Promotions and appointments sweep through government circles
A list of promotions elevates Lord Visier and Thomas Pelham to Lords of the Treasury, with Townshend Roberts Onslow and others named to Admiralty and Excise. New commissions include Samuel Lindsey and Thomas Loftus in the regiments, plus clerks and a reward for Major Robert Fletcher. Maritime activity notes, race results, and executions pending in London.
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Lord Visiers
Thomas Pelham
the Admiralty
Treasury
Thomas Townshend
Board of Green Cieth
John Roberts
The
Admiralty
George Onslow
Windsor Forest
Viscount Gage
John Shelley
Henry Shelley
Derby
Nottingham
Lincoln
Chester
London
Harry Poole, Bart
Excise
Quarrie
William Poole
William Battine
Sussex
Samuel Lindsey
14Th Regiment of Foot
Jeffereys
Sears
Thomas Loftus
85Th Regiment of Foot
John Craufurd
John Greenhill
Richard Ivatt
Robert Fletcher
East India Company
Manilla
Earl and Countess of
Holderness
Arlington-street
St. James’s
Middlesex
Count Dezon
Navy
Gibraltar
Minorca
Havannah
Woolwich Warren
Germany
Lords of the Admiralty
Prince of Orange
Chatham
John Elliot
Manhood
Trotter
Virginia
New York
Ascotheath
Windsor
Mr. Latham
Duke of Ancaster
Duke of Cumberland
Albemarle
Northumberland
Sadler’s Wells
Chelsea
John Hall
Mansell Woodhouse
Nottinghamshire
Countess of
Jamnes Brazier
Brazier’s Ferry
Hackney-marsh
James Eyre
Newgate
Michael Riley
Jonathan Denison
Mr. Smith
Tower-hill
Ames Chapman
Lilley
Richard Fofter
Samuel Corin
Marybone Gardens
John Swift
Lazarus Levy
St. Catharine's
James Ward
Chapman
Foffet
James Brown
William Smith
John Turner
Cyder Tax Debates and Civil Unrest Across Counties
Letters decry the Cyder Act with economic detail on apple estates and cider pricing. Citizens fear excise enforcement sparks riots, with Cornwall and Devon voices predicting resistance and magistrates facing a no-win duty under looming unrest.
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England
Lene Tee
Wilkes
Oliver
Reading
Broad-street
Ralph
Nick
Mear
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Hague
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Prince Clement
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Empire
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