Death of the Great Duke Gaston signals royal mourning
Mail from France reports the death at 11 this morning of John Gaston Duke of Tuscany age 66. Tributes reflect he was a father and friend to his subjects. Succession debates over Juliers Bergue stand as France and Vienna seek new regulations. Reports from Madrid note reprisals at Caracques while Metz fortifications advance under King Stanislaus watch.
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John Gaston
Cosmo de Medicis
Margaret-Louisa ‘d’Orleans
Gaston- John-Baptist de France
Duke of
Orleans
Paris
Ferdinand de Medicis
Cosmo
Prince
Tuscany
Gaston
Anne- Mary-Frances
Julius Francis
Saxe-Lawenbourg
Philip William Count Palatin of
Bohemia
Medicis
Durthies
Juliers
Bergue
France
Vienna
Madrid
Metz
Stanislaus
Princess de Modétin
Duke of Orleans
Duke of Richilieu
Modena
House of Bourbon
Louis the Fourteenth
Low Countries
Infanta
Harvest and weather reports across Ireland and one death
In Limerick and Tralee towns the harvest is poor and droughts scorch pasture while upper Clare drives cattle long distances for water. Carrickfergus notes three rainless months dulling farming prospects. Fae reports six miles around town yielding unusually strong Spring Barley and Oats. Trim records the death of Rev. John Willoughby near Loughcrew after a day seeming fine.
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Ireland
Limerick
Clare
Tralee
Carrickfergus
Fae
Altho
Trim
Loughcrew
John Willoughby
Edinburgh Convention Grants Linen Prize for Manufacture
In July in Edinburgh the Royal Boroughs Convention learned of Speaker Onslow's pledge to support home made linen. Patrick Lindsay announced a Gift of 1000 pounds sterling to fund prize money for the best table linen in 1738 1739 and 1740 with jury awards to winners. The record notes a criminal verdict against James Gray the gardener.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Royal Boroughs of
Patrick Lindsay
St. Andrews
Arthur Onslow
House of Commons
London
Verdi
James Gray
High Court sentences Leith for incendiary letters and life transport
The High Court of Justiciary found Leith guilty of sending incendiary letters to the Countess of Wemyss and sentenced him to be pillar'd on Wednesday next and transported for life. The same day the Faculty of Advocates proposed two candidates for the vacant Professor of Municipal Law at the university, John Erskine of Cornock, younger, and Balfour of Pilrig, with Erskine later unanimously elected by the Magistrates and Town Council.
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John Erskine
Fatal Waggon Accident Near Bourton on the Water
Gloucester July 16 report a melancholy accident near Bourton on the Water. John Archall carpenter, a farmer, and the farmer’s servant were riding to fetch timber for husbandry implements when the timber shifted on the wagon. The wagon overturned on a hill injuring all three. Archall was killed, the farmer badly injured and his man grievously bruised. Archall leaves a wife and four children.
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Country News
Gloucester
Bourton
John Archall
Notable London Obituaries and Political Arrivals
Last Monday night the Lady of Paulet St John, MP for Winchester, bore a son at Dogmersfield Hampshire. Benedict Ithell, former deputy paymaster, died at Temple Dingley Hertfordshire. Lady Catherine Hyde, sister to the Earl of Clarendon, died aged 71 at her brother's house, with her death shaping estate interests for Viscount Cornbury. Sir Gerard Conyers, Knt, veteran alderman and former Lord Mayor, died aged 76 in Austin-Fryars. estate to nephew Edward Conyers MP. Sir John Eyles to exchange Bridge Ward Without. Sir William Rous expected as Vintry alderman. Secretary Diseau of Cambis arrived from Calais. Sir Henry Hoghton, MP for Preston, married Miss Burgsworth of Manchester at Allhallows.
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London
Paulet St. John
Winchester
Dogmersfield
Hampshire
Halfewell Tynte
Temple Dingly
Hertfordshire
Benedict Ithell
Chelsea College
St. James-Quare
Catherine Hyde
Earl of
Clarendon
Rochester
Viscount Cornbury
University of Oxford
Austin-Fryars
Gerard Conyers
Bridge Ward Without
Orange Regiment
Bank’of England
Charles Cook
Edward Conyers
East Grinstead
Sussex
John Eyles
Bart
Vintry Ward
William Rous
Vintry
M. Diseau
Marquess de Cambis
Calais
Henry Hoghton
Preston
Lancashire
Allhallows
Wall
Mit Burgsworth
Thomas Butterworth
Manchester
Esy
Goa
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