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Court and Military Appointments in a Royal Proclamation
A royal notice details His Grace the Duke of Hamilton becoming Master General of the Ordnance and assigns the Earl of Strafford to the Regiment of Horse, with Brigadier-General Hill to command the Earl Strafford's Dragoons and Col. Clayton to Hills. Lord Lexington is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Spain. Minorca and St Anne Island governance are allotted to Roloneh Kaneig and Col. Farner, with St. Philip also governed. Stock and bond prices, various notices on medicines, books, and a reward for returned pocket-book and papers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Hamilton
Ordnance
Earl of Strafford
Earl Rivers
Hill
Royal Regiment of Dragoons
Col
Clayton
Hills
Plato
Lord Lexington
Spain
Roloneh Kaneig
Minorca
Fort St Anne
Col. Farner
Thade
St. Philip
India
Menorca
Lord Bolingbroke
England
Covent-Garden
John’s
Swithin’s Alley
Royal Exchange
Nando’s
Fleet-street
St. James’s
St. James's-street
Turk’s-Head
Bath
Thomas Otway
Alcibiades
Don Carlos Prince
Titus and
Berenice
Caius Marius
Venice
W. Taylor
Pater-Nofter-Row