hastings trial. the motion passed after brief remarks by Major Scott. The American Loyalists commission bill received first reading and was set for a second reading tomorrow. The Tobacco Bill faced a proposed clause on warehouse rent penalties after eighteen months, leading to a committee insertion that fixes a weekly charge for tobacco in King’s warehouses beyond eighteen months. The bill then passed to be sent to the Lords. The Exportation of Flour to Quebec bill was read a second time and committed for Monday. Grenville noted variations but aligned it with a prior bill. The Revolution anniversary bill report was amended and set for third reading Monday as the House adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Rose
Warren Haftings
Major Scott
Rafe
Greg Cooper
Ruse
House of Lords
Quebec
Grenville
Measles In Royal Family And Farmland Prices Rise
London reports state His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland fell ill with measles but is out of danger. Notes promote elder tree powers, French harvest prospects, and a silver mine discovery in Massachusetts Bay. Economic figures cite England’s annual outputs in grain cheese wool and meat, with wheat prices volatile in Warminster and Salisbury as concerns about supply ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Cumberland
Privy Council
Yorkshire
Devon
Berks
Hertfordshire
Kent
France
Germany
Fox
Newmarket
Massachusets Bay
England
House of Commons
Warminsler
Salisbury
Illicit exports warn price drop as harvest hopes rise
The piece notes easing illicit trade may lower grain prices if good weather continues, boosting harvest prospects. It reports a wheat rick at Wexcombe near Marlborough with mice culled, and describes a General Court of Proprietors debating capital increases and potential funding of Indian debt. Also covered are Ottoman finances myths, a ship accident near Offend, and local curiosities including a buried skeleton at Oxford Castle and a violent murder in a public house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wexcombe
Marlborough
Court of Directors
England
Yarmouth
White
Badcock
Gabriel
Bath
Constantinople
Sultan Selim
Haffney
Ottoman Empire
Selim
Prince de Piedmont
Offend
Pondicherry
Ville-de-Paris
Chatham
Royal George
Birmingham
France
Colonel Thompson
Yorkshire
Oxford Castle
Roby
Lancashire
Royal Morning Excur sions and Theatre Visits at Weymouth
The royal household at Weymouth enjoyed a bath and morning outing before breakfast with a theatre visit in the evening. Their Majesties, Queen and Princesses, and numerous distinguished guests filled the audience and praised the performances. A separate report from Glocester notes a fatal skull fracture from a stone in Littleton-upon-Severn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
His Majesty
Princess Royal
Princess Elizabeth
Magnificent
Onslow
Lady Sydney
Lady Courtown
Glocester
Thomas Collins
Thomas Ruffell Dobbins
Littleton-upon-Severn
Collins
Thomas Dunn
Smith
Severn
Tetbury
C. H. Somerset
Louta
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort
Marquis of Worcester
Lord Suffolk
de Clifford
Spencer
Bathurst
G.O. Paul
Naper
Estcourt
Notable Marriages And Deaths In Gentry And Clergy Circles
A list of marriages including Walter Hills to Clarissa Hutchinson and William White to Rebecca Crump, with other unions such as Knight to Phillips and Blandford to Sarah Brookman. Notices detail the death of Rev John Edwards aged 81, plus remarks on aged readers and a long life across seven reigns. Also recorded are obituaries and house movements, including Mr Coward's death at Arnside Castle and John Davenport’s move, with various regional links across England and Ireland.
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Charles Yorke
Lincoln’s Inn
Isle of Ely
Henry Partridge
Walter Hills
Gray’s Inn
Clarissa Hutchinson
Norton Hutchinson
Murdock House
Herts
William White
Wheatenhurst
Rebecca Crump
Moreton Valence
Glocestershire
Knight
Painswick
Phillips
Knoyle
James Blandford
Sarah Brookman
Castle Driscol
Tipperary
Timothy Egan
Driscol
Wm. Harriott
Jamaica
Pitter
Strand
Capt
Irvin
Royal Navy
Miss Phipps
Roger Phipps
Roehampton
Sir Charles Watson
Bart
Admiral
Juliana Copley
Joseph Copley, Eart
Sprotsborough
Yorkshire
George Douglas
Cavers
Grace Stewart
Earl of Moray
John Edwards
Braunston
Northamptonshire
Jesus College, Oxford
Coward
Arnside Castle
Westmoreland
Charles the Second
James the Second
Williiam
Anne
Georges
Blandford
Bailey
Sherborne
Clapham Common
John Davenport
Joshua Walley
Lancaster
Also Mentioned on This Page
SunpDay
The
London Gazette
Whitehall
Jily
Shadbolt
Goliah
Ware
Shoreditch Church
Willinson
Justice Smith
King’s Arms
Perrings
Ben
Warren
Mendoza
Faulkner
Johnson
Weymouth
Bristol
Stych and Thomas
Camel and Star
No.g. Peter-Street
Arper and Wolf
Waltzer Wellick
Limekiln-Lane
Michaelmas
Frog-Lane
Messrs
Harper
St. Augustine
Park Street
Somerset-street
Ring Fuers
Geo. Beengough
Gregory
Swansea
Glamorganshire
Hrxix
Tawhtock
Barnstaple
Wm. Hitt
J. Gregory
W. Hill
N. B
Mr. Hite
Somerset
John Dowling
Tuthill
Peter Layng
Wells
Bristol Marine Society
Merchants’hall
Richard Kayz
D. D
Lincoln
Levy Ames
Henry Hoshouse
Society of Merchant Enterers
Alderman Daubeny
Corporation of the Poor
Thomas Deer
James Jones
Exchange Coffee
Bath Tavern
Somersit Place
His Majesty’s
Fair Commissioners
John Brettell
Wilder-street
St. Paul
Brasstox
Henry Roach
R. Jacons
Queen Square
Cwarves Mixsom
Broadmead
Gloucestershire
West-Ewn
Wickwar
Thia Paper
Atkins
West-End
Cross and
Axbridge
William Pope
St. Augustine’s Bath
Somersetshire
James Yorx
Compton Martin
Compton
Martin Hill
Hazel Barrow
Hazel Corner
Dorry’s Gate
James Yorn
Rosert Wiicar
East Harptree
Bagpuria
Mztriar
Bury
St. Lawrence
St. George's
Bangwell
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