Privy Council shifts and colonial governorships noted
From the London Gazette March 4 reports Lord Pomfret joins the Privy Council and Lord Viscount Cranburn is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hertford. A royal licence moves Robert Melvill to Grenada Tobago, with William Leybourne named Governor in Chief. Stockholm notes the sudden death of Adolphus Frederick. Genoa records 15 electors chosen for Doge after Negroni’s death.
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George Earl of
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Whitehall
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Melvill
Grenada
Grenadines
St. Vincent
Tobago
America
William’ Leybourne Leybourne
Robert Melvill
Stockholm
Sweden
Adolphus Frederick
Genoa
Wiaal
M. John Baptist Negroni
Emigration Wave From Scottish Isles to America
Reports from Edinburgh dated February 25 say over a hundred souls from Islay and nearby islands plan next summer to sail to America under a wealthy Irish-backed leader. A large Sky colony is also preparing to follow, mirroring Argathelians in seeking fertile lands beyond the Allandiek Ocean. Distant observers fear harm to the mother country.
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Western Isles
Islay
America
Sky
Allandiek Ocean
Clergyman jailed for injuring girl in Modbury county
Reported in Modbury on February 26 a clergyman about 16 years old was sent to country gaol for injuring a girl aged about 17. The same issue notes drowning of surgeon Mr Baines at Lynn-Regis and ship movements including Romney and Orford sailing, plus various arrivals and dispatches.
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Cambridge
Baines
Lynn-Regis
Tirrington
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Brazil unrest and London crimes noted in late December reports
A Paris correspondent notes fading hopes for an alliance trade gains as political tensions rise in Brazil and hats and chinaware import bans surface in Lisbon. Reports from Charleston and Newport describe fires, jailbreaks, robberies, and street disturbances amid prosecutions and new proclamations. riots, drownings, and a mysterious murder add to a tense early modern scene.
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