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Hanover welcomes Prince William of Hesse and court changes
The Daily Courant reports Prince William of Hesse arrived at Hanover and was hosted by the king, with the king elevating James Waldegrave to Viscount Chewton and Earl Waldegrave, plus bestowing a baronetcy on Cyrill Wich and a canonry on Richard Knipe. Disputes with Prussia are to be settled by arbitration, troops ordered back, and surrounding diplomatic moves noted from The Hague, Morea, Petersburg, Geneva, Venice, Florence, Paris.
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