Ireland Titles and Privy Council Appointments
The London Gazette reports letters patent granting Irish dignities including Earls Viscounts and Barons to a list of peers with remainder details and the Privy Council appointment of notable figures. Also noted are letters patent for baronetcies and the sailing of His Majesty's ships Diamond Unicorn and Ambuscade with Hessian transports from Spithead and St Helen's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s
Kingdom of Ireland
Wilmot
Lisburne
Earl
Earl Ligonier
Wotton
Barnwood
Buckingham
William Lord Viscount Crosbie
Earl of
Glandore
Corke
Sentleger Sentleger
Baron Doneraile
Doneraile
Clotworthy Upton
Shile
Templetown
Antrim
Hugh Masfey
Baron Massey
Duntryleague
Limerick
Wicklow
Nicholas Lawless
Abington
Portmouth
Diamond
Unicorn
Spithead
St. Helen’s
Robbery on a Farmer’s Wife near Golden Bridge
A farmer’s wife traveling home with 80 guineas to pay rent was robbed near Golden Bridge by three footpads. Her horseman guardian, the Squire, charged the thieves but they escaped after a violent struggle. The wife defended herself with a bottle of brandy and escaped harm. Report includes ship arrivals at several ports and names of vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irelan
Fiom
Roebuck
Mercury
Delaware Bay
Lord Dunmore
Martinico
Qtter
Baltimore
Yorktown
James Town
Utrecht
Foxe
France
Spain
Don Gafion
Buenos Ayres
Rua de la Plata
Portugal
Gallicia
Estramadura
Old Castille
Cadiz
River Plate
South-America
Don Carlos
Plymouth
America
Jamaica
East India House
Irish Mail
Morse East Indiaman
Kent
Coast
China
Cork
Downs
Ford
Sunderland
Weymouth
Harwich
Royal Henry East Indiaman
Rous
London
Cape
Lady Gage
Tlallifax
Guildhall
Anop
Bull
Kennet
Lewes
Plomer
Thomas
Rawlinson
Peckham
Lee
Smith
Wooldridge
Sherifs
Kirkman
Warwickshire
William Payne
John Godfrey
John Barton
Engagement with American privateers near Rhode Island
London reports detail a two hour battle between the Royal Navy 20 gun Rose under Capt Wallace and two American privateers off Rhode Island. The larger privateer was damaged and withdrew. the Rose pursued, maintaining a running fight. Also noted are captures and letters from Salem and Virginia about colonial resistance, cargo values, and French options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Gunning
Bath
Reugia
Lower Grosverib Ateey
Wallace
Rhode Mand
Oi Suliy Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Gazette
Kingdom
Ireland
Thomas George Baron Southwell
Viscount Southwell
Castle Mattress
Thomas Baron Knapton
Viscount de Verci
Abbeyleix
William Willoughby Baron Mount Florence
Enniskillen
Fermanagh
Francis Baron Orwell
Viscount Orwell
John Baron Baltinglass
Aldborough
Palatinate of Upper Ormond
Willian Henry Baron Clermont
Viscount Clermont
Clermont
Louth
James Fortescue
Ravendale Park
William Henry Baron Dawson
Bid Kingdom
Carlow
Thomas Maude
Baron de Montalt
Hawarden
Tipperary
George Macartney
Baron Macartney
Liffanoure
Archibald Acheson
Baron Gosford
Markir-hill
of Armagh
Ralph Howard
Clonmore
Richard Philips
Milford
Thomas Wynn
Baron Newborough
Newborough
Charles Bingham
Baron Lucan
Castlebar
Mayo
Alexander Macdonald
Baron Macdonald
Slate
Sir William Mayne
Bart
Baron Newhaven
Carrick Mayne
Dublin
James Agar
Baron of
Baron Shuldham
John Bourke
Palimerstown
Kildare
Jaas
Naas
Bald “H
NEW Dear
Effingham
Moore
Payne
Amsterdam
Haskin
Norden
Forcude
Benson
Meme
Sarat
Plowman
Hamburgh
Holliday
Rita Eeverpool
Ruby
Dorfdell
Kenininburgh
Portsmouth
Nancy
Giles
Rotterdam
Charlotte
Seale
St. Croix
Swallow
Scott
North Shields
Newfoundland
Elton
Mary
Pearce
Waterford
Speedy
Evan
Torn Fineral
Britannia
Hearder
Dispatch
Hopping
Polly
George
Baker
Dolphin
Portins
Peegy
Warner
Squib
Feta
Dorothy
Pennell
Exeter
Keninasburgh
Kerry
Hall
Hamburgeh
Workman
Gar Gqn
Rhode Island
Jane
Minerva
James Fullen
Glasgow
Nantucket
Virginia
Quebec
M‘lauchlan
Congress
Antigua
Minorca
Gibraltar
Britain
New-England
Philadelphia
United Nations
Williamfurgh
Liberty
Perth-Amboy
St. Eustatius
Capes
Norfolk
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!