Contested Grenada Assembly Move Sparks Protestant Clash
In Grenada 1767 a poll for four town seats triggered a dispute as returning officer Robertson refused to list Demouchy and other Catholics. Protests, arrests, and council sanctions followed, prompting sharp condemnations of papist admissions and calls for Protestant supremacy across the colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Demouchy
Robertson
Cazand
Bes
Ros ‘Bertiem
Caz
Seipa
Roberson
Cazaud
Overnor
Cazaud Tille
Cazaud de Roumisiac
Mafetty
London
Martinique
France
Greniada
Cazaud de Roumiliac
Great Britain
Nethercote
Great’Britain
Royal appointments and naval notices amid briefings
A long list of royal appointments and grants in Britain and Ireland is reported, naming John Byron as governor and commander in Newfoundland, and Charles Sleaté Caddgan and Peter Burrell as officials in charge of royal revenues and honours. The piece also covers various diplomatic dispatches, troop movements, and ship arrivals at multiple ports, including references to the Russian victory near Choczim and other European events.
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Henry Duke of Grafton
Sufolk
John Byron
Newfoundland
Labrador
Charles Sleaté Caddgan
Tower of London
England
Peter, Burrell
Chacel
Parks
Parks, &c
Wales
Edward Marshal
Breage
Germoc
Cary
Claybroke
Leicestershure
Charles Hutchinson
St. ‘Sames's
James Innes
Innes
Mary
Norcliffe
Thomas Norcliffe
Langton -Esq
Holland
Nerkipping
Baron de Friefendorf
Chancery
Presid
Europe
Mately
Assembly of the States
Pers
Berlin
Price Charles
Gullitzin
Choczim
Chocrim
Price Gullitzin
Stadtholder
Montfort
Guelderland
Republick
Orange Family
Highners
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