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Winding recount of perilous political intrigues and royal events
In a long dispatch, various 18th century figures and incidents are noted. The Earl of Seafield faces mob ire over a reprieve reversed to execution. Keith Donovan faces arrest for libels. Lady Townshend and Lady Hamilton have children. Parliament moves, guarded streets brace London, and naval preparations for Holland begin. Foreign powers discuss peace with the Porte, while Empress and Grand Vizir sway Ottoman relations. King promotions, Lord Mayor election, Corsican and Sardinian rumors, and Persia–Ottoman tensions round out the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Earl of Seafield
Green
Middleton 5
Counecil
Edinburgh
Donovan
Nixon
Newgate
Westminster Hall
Hardwick
Taft
Thomas Townshend
Eig
Viscount Townshend
Meinber
University of Cambridge
St. James’s
Thomas Hamilton
Earl of Abercorn
Pall Mall
William Chetwynd
Stafford
Earl of Berkeley
France
England
Porte
Holland
Persia
de Porte
Chatres
Sieur Badreau
Cevendish
A Kensingtor
Kensington
Somerset-house
Rolls-Office
Westminster
Park
Hyde Park
London
Scarborough
Court of Admiralty
York
Admiralsty
County of York
City of York
Earl of Malton
M. Zwickel
Coane Platen
M Wedel
de Launnay
John Thompson
Knight
Aldersman
Corsica
Baron Newhoff
Luke Ornando
Sardinia
Duke of Lorrain
Infanta
Mary
Spain
Daushin
Grand Seignay
Everard Fawkener
Constantinople
Ruiz
Soph
Rushan
Che