Imperial Promotions and Court Appointments Abroad
Petersburg reports a formal notification tying peace with the Ottoman Porte, Belgrade, and ratified in 1739, followed by Feb 1740 promotions. It lists Lieutenants General, Major Generals, Colonels, and other court appointments including Privy Counselors and Knights, plus Diamond gifts to Veldt and Munich, with other state notes and foreign correspondence.
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Ottoman Porte
Belgrade
Constantinople
N. S
Brades
Bismark
Lovendahl
Gustavus
Von
Biron
Chronchoff
Prince Repnin
Anthony of
Beverne
Shipof
Rumanzof
Weddell
Witten
Buttier
Ikskull
Brute
Streftnieff
Sherbaroff
Veldt
Count
Munich
England
O'Brng
Ase
M. Puthkis
Mengden
College ‘of
Firstice
McFatifeheff
Ewipres
Cosiferi
M. Nowolitzoff
M. Breweri
Matthais’ Couint
Count Lacy
Hague
Margaret
St. Sebastian’s
States General
Madrid
Marquess de St
Privateer Prizes Enter Portuguese Waters Bound for Boston
Madeira February 12 reports Captain Dumareque with a thirty gun privateer capturing a Spanish sloop of fourteen men and four guns a Swedish ship about 300 tons a Dutch sloop and a 600 ton vessel with eighteen guns and thirty men all described as valuable prizes from the recent two months nautical exploits.
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Madeira
Irom
Boston
Dumareque
Voyage of the Trial Brig and a Spanish Vessel
Portsmouth reports the Trial Brig with two men and two boys aboard after losing master mate and two men overboard. A Spanish vessel later found abandoned in port by lieutenant commanded tender Fowke, towed from Viana by the Merry Thought captained by Tho Wadham.
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Portsmouth
Sterths
Alfo
Fowke
Wadham
Viana
Notable Marriages and Local Obituaries in Surrey and London
London news reports a marriage at Mortlake Surrey between Hamilton of Lincoln's Inn and Mrs Smith of Mortlake, with a betrothal to Sir Hugo Smithson and Lady Elizabeth Seymour discussed. Also noted are a safe delivery at Bedford Row, the death of Miss North in Grosvenor Street, and Harrison as steward to the late Earl of Scarborough. Charles Drew of Long Melford is committed to Newgate in a murder inquiry involving his father.
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Hamilton
Lincoln’s Inn
Mortlack
Surrey
Elizabeth Seymour
Earl of Hertford
Duke of Somerset
Carter
John Carter
Welton
Cambridge
Lord Haversham
Bedford- Row
Grosvenor Street
Miss North
Lord North
Guildford
Henrietta-street
Harrison
Earl of
Scarborough
Charles
Drew
Eong
Melford
Suffolk
Newgate
Col. de Veil
John Humphrys
Bury
Charles John
Long
Also Mentioned on This Page
Petersburg
Daining
Spain
Great Britain
West Indies
Guipuscoa Company
Vernon
Englifs
Fort St. Augustin
Bahama Islands
Georgia
Florida
la Vera Crux
Mexico
Baama
Europe
America
France
Versailles
London