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Privy Council Dissolved and New Appointments Ordered
A London packet reports at St James's on September 29 1714 the King dissolving the Privy Council and directing the formation of a new body to be sworn on October 1 at eleven in the forenoon. Names listed include the Prince of Wales and many earls dukes lords and bishops. An October 1 swearing ceremony followed. Also included is a Paris report describing the assault on Barcelona with detailed siege operations led by Marshal Berwick and Lieut Generals Dillon Lilly and de Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy-Council
Sts James’s
George Prince of Wales
Thomas
William Lord Cowpertain
William
Charles Duke of Shrews
Canterbury
Yorkbury
Great-Britain
Daniel Zarn
Nottingham
Privy Council
Thomas Earl of Wharton
William Duke
Devonshire
Charles Duke of
Somerset
Anglesey
Charles Earl of
Carlisle
Montaguerer
Abingdon
Richard Earl of
Scarborough
Edward Earl of
Orford
Charles Viscount Townshend
Oho Zeek
London
Somers
Charles Lord Halifax
Thomas Cooke
James Stanhope
Thomas Parker
Court of King’s Bench
Thomas Erle
The
Ordnance
Robert Walpole
His Majesty’s Forces
Paris
N.S
Barcelone
Marshal de Berwick
Dillon
de Lilly
New-Gate
Monastry
St. Augustine
St. Claire
Levant-Bastion
St. Martha
Mons
M. de Pretereille
Ingenier
St. Peter
M. Dillon
Berwick