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Commissioners Named For High Office In Late 17th Century Britain
A historical list records appointments on May 12 to the Offices of Treasurer and Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, naming figures such as George Byng Viscount Torrington Sir Charles Wager and Lord Archibald Hamilton. On May 13 further appointments include Walter Carey Sir William Yonge and Sir Arthur Croft as Commissioners for Trade and Plantations with other peers and gentry. May 14 notes the Countess Capel giving birth to a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Yonge
Calliton
Devon
George Byng
Viscount Torrington
John Cockburn
Ormston
Scotland
Charles Wager
Thomas Lyttleton
Hagley Hall
Worcester
Archibald Hamilton
Thomas Frankland
Thirkelby
Ireland
Thomas Clutterbuck
Monckton
Thanet
Kent
William Yonge
Bath
Honiton
Treasury
Thomas Fane
Earl of
Westnorland
Paul Docminique
Chipsted
Surrey
Thomas Pelham
Catsfield
Sussex
Martin Bladen
Sunbury
Middlesex
Edward Ash
Heytesbury
Wilts
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
Great Lever
William Capel
Earl of Efin