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City Mayor and Officials Elected in Cornwall and Gloucester
On September 26 James Attwood Ef was chosen Mayor for the year with no opposition along with Richard Bishop Beadle and Beilman to hold offices. William Allen Eq was elected Recorder. Soldiers of Col Montagu marched to Cornwall to quell the Finners opposing corn export. Edmund Chiney Esq married rich widow Courtenay and left for Launceston. Thomas Lavington appointed Post Master. In Gloucester Election of Mayor and Sheriffs crowned Thomas Hill Ely Mayor and Thomas Steel and John Knight Sheriffs. banquet followed at Saunders’s Long Room.
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Buh
James Attwood
Richard Bishop Beadle
Beilman
William Allen
Cradle Morgan
Deceas
D. Exon
Col. Montagu
Cornwall
Edmund Chiney
E Q
Courtenay
M& Samuel Syme
Launceston
Thomas Lavington
Bartholomew Francis
Gloucester
Thomas Hill
Ely
Thomas Steel
John Knight
Saunders
Griffen
Guarda Costa
Gulph
de la Matte
Charles
Way
Jamaica
London
George
Bristol
Havannah
Prince William
Kindlough
St.Christopher’s
Cork
Elizabeth
Hodgson
Hughes
Oxford
St. Paul’s
Finch
Watford
Hertfordshire
Thomas Cliff
Cornhill
Mary Newdigate
Mercers Company
Thickness
Seagrave
Sparkes
Tookey
Towfey
Keely
English Copper Company
Imber
Moulfey
Surrey
Hitchcock
Thomas Salter
St. James’s-street
Thomas Read
William Morrison
Samuel Edwards
Great Wenlock
Shropshire
Betton
Col
Pentack’s
Edward Trelawny
Charles Wager
Hans Sloane
Spain
Bath
Tucker
Somerset
Daft
Anne Spence
Thomas ‘Spence
House of Commons