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Proclaiming George II Amid Queen Anne’s Death News
An English royal proclamation in the aftermath of Queen Anne’s death describes Lords Justices governing until George II’s accession. The speech urges unity, continuity of public finances, and support for the new sovereign against the Pretender while Parliament considers the national credit and religious liberties.
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House of Peers
Commons
Willam Oldes
Hanover
Privy Council
St.James’s
George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Quesh Anne
Rome
N.S
Cardinal Aquaviva
Madrid
France
Philip
Parma
Marseilles
Albani
Tuscany
Chidren
House of Bourbon
Genoa
Majorca
Vienna
Barcelona
Berwick
Courtine
St. Clara
Marshal de Berwick