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Royal Appointments and Trials Reported in London
His Majesty appoints the Duke of Monre to Lord Clerk-Register of North Britain and the Earl of Rothes as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Other promotions include the Earl of Orkney as Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber, Sir Peter Frazer as Lieutenant of Kincardine, Charles Cockburn as Police Commissioner, and Francis Manning as His Majesty’s Resident with Switzerland Cantons. The Old Bailey records seven men and three women sentenced to death, including Dimothy Dunn linked to Mrs. Knapp’s murder. Also noted are the Prince of Wales’s Gravesend departure, various high treason trials, stock prices, and numerous advertisements.
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London
Duke of Monere
North Britain
Earl of Rothes
Aberdeenshire
Earl of Orkney
Duke of Kent
Peter Frazer
Shire of Kincardain
North-Britain
Charles Cockburn
Kennedy
Francis Manning
Switzerland
Maiden-Lane
Southwark
Robert South
Westminster
Christ-Church,Oson
Pitt
Newgate
Daggett
St.Albans
Prince of Wales
Gravesend
St. James’s
Middlesex
Francis Anderton
John Hall
Robert Talbot
Robertici’s
Philip Hodson
John Stewart
Willian Grierson
James Carnegie
George Staton
Edward Swinburn
Bazil Hamilton
Puasan Mackintosh
Major Blair
Ramsey
James Cornwall
George Lyon
Dalzeel
Edward Kiddle
Patrick Gibson
James Caffels
Haul
Richard Butler
Standish
Morfieur
Berville
Dover
France
Charles Howard, Esq
India
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