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Royal Knighthood and Privy Council Ceremony Details
The passage records a formal elevation within the Order of the Garter, naming the sovereign, princes, and attending officers as they seat, nominate, and knight Duke of Devonshire and Sir Spencer Compton, with ritual admonitions, procession, and post ceremony honors. Also noted are diplomatic audiences, appointments, and obituaries plus stock market notices and a South Sea Company dividend transfer announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
Windsor
Prince of Orange
Garter
Duke of Devonshire
Robert Walpole
Earl of Chesterfield
George
Sovereioy
Prince of Wales
Spencer Compton
Earl of Wilmington
Order of the Bath
St. Farness
Sieur Voit
Margrave of
Anspach
Lord Harrinton
Clement Cottrell Knt
St. James's
Earl of