Oct. 6. Lord Vifcount Valentia, to Mifs Cavendish, daughter to the Right Hon. Sir Henry Caven. dish, Bart. Nov. 1. The Rev. Mr. O'Beirne, fecretary to the first lord of the Treafury, to Mifs Stuart, only furviving child of the Hon. Colonel Francis Stuart, brother to the Earl of Moray Dec. 3. William Bellingham, Efq. to Mifs Fanny Cholmondeley, youngeft daughter to Hon. Robert Cholmon. deley 16. By fpecial licence, Tho. mas Boothby Parkyns, Efq. eldeft fon of Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bart. to Mifs James, only daughter of the late Sir William James, Bart. the Principal PROMOTIONS in the Year 1783, from the London Gazette, Sc. Alexander Chalmers, to be commifary clerk of the commif fariot of Murray, vacant by the refignation of Mr. William Dunbar 8. The order of the Bath conferred upon the Right Hon. George Auguftus Elliott, general of his majesty's forces, and governor of Gibraltar Same day lieutenant general C. Grey was invefted with the order of the Bath 10. John Storr, Efq. of Halfton, in the county of York, to be rear adriral of the red 11. Lieutenant general Sir Charles Grey, knight of the Bath, to be general and commander in chief of his majefty's forces in North America, in the room of Sir Guy Carleton, knight of the Bath 12. Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave, daughter of the earl of Waldegrave, appointed lady of the bed chamber to the princefs royal 22. Hon. Charles Howard, commonly called Earl of Surry, to be lord lieutenant of the Weft Riding in the county of York, Dec. 28, 1782. Vice.admiral- and of the city of York and county Sir Peter Parker.-John Whalle of the fame Gardiner and James Graham, Efqrs. to be Baronets of Great. Britain. Jan. 4, 1783. Rev. John Hume, to be dean of Derry, in Ireland, void by the refignation of the Rev. Mr. Edward Emily Dr. Scott to the office of register of the court of faculties The Countess of Pembroke, to be one of the ladies of her majefty's bed chamber, in the room of the Countess of Hertford, deceafed 28. Richard Viscount Howe, Admiral Hugh Pigot, Charles Brett, and Richard Hopkins, Efqrs. John Jeffries Pratt, John Aubrey, Efq. and John Levefon Gower, were appointed commif. fioners of the Admiralty Feb. 1. The Rev. St. Andrew St. John, M. A. uncle to Lord St. John, to the deanry of Worcefter, vice Dr. Foley, deceased 10. The Marquis of Carmarthen to be ambaffador extraordinary to his Chriftian majefty; [P] 3 and and William Fawkener, Efq. to be the title of Baron Rawdon, of his lordship's fecretary Rawdon, in the county of York 14. Duke of Rutland was appointed steward of his majefty's houfe hold 20. The Hon. William Skeffington, to be equerry to her majefty, in the room of the Hon. John Weft, now Earl Delawar 22. The Hon. John Trevor, to be envoy extraordinary to the king of Sardinia; and Lord Galway, envoy extraordinary to the Elector Palatine, and minifter to the diet at Ratisbon Alexander Murray, Efq. to be one of the lords of feflion in North Britain Elay Campbell, Efq. advocate, to be his majefty's folicitor general in Scotland March 1. Edward Mathew, Efq. major general of his majefty's forces, to be captain general and governor in chief in and over the ifland of Grenada, and fuch of the islands, commonly called the Grenadines, to the fouthward of the island of Carriacou, including that Ifland, and lying between the fame and Grenada Edmund Lincoln, Efq. to be captain general and governor in chief in and over the island of St. Vincent, Bequia, and fuch other the islands, commonly called the Grenadines, as lie to the northward of the island of Carriacou, in America John Orde, Efq. to be captain general and governor in chief in and over the island of Dominica and its dependencies, in Ame The dignity of a baron of the kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, by the title of Baron Sydney, of Chifelhurft, in the county of Kent. The dignity of a baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain, to the Rev. Mark Sykes, D. D. of Sled. mire, in the county of York The like dignity to lieutenant general John Dalling, of Burwood, in the county of Surry William Jones, Efq. to be one of the judges of his majefty's fupreme court of judicature, at Fort William, in Bengal, in the room of Stephen Cæfar Le Maiftre, Efq. deceafed 5. His grace the Duke of Buccleugh, elected governor, and the Right Hon. Lord Ellock, deputy governor, of the royal bank of Scotland 8. The Earl of Arran to be a knight of St. Patrick, vice Earl of Antrim, declined Edward Fanning, Efq. to be lieutenant governor of the province of Novo Scotia, vice Sir Andrew Snape Hamond The Hon. Mr. Willoughby, fon of Lord Middleton, to be colonel of the Nottingham militia, in the room of the late Lord George Sutton 12. Lord Mountftuart was appointed ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the court of Spain Robert Lifton, Efq. to be his fecretary 14. Edwin Francis, Stan. hope, Efq. gentleman ufher of the 'privy chamber, to be one of her majefty's equerries, in the room of the Hon. John Weft 16. The -16. The honour of knighthood on Alexander Munro, Efq. his majefty's conful at Madrid His Royal Highness Prince Ed. ward, to be fenior knight compa. nion of the illuftrious order of St. Patrick 23. Major Bernard, of the 20th dragoons, to be mafter of the jewel office, in the room of the late Col. William Egerton Lord Sydney, to be governor of the Charter-houfe, in the room of the late archbishop of Canterbury April 2. Dr. Moore was tranflated from the fee of Bangor to the archbishoprick of Canterbury The Right Hon. Charles Townf. hend, to be treasurer of his majesty's navy The Right Hon. David, Vife. Stormont, to be lord prefident of his majesty's most honourable privy council The Right Hon. Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, privy feal The Right Hon. Lord North, and the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, to be principal fecretaries of ftate His grace William Henry, Duke of Portland, the Right. hon. John Cavendish, the Right hon. Charles Howard, Frederick Montagu, Efq. and Sir Grey Cooper, Bart. to be commiffioners of the treasury The Right hon. Lord John Cavendish, to be chancellor and under-treasurer of the Exchequer 4. John Montagu, Efq. viceadmiral of the red, to be the port admiral at Portsmouth -7. The Right hon. William Eden, to be of his majesty's most honourable privy council Admiral Lord Viscount Keppel, Admiral Hugh Pigot, the Right hon. William Ponfonby, Lord Viscount Duncannon, the hon. John Townshend, Sir John Lindfay, knight of the Bath, William Jolliffe and Whitshed Keene, Elqrs. to be commiffioners for executing the office of high admiral of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland The Right hon. Edmund Burke, to be receiver and paymaster general of the forces -9. The Right hon. Charles Greville, to be treafurer of his majefty's household The Right Hon. Alexander Lord Loughborough, lord chief justice of his majesty's court of Common Pleas, Sir William Henry Afhhurft, one of the juftices of his majesty's court of King's Bench, and Sir Beaumont Hotham, one of the barons of his majesty's court of Exchequer, to be lords commiffioners for the cuftody of the great feal His grace the duke of Manchef. ter, to be ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the most Chriftian king The Earl of Shannon, the Right Hon. Charles Spencer, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer, and the Right Hon. William Eden, t be vice-treafurers of the kingdom of Ireland 11. George Maddifon, Efq. to be his majesty's fecretary of embassy to the moft Christian king The Right hon. Lord Foley, and the Right hon. Henry Fre. deric Carteret, to be poftmafters general - 12. The Earl of Dartmouth, lord steward of his majetty's house. hold The Earl of Hertford to be [P] 4 Lord Lord Vife unt Townshend to be Scotland mafter general of the ordnance Henry Strachey, Efq. to be keeper of his majetty's flores, ordnance, and ammunition of war William Adam, Efq. to be treafurer and paymafter of his majefty's ordnance The Right hon. Richard Fitzpatrick, his majesty's fecretary at war - 14. St. John, Efq. of Lincoln's inn, barritter at law, to be under fecretary to Lord North The Right Hon. George James, Earl of Cholmondeley, the Right hon. Richard Fitzpatrick, and the Right Hon. Frederick Montagu, were fworn of the privy council 15. Earl Fitzwilliam to be cuftos rotulorum for the foke or liberty of Peterborough, in Northamptonshire John Lee, Efq. to be folicitor general 20. Sir Willoughby Ashton to be ufher of the black rod in Ireland, under the Earl of Nor. thington 29. John Courtney, Efq. mafter furveyor of the ordnance. Humphry Minchin, Efq. clerk of the ordnance The bishop of Worcester to be clerk of the clofet to his majesty Dr. Warren to be bishop of Bangor May 3. The Right hon. Robert, Earl of Northington, lieutenant general and general governor of his majefly's kingdom of Irland 14. The Right hon. George Harry, Earl of Stamford, to be lord lieutenant of the county of Chester, and of the city of Chefter and county of the fame 17. Dr. Lewis Bagot, bishop of Bristol, to be bishop of Norwich The Earl of Sandwich, to be ranger and keeper of St. James's park, and of Hyde park The Earl of Jersey to be captain of his majetty's band of penfioners The Lord Viscount Hinchinbroke, to be mafter of his majefty's buck hounds James Hefeltine, Efq. to be his m jefty's procurator -22. Counfelior Erfkine to be king's counfel counfel 23. A. Pigot to be king's jeant at law. As was alfo Nash Groffe, Efq. -27. Serjeant Davenport was knighted by his Majetty July 4. Capt. John Collins, in the navy, was knighted Aug. 15. The Hon. Henry E·fkine, (brother of the Earl of Bachan) to the office of lord advocate, of Scotland, in the room of Henry Durds, Efq. Henry Mathias, Efq. to the offices or places of prothonotary and clerk of the crown in the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, and the town of Haverfordwest, and borough of Caermarthen 19. Alleyne Fitzherbert, Efq. to be his majelly's envoy extraordinary and minitter plenipo. tentiary to the court of Peter burgh 22. Thomas Page, Efq. of the artillery, had the honour of knighthood conferred on him -26. George Ogle, Efq. and the honourable Thomas Pelham, to be of his majetty's most honourable privy council in the kingdom of Ireland -28. The Earl of Derby to be chancellor of the duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, vice Lord Afhburton The Hon. and Rev. George Hamilton, M. A. to be a prebend of his majesty's free chapel of St. George in the caftle of Windfor, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. John Jimes Majendie Sept. 20. Letters patent paffed the great feal, granting John, Lord Shefeld, the title of Baron Sheffield of Rofco nmon, in the county of Rofcommon, with remainders feverally to his daughters The like dignity of baron of the faid kingdom of Ireland to the following gentlemen : Arthur Ponroy, of Newbury, in the county of Kildare, Efq. Barton Harberton of Carbery, in the faid county Robert Clements, Efq. Baron Leitrim of Manor Hamilton, in the county of Leitrim Francis Mathew, Efq. Baron Landaff of Thomaftown, in the County of Tipperary. And William Tonfon, Efq. Baron Riverdale, of Rathcormuck, in the county of Cork The dignity of a bronefs of the faid kingdom to Mrs. Chriftian Hely Hutchinson, wife of the Right Hon. John Hely Hutchinfon, by the title of Baronefs Donogmore of Knocklofty, in the county of Tipperary The dignity of a baron of the faid kingdom to fir John Hoffey Delaval, bart. by the title of Baron Delaval of Redford, in the county of Tipperary To John Pennington, Efq. the title of Baron Muncafter; with remainder to his brother Lieutenant colonel Lowther Pennington To Richard Pennant, Elq. the title of Barun Penrhyn, in the county of Lowth oa. |