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Chronological Diary May 15 1720 Edinburgh appointments and deaths
The May 15 diary lists John Campbell as Receiver-General of Scots rents in Britain, Henry Jennison of Newcastle dies, John Wainwright appointed Clerk of the Council to the Prince of Wales, George Wheeler dies, and other obituaries. On May 17 1720 royal progress from St James to Holland and Hanover is noted alongside marriages and appointments including Sir Robert Furnese, Samuel Clarke, and Thomas Corbin to royal offices, with several deaths and church and coinage notices.
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John Campbell
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Scotland
Charles Cathcart
Henry Jennison
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Northumberland
John Wainwright
Lincoln's Inn
Prince of Wales
George Wheeler
Kent
Anne Shirley
Washington Shirley
Earl Ferrers
Samuel Clarke
St. James’s
Westminster
Royal Society
Thomas Corbin
Virginia
Peter Beverley
Deceas
France
Elizabeth Lenos
Charles Lenos
Duke of Richmond
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
Thomas Skeffington
Skeffington
County of
Leicester
Stanley
John Stanley, Bart
Somerset House
Charles Vivyan
Richard Vivyan
Trelawarre
Cornwall
Bart
Richard
Robert Bruce
Thomas Bruce
Earl of
Idylesbury