Military promotions and naval court updates 1790 records
A dated list from 1789 to 1799 shows William Elliot Orton to be Lieutenant, Foster Charlton to Captain Lieutenant, and other officers promoted or appointed in various regiments by purchase or without. Also listed are Cornet Richard Isaac Starkie, George Graves, and George Wimbolt receiving commissions, plus adjutants and major appointments in multiple regiments. Returns of corn and grain and bankrupts follow, with surrender and dividend notices, and a Vienna dispatch noting possible peace preliminaries and Austrian couriers to Marshal Laudohn.
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Orthumberland
William Elliot
Ditto
Foster Charlton
Dicta
William Linskill
Charles Brandling
Middlesex
William Bird
Western Regiment
Prurd
Berrien
Guia
Richard Isaac Starkie
Ight Dragoons
John Hunt Andrews
Hose Grenadier Guards
George Graves
Sth Regiment of Light Dragoons
Henry Dawkins
Regiment of Foot Guards
Charlton
Francis John Kelly
Regiment of Foots
William Gore
William Danfey
George Stewart
George Wynyard
48Th Regiment of Foot
George Wimbolt
Br. Gyn
George Kerr
Digtox
George
Augustus Tonyn
William Horne
Goth
Regiment of Foot
Wick
Sir Henry Calder
Barts
Arthur Hirt
Portsmouth
Thomas Elrington
Jnvalids
Plymouth
Frertis Thompson
Francis Thompson
Invalids
Benjamin Craven
Arthur Hielt
Ieutenant
Oliver de Lanceys
17Th Regiment of
Light) Dragoons
Poland
Ukraine
Gallicia
Vienna
Maurajeni
Marshal de Cobourg
Klafat
Clairfart
Wallachia
Potemkin Moves on the Danube with Small Force
Warsaw reports Prince Potemkin concentrating on the Danube with few troops while Turks appear weak. Some say he has strengthened his position to defy the Porte, potentially making a bold stand against opposition.
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Warsaw
Prince Potemkin
Danube
Somie Perfors
Porte
Agaimit
Dublin Meetings Assert Law and Rights in City Affairs
In Dublin on July 19 1790 the Wuie Crus chaired by the Duke of Leinster passed a resolution affirming support for laws and metropolitan rights, pledging constitutional measures. The Independent Dublin Volunteers pledge to back the Common Council and parade at Guildhall with national cockades on July 29 at 9 AM.
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Dublin
Duxa of
Henry Grattan
Volunteer Army
Dublin Corps
Dublin Volunteers
Dustin
Tos. Sayta
Guildhall
WM. Thos. Smyth
Windy July 23 18th Century Deal Shipping News
Wind SW arrived Earl of Oxford White from Bencoolen remains with the ships at lat Tristram Warner for Virginia and General Eliott Harper for Deal July 24. Wind SW arrived and sailed for the River with Earl of Oxford East Indiaman Grenville Dixon from Charles Town. Thames Niger frigates sailed with outward-bound. Remain in the Downs HMS Adventure Marlborough Iris Pomona Hafsar frigates with several outward-bound. Gravesend July 23 Passed by Sampson Moore from Baltimore John Welford from Memel and Two Good Friends Spanderman from Rotterdam.
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Deal
Wind S. W
Earl of Oxford
White
Bencoolen
Lat
Tristram
Warner
Virginia
General Eliott
Harper
Fuly
Wind S.W
East Indiaman
Grenville
Dixon
Charles Town
Thames
Niger
Downs
His Majesty
Adventure
Marlborough
Iris
Pomona
Hafsar
Gravesend
Sampson
Moore
Baltimore
John
Welford
Memel
Spanderman
Rotterdam
Royal Visit and Parliamentary Sitings Reported
Yesterday noon their Majesties and the Princesses Royal attended divine service at the Chapel Royal Windsor then dined at the Queen's Lodge and walked in the afternoon the Verrate. The King's Levees are planned Wednesday and Friday and the Queen's Drawing Room Thursday with the Royal family traveling from Windsor to Kew for the stay through Friday. Parliament met on Monday with little business and adjourned to Saturday next. Lord Howe was expected to dine aboard his ship at Spithead with English and Dutch fleet officers invited, while Gibbon the historian attended the French Revolution celebration.
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Anne Elizabeth
Mary
Sophia
Amelia
Chapel-Royal
Windsor
Queen’s Lodge
St. James’s
Kew
Trith
Lord Howe
Spithead
Spain
Mr. Gibbon
Hitorian
Tippoo Sultan Likely Wounded Dead or in Jeopardy
Reports from the Southward describe Tippoo's troops declining in vigor after a February 29 repulse. Multiple accounts claim the Sultan was wounded in Travancore and may be dead, with sources noting his captured possessions and his camp's dejected condition.
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Tippoo
Travancore
Observatory at Bagdat and local crime items flash across pages
An inscription on an observatory in Bagdat is noted along with reports of a coach accident near Harlow injuring a gentleman and a guard, a shipboard murder inquiry at Greenwich, multiple assize sentences, romances and weddings, naval appointments, and a coronation era note on noble figures amid rising corn prices and parochial concerns.
Navy Office invites bids for pattern shoe supply contract
The Navy Office announces on Tuesday the sixth of August a standing contract to supply shoes for the Steps Office. Bidders must attend by noon. orders paid in Navy Bills with discount. No fenders received after twelve.
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Navy Office
Aith Ju
Contra&t
Fender
Addressed to Cornwall Gentlemen on Support and Gratitude
A 1799 notice from William Lemon expresses gratitude for electoral support in Parliament and pledges continued attention to constituents and national interests. Auction advertisement later details sale of Appleton Place in Kempsey near Worcester, with 75 acres and 20 perches, copyhold under the Bishop of Worcester, through Hodges Clement's Inn and Yeomans and Tandy.
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County of
Cornwall
William Lemon
Worcester
Michaelmas
Appleton-Placey
Kempsey
Baths
Hodges
Clement’s Inn
Yeomans
Tandy
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