Lord Viscount Lumley, Son and Heir ap- Vol. IX. About this Time alfo, fome other Chan- Other Changes ges were made in Military Employments: in Military Colonel Backwell, was order'd to difpofe Employments. of his Regiment of Horfe to Brigadier Waring, who was fucceeded, as Lieutenant Colonel of the Horfe-Grenadiers, by Major Dent. Colonel Joceline's Regiment of Horfe was difpofed of to Major General Davenport, who was fucceeded as Lieutenant Colonel of the firft Troops of Life-Guards, by the Lieutenant Colonel of the faid Regiment of Horfe; as the Earl of Hertford, was in the Command of his late Regiment of Foot, by the Lieutenant Colonel of the fame. On the other Hand, Colonel Bland, who bought the Regiment of Horfe of Lieutenant General Harvey, difpofed of the fame, for the Sum of 8000. I. to Colonel Pitt, fecond Son to Governor Pitt and Brother in Law to General Stanhope. Trinity On Friday the 11th of February, the Earl E.of Berkley of Berkley, was unanimoufly chofen an Elder chofen Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity Brother of Houfe of Deptford-Strond; and (being pro- Houfe pos'd by the prefent Mafter the Earl of Strafford) was likewife defir'd to accept of ン + Febr. 12. Wales takes Duke of Rothfay. Vol. IX. being Mafter of the faid Corporation the next Trinity, Monday, for the Year enfuing. The next Day. being the last of the The Prince of Term, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, took The Oaks as the Oaths at the King's Bench Bar at Westminfter, as Duke of Rothfay, and Steward of Scotland; by which His R. Highnefs was qualified to vote in the Election of the Sixteen Peers of North- Britain, to fit in the enfuing Parliament; for which purgyle goes for pofe His Royal Highness gave his Proxy to his Grace the Duke of Argyle, who a few Days after fet out Poft for Edinburgh. The D. of Ar Scotland. Febr. 15. About this Time it was declared, that tinued in their his Majefty had been pleased to continue the following Perfons in their respective Pofts and Places, viz. Places. Tho. Boteler, Robert Ruffel, Efq; and Sir Harbottle Luckin, Bar. in the Office of CupBearers. Bernard Granville, John Tilburgh, Frederick Henning, and Harry Cole, Efgrs. Carvers. John Lyon, John Green, John Hodges, and Benjamin Rhodes, Efqrs. Sewers; and John Bouning, Robert Hemington, William Whitmore, and Cornelius a Tilburgh, Efq;. Grooms of the Privy-Chamber. Cha. Dalton, was alfo continued AffiftantUfher to the Gentlemen-Ufhers Daily-Waiters, and Cha. Breffy, Henry Godfrey, Henry Gardy John Pinkney,Tobiah Humphrys, Francis Coxeter, Efqrs. and Sir Clement Clark, Bar. Gentlemen Ufhers Quarter-Waiters. Mr. Edward Wills, Mr. Arnold Wallwin, Mr. Abraham Kemp, and Mr. Jofeph Vicars, Pages of the Prefence. The The Hon. Grey Meynard, Efq, was alfo Vol. IX. continued Keeper of the Removing Wardrobe; Tho.Taylor and Cha.Chester-Eyre, Efqrs Grooms; and Mr. Kindal Heron, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Williams, Pages. Richard Savage, Anthony Meek, William Murray, James Tryon, James Groffineau, Paul Garnier, Cha. Crump, and John Evans, Efq; Sewers of the Chamber. Percy Kirk, Efq; Houfe and Wardrobe Keeper at Whitehall; Henry Loman, Efqr. Keeper of the Standing Wardrobe at Kenfington, Richard Marriot, Efq; House and Wardrobe Keeper at Hampton-Court; Theodore Randue, Efq, at Windfor-Caftle. Tho. Walker, Efq, at New-Market, Mr. John Incledon at Westminster; Tho. Hutton, Efq; at Somerfet-Houfe, and Mr. Edward Browne, under House Keeper at St. James's. Sir Philip Meadows, Kt. and James Bruce, Efq, Comptrollers of the Accompts of the Army. Several others whofe Names, I fhall omit, (because the fame are printed in the Lift of the Houfhold) were alfo continued. in their Places, particularly, the Serjeants at Arms, attending at Court; the Grooms of the Great-Chamber; the Clerk and Groom of the Robes; the Waiters, the Groom and Clerk of the Jewel-Office; the Mafter and Teoman of the Revels, the Mafter of Musick; the Principal Painter, and Painter in Enamel. the Cooks and Clerks of the Kitchen; the Kt. Marshal, Serjeant Porter, Gentleman Harbinger, Clerk of the Verge; the Clerk of the Spicery; Teoman of the Almonry, Laundress of the Table,or Houfhold Linnen; The Serjeant of Vol. IX. of the Acatary, and generally all the Servants of the Cellar, Pantry, Buttery, Poultry, Acatary, Ewry, &c. By this it appears how malicious and groundless the Rumour was, which had induftriously been spread about by the Difaffected, That his Majefty had turn'd out most of the late Queens Old Servants, whereas, very few, not one in Thirty were difmift: which fhews both his Majefty's great Clemency and Goodness, and his entire Confidence in the Fidelity and Affection of his British Subjects. Sir Peter About this Time Mrs. Mary Loman was made Landrefs of the Body Linnen to his Majefty. On the 15th of February, Sir Peter King, King, furren- Kt. Lord Chief Juftice of the Common ders bis Office Pleas, made a Surrender of his Commiffion of Recorder of Recorder of the City of London, to the of the City of the Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman; who as an Acknowledgment of his acceptable Services in that Office, refolved to make him a Prefent of a Piece of Plate to the Value of 100l. London. Mr. Farnaby, Other Persons continued in Some Days after Charles Farnaby, Efq; was appointed Treasurer and Receiver General of the Duties upon Hides and Skins, and of Vellam and Parchment, in the Room of Edward Foley, Efq; But Baker, Efq; was continued their Places. Treasurer of the King's Bounty Money; Bennet, Efq; Clerk of the Markets in Barbadoes; Marmaduke Bealing, Efq; Register of the Warrants inward of the Customs in England; and Edward Perry, Efq; Clerk of the Naval Stores in the Leeward Islands. Towards Towards the latter End of February, his Majesty was pleafed to appoint the Earl of Abingdon Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Vol. IX. r The E. of Abingdon Ld. Lieut. of Ox About the fame Time, Major General fordshire. Wroth, was made one of the Clerks of Maj. Gen. the Green Cloth, in the Room of Colonel Wroth one Godfrey, Brother in Law to the Duke of of the Clerks of the Green Marlborough, who fome Days before died Cloth Col. at the Bath. Godfrey dies. On the First of February, died the Other Deaths, Young Marquis of Normanby, only Son to Births, Marthe Duke of Buckinghamshire and Nor-ges, &c. The Marq. of manby, to the great Grief of his Illuftrious Normandy dies. dies. Parents. About this Time. likewife died Sir Sir Charles Charles Barrington, Bart. who, for many Barrington Years had been a conftant Stickler for the High-Church Party in the Houfe of Commons, and now ftood again Candidate for the County of Effex. Upon his Decease William Harvey, Sen. Efq; was fet up for that Election, together with Sir Francis Child, Bart. Some Days after died Mrs. Polexfen, one And Mrs. of the Bed chamber Women to her Royal Polexfen. Highness the Princess of Wales; and Mrs. Titchburn was appointed in her Room. On Friday, the 11th of February, about And the Abp. 4 a clock in the Morning died his Grace of Canterbu the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lady. ry's Lady. The fame Morning, about Nine a-clock, the Lady Henrietta Harley, Wife of Ed-The Lady ward Lord Harley, only Son to the Earl Harley of Oxford, and Daughter of John late brought to Bed Duke of Newcastle, was brought to Bed of a Daughter, at Her Father-in-Law's late X Houfe |