Ambassadors and battles mark May London Gazette items
From the London Gazette for May 22 May 24 reports appointment of Earl Gower as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Swedish King actions near Russian territory with siege outcomes. War Office notices list numerous promotion by purchase in Dragoon and Foot regiments, Jamaica postings, and naval logistics amid ongoing European conflicts. Also included are bankruptcy notices, maritime passenger movements, dividend updates, and marriages of notable figures Peregrine Bertie and John Bay.
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Stockholm
Kymene
Valkiala
Swden
Baron Hamilton
Baron Armfelt
Kiernakotki
War Office
Queen's Own
Dragoons
George Peter Hutchinton
pur_ chate
Thomas St. John
Idto
James Behenna
Gert
Purch Fe
Richard Newman Toll
Regiment of Dragoon
Campbell Mosby Gene
Purchase
J. Gaspar le Marchant
Dragoon Guards
Goth
Prince of Wales's Own
Light Dragoons
William Lumley
George Ker
Fot
William Henn
Thomas Saundera
Sebrght
Kite
Philip Darell
William
Regiment of Foot
James Allan
Richard Nosworthy
9Th Regiment of Foot
William Campbell
John Webb
Royal American
Edmund Spalngg
John Cluns
Benjamin Chapman
13Th
Royal Irith) Regiment of Foot
Jamaica
Robert Brownrigg
Perilous Corsican Uprising Ends in Colonel Ruilly’s Death
From Bastia on April 19, reports describe a fatal riot over Count de Ruilly’s attempt to move his Maine regiment. The crowd besieged the fortress, the commandant dismissed the colonel, and as gunfire erupted, Ruilly was shot dead amid the chaos and wounded others.
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Flanders
Constantinople
Pacha
Porte
Bastia
Corsica
Count de Ruilly
Regiment of
Maine
Paris
France
Barrin
M. de Ruilly
Grenadiers
Oxford Honorary Degree Admirers Mister Jenkinson
In Oxford on May 22 during a full congregation the Hon. Mr. Jenkinson of Christ Church and son of Lord Hawkesbury was admitted to the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
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Oxford
Jenkinson
Christ Church
Lord Hawkesbury
Shipping News Deal May 41 Arrivals and Departures
Arrived and sailed for the River the Roehampton Miller from Jamaica and Pomona Jackson from Georgia. Vessels remaining in the Downs include Aftrea Cockatrice cutter Diligence pilot Clermont Colly for Virginia and others. Wind S W Dean May 22 arrival list includes Lord M'Cartney Rockingham Earl of Wycombe Countess De Galvez Providence Yale and London Packet.
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China
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London Packet
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Downs
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Wind S. W
Royal Family Attends Windsor Service and Rain Delays Terrace
London reports the Royal Family attended Divine service at Windsor Castle then dined at the Lodge, with rain the night before stopping Terrace walks. Dutch fleet readiness noted, fourteen ships of the line nearly ready for sea and orders for Beeters from Madrid dated the 27th ult.
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Helene
Madrid
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