Opposing View on Newfoundland Fishery Bill and Military Leadership
A parliamentary debate features Lord addressing the Newfoundland fishing bill as a perpetual commercial regulation, arguing it would starve Nantucket and harm New England, while praising naval potential. He recounts a Sir Peter Warren anecdote on colonial cowards, criticizes administration and press censorship, and contrasts national policy with a Germanic command anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thursany Duff
New England
Nerufoundland
Congress
Meff
Lister
Davis
Alexander
Lord Clive
East-Indies
Louisbourg
Peter Warren
Massa Dame
Peter
Sir Peter
Newfoundland
Nantucket
New-England
Admiralty
Anecdotes on Monmouth From Macphersons Extracts
An 18th century note describes Macphersons History of Great Britain with extracts from R James II memoirs. It recounts alleged liaisons involving the Duke of Monmouth, his Catholic upbringing, the alleged marriage to the King and Mrs Walters, and the claim that Monmouth’s paternity was questioned as he grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. James II
Duke of Monmouth
France
Gough
Thomas Ross
Cozens
Walters
Ross
Algernoon Sidney
Oliver Cromwell
London
Holland
Robert Sidney
the Hague
Monmouth
Avery Warren
Instructions for My Son the Prince of Wales in 1690
The fragment outlines Sir James’s guidance to his son on governance including four secretaries of state with religious balance, navy primacy, and royal finances. It notes dangers of mistresses, warns against female influence, and cites the Duke of Portsmouth as an example. A manuscript titled Instructions for my Son, the Prince of Wales, is owned by Queen Anne and preserved at a Scotch college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Ireland
Treasury
England
Church of England
Portsmouth
Duke of
Monrhouth
Robert Sidney
Earl of Shaftesbury
Prince of Wales
Scotch College
Tanner
Oxford
E.pigram MA
Lauri Vitor
Porriget
Olim Thracia Luna Giro
Trajediu
Trajediu Ponti Ail
Orbeiret
Trorh
James Cranston
Elliot
Backfelter
Edinburgh
Peterborough
Spilfoury
Spilsbury
Wihama
Bookfelter
Wall Royale Exchange
Gormhill
Wilkie’s
Staul's
Spilbury's
Ch Tarppikve
Westminktes Bridge
N.B
Duke declines guards chief role amid Monmouth intrigues
The Duke, as Captain of the Guards, rejects a general in chief post claiming it too grand for him. Monmouth pursues the position, though he already earns thirty thousand pounds yearly and remains unsatisfied. A dispute with Earl of Danby over crown money follows, and he alters a warrant text to maintain a lifetime Scottish general patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Duke of Albemarle
Monmouth
Earl of Danby
Scotland
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Canada
Quebec
Board of Trade
Townshend
Labradore
Germany
Themelves
Worcester
H. V
Brussels
Cologne
Paris
Mr. Crofts
Lord Crofts
Breda Prétefant
Earl of Buccleugh
Duke of York
Flo
Opdam
Earl of Macclesfield
Flanders
Mastricht
Young Churchill
Great Britain
House of Hannover
James MacPaerson
Macpherson
Grenada
Garraway
Exchange-alley
Cornhill
St. David
Maigrin
Joseph Harris
B. White
Horace’s
Fleet-street
RB Weston
T. Carnan
St. Paul's Church Yard
Courtney
Melmoth
G. Robinson
J. Bew
J. “Walter
Charing Cross
Publiford
T. Cadel
Strand
Falke i
J. French
Qhildren
Yean Reid
Cranston
City of
Spilbury
Eliot
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