Cavendish Bentinck Acknowledges Nottingham Election Honor
Edward Charles Cavendish Bentinck writes to the gentlemen of Nottingham County thanking them for electing him as representative in Parliament on January 11, 1775. He pledges steadfast constitutional principles and gratitude, promising to attend to the town’s concerns and uphold public service.
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Edward Charles Cavendish Bentinck
Ceremonial Knighthood of Sir William Gordon at St James
The Knighthood and investiture of Sir William Gordon Knight of the Bath occurred with the Dean and Order officers in attendance. Gordon was knighted after receiving the Sword of State, and the ceremony ended in the Privy Chamber with the sovereign administering the insignia. The King also granted John Bower permission to assume the surname Jodrell and arms, to be registered at the College of Arms.
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William Gordon
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Ceateman
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Bath King of Arms
John Blaquiere
George Howard
Charles Thompson
Charles Montagu
John Lindsay
George Warren
Charles Frederick
Jeffery Amhert
Rochester
Brussels
Uther
Jeffery Amherst
St. Famies’s
John Bower
Manchester
County Palatine of Lancaster
Jodrell
His Majesty
His Majesty’s College of Arms
House of Commons 1775 Debates and Orders Amid New York Tensions
The House of Commons reads a Marine bill and a land tax bill at caird time, refers petitions from West India merchants on American trade, and debates an address praising royal handling of colonial affairs. Reports cover mutiny bill referral, accounts on sugar imports, tobacco, and trade balances, plus naval and legal notices and a vivid city water event at Scotland Yard.
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London
House of Commons
Great Britain
North America
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England
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Lord Oxford
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Intrepid
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Cape
the Common Pleas
Court of Exchequer
Lord Apsley
Court of Chancery
Chelsea Hospital
Admiralty
Gilpalcar
Toulon
Marseilles
East Retford
Nottinghamshire
William Hanger
Thomas Pelham Clinton
City
Westminster
Lester
Portsmouth
Heétor
Thomas
Bristol
Gasport
Augus
Somers
New Gaithe
Protests Over St Johns College Vote. Clergy Favours Noted
Cambridge reports a protest over a late election vote at St John’s College. An appeal to the Bishop of Ely is expected. Rev. Mr Robinson is slated for Brethwater living in the Isle of Wight. The Rev. Harrington, senior fellow at Christ Church and vicar of Meldreth, died after a stomach distress while visiting a farmer. The borough poor received alms and bread funded by the Duke of Grade, chancellor of the university.
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Earl of Pembroke
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Highgate
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Robert Matthew
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Thames-Street
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George Dance
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Cambridge
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Harrington
Meldreth
Christ Chiese
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