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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 30, 1740
Page
2
The excerpt records Royal appearances and ceremonies at the Old Council Chamber, marriages at St Martin’s and St Stephen’s Walbrook, clerical appointments and livings, a Princess’s delivery, and deferral of a royal birthday. It also details deaths, legal notices, shipping intel, customs seizures, crime reports, and lottery prize numbers with multiple named persons and places.
Whitehall December 29 promotions include Francis Earl of Effingham to captain and colonel of the Fourth Troop of Horse Guards. Earl of Crawford to the Second Troop. Lord Sempill to the Earl of Crawford's Regiment. Colonel Hulke to the Regiment of Foot. Colonel Bland to a Regiment of Dragoons in Ireland. Colonel Flemming to Colonel Bland's. senior Colonels named to seven regiments of foot and to four Marines. Charles Churchill made First Major to the Second Regiment of Foot Guards. William Douglas Second Major. George Pyng Third Major. Casualties and diseases listed with burials and financial market notes follow. A separate notice invites London liverymen to back certain candidates for Parliament led by Humphry Parsons and others.
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