Meetings and monarchs shape Tuscany settlements in April letters
In April dispatches from Leghorn and The Hague report talks of Montemar and Kevenhuller planning a settlement over the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Parma, with imperial renunciations in exchange for dynastic assurances. Also noted are Spanish marriage possibilities for Don Carlos and shifting Russo-French diplomacy through Petersburg and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke de Montemar
Count de Kevenhuller
Tuscany
Spain
Placentia
Mirandola
Pisa
Florence
Eleanora
Palatine
the Hague
N.S
Madrid
Halle
Vienna
Don Carlos
Xoeft
de Swart
Petersburgh
Czarina
d’Ostein
Russia
France
Europe
Stanislaus
Petersburg
du Theil
Poland
Warsaw
Publick letters from London describe Derby celebrate Lord's seat
An April 16 1736 Preston letter reports Derby triumph celebrations in London after securing a seat in the House of Lords. Bells rang twelve hours, town flags flew, bonfires lit, and a public ball followed a day of processions and toasts to the King, Royal Family, and the Derby house. It notes marriages deaths naval news court appointments and upcoming royal entries with many named figures and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Lancashire
House of Derby
Corporation
Black Bull
Kent
Salisbury
Wilts
Windsor
Viscount Windsor
Herbert Windsor
Cardiffe
Spencer
Boswell-Court
George Wynn
Mars. Wynn
Queen-square
Ormond-street
Admiralty
Capt. Forrester
Kinsale
Jamaica
Duke of Bedford
Bloomsbury Square
Beaufort
Lacy
Herefordshire
France
Countess of Effingham
Francis Earl of Effingham
England
St. James's
Princess of
Saxe-Gotha
Lord Nosthand
Guilford
Royal
Prince of
Wales
Prince of Wales
Dr. Teffier
Queemwich
Holland
Diemar
Heffe-Caffel
Princess
Augusta
English
St. James’s
Amelia
Caroline
Greenwich
Serene
London
Lime
Aldborough
Nore
Mary East
Hulls
Elizabeth Balding
Sarah Cressnall
Fubbs Yatcht
Collier
Catherine Yatcht
Cape
Dansey
Horatio Walpole
States General
Augustus Schutz
Brook-street
Grosvenor Square
Thomas Revell
Dover
Diana Grey
Earl of Stamford
Lord Montague Bertie
Duke
Ancaster and
Kesteven
Miss Peirs
William Peirs
Wells
Somerseshire
Dentin’ Hammond
City of London
Randal Stratey
Halwell
Beaconand
Mife Dozell
Earl of
Dyfart
Mary
Robert Walpole
Sot Instanii
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Leghorn