30. Right Rev. Doctor Gore, Bishop of Elphin in Ireland, to Mifs Freind.

July 7. Lord Wenman, to Lady Eleanor Bertie, fifter to the Earl of Abingdon.

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Sir Thomas Broughton of Broughton in Staffordfhire, Bart. to Mifs Wick, er of Horsham, Suffex. 23. Sir A. Purvis, nephew to the Earl of Marchmont, to Mifs le Blanc.

Sir Capel Molyneaux, Bart. to the only daughter of the late Lieut. General Adlercron.

25. Hon. Ja. Hope, fecond fon to the Earl of Hopeton, to Lady Betty Carnegie, daughter to the Earl of Northek. Sept. 15. Thomas Wynne, Efq; to Lady Kath. Percival, eldest daughter to the Earl of Egmont.

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Earl of Darnley, in Ireland, to Mifs Stoyte. Sir Charles Ufher, Bart. to Mifs Wyndham.

Sir Walter Blunt, Bart. to the Hon. Mifs Afton, daughter to the late Lord Afton, and a near relation to the Duke of Norfolk. O. 24. Sir Roger Gilbert, to

Lady Dowager Clarges. Nov. 6. Harry Howard, Efq; to the Hon. Mifs Maria Mac'kenzie, fecond daughter of the late, and fifter to the prefent Lord Fortrofe.

Duke of Portland, to Lady Dor. Cavendish, fifter to the Duke of Devonshire. 8. Lord Mount Stuart, eldeft fon of the Earl of Bute, to the eldest daughter

Feb. I. Samuel Cornish of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, Efq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baronet.

8. George Chad, Efq; a Commiffioner of Appeals, for regulating the excife, in the room of Yvonnet, Efq; deceased.

John Blunden, Efq; member for Kilkenny, and Richard St. George, member for Athlone, Efq; and their heirs-males, the dignity of Barons of the kingdom of Ire land.

The Earl of Shannon, the office of Mafter-General of the Ordnance, &c. in Ireland.

10. The Duke of Dorset, a Privy Counsellor, and Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent, and city of Canterbury.-Duke of Devonshire, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.-Hon. Col. Montgomery, Deputy Ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, in the room of

Jefferies, Efq; deceased.

Duke of Marlborough, elected High Steward of Woodstock, in the room of the Earl of Godolphin, deceased.-Earl of Lauderdale, one of the Lords of Police in Scotland.

March 10. John Moore, Efq; Rear Admiral of the Red, and his heirs-male, a Baronet. Lately, the Hon. and Rev. Francis Seymour, Dean of Wells.-Sir Richard Lyttelton, Governor of Guernfey and Cornet Caftle, in the room of Lord Delawar, deceased.

May 6. Duke of Richmond, one of the Principal Secretaries of State, in the room of the Duke of Grafton, refigned.-Will.' Hewit, Efq; one of the Commiffioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded iflands, in the room of Hugh Greme, Efq; deceased.

Lately, Rev. Dr. Newcome, to the Bishoprick of Dromore in Ireland, in the room of Dr. Maxwell, tranflated to the Bishoprick of Meath, in the room of the prefent Archbishop of Dublin.

by.-His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucefter, Colonel of the 13th regiment of foot, in the room of Gen. Pulteney, who refigned.

28. John Averall, D. D. Dean of Limerick.—Dr. Hawkins, Dean of Elmy, in Ireland.

July 2. Earl of Rochford, Ambaffador Extraordinary to the court of France. Lord George Lenox, Minifter Plenipotentiary.

5. Earl of Berkeley, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Gloucefter, and of the cities of Bristol and Gloucefter.

I. The Right Hon. Frederick Auguftus Earl of Berkeley, Conftable of the caftle of St. Briavells in the foreft of Dean in Gloucestershire, and Keeper of the deer and woods in the faid foreft.

8. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Keeper of his Majefty's forefts, parks, and warrens of Windfor, and Lieutenant of the faid forest.— Alfo the cuftody of the lodge, and walks in Cranburn Chace, and of the pictures, furniture, and houfehold-goods thereunto belonging, in the room of the Duke of Cumberland, deceased.. -His Royal Highness Prince Henry Frederick, Ranger, or Keeper, of all that park called Windfor Great-park, and of the lands, grounds, and foil within the faid park, in the room of the Duke of Cumberland.

15. Merrick Burrel, of WeftGrinstead park in Suffex, Efq; a Baronet, with remainder to his heirs-male; and in default of fuch iffue, to Peter Burrel of Beckenham in Kent, Efq; and his heirsmale,-Edward Earl of Oxford

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-30. Right Hon. William Pitt, Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Viícount and Earl of Great Britain, by the name, ftyle, and titles of Vil. Pitt of Burton Pynfent, and Earl of Chatham.Earl of Northington Lord Prefident of the Council.-Lord Camden, Lord High Chancellor of Great-Britain.-Earl of Chatham, Lord Privy Seal.-Earl of Shelburne, one of the Principal Secretaries of State, in the room of the Duke of Richmond.

Auguft 2. Duke of Grafton, Right Hon. Charles Townshend, Thomas Townshend, George Onflow, and Pryfe Campbell, Efqrs. Lords of the Treafury -Charles Townfhend, Efq; Chancellor of the Exchequer.

12. Right Hon. Hans Stanley, Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ruffia.Lord William Campbell, CaptainGeneral and Gov. in Chief of Nova Scotia. John Wentworth, Efq; Governor and Commander in

rica.

13. Marq. of Granby, Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's land-forces in Great Britain.

16. Samuel Mead, Edward Hooper, Henry Pelham, John Frederick, Henry Bankes, Efqrs. Sir William Mufgrave, Bart. Jof. Pennington, Corbyn Morris, and James Jefferies, Efqrs. Commiffioners of the Customs.-Earl of Hillsborough, Soame Jenyns, Edward Elliot, George Rice, John Roberts, Jeremiah Dyfon, and William Fitzherbert, Efqrs. to gether with Lord Viscount Palmerfton, Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations.

19. Lord North and George Cooke, Efq; joint Paymasters of the forces, in the room of the Right Hon. Charles Townshend, Efq.

Lately, Right Reverend Dr. Hume, Bishop of Oxford, to the Bishoprick of Salisbury, in the room of Dr. Thomas, deceased.Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, one of the Judges of the King's Bench, Chief Jultice of the Common Pleas, in the room of Lord Camden.Martin Howard of Rhode Island, Efq; Chief Juftice of North Carolina.-Col. Amherst, and the Hon. Col. Fitzroy, Aid de Camps to his Majefty.

-30. Right Hon. James Stuart Mackenzie, Keeper of the privyfeal in Scotland, in the room of the Earl of Breadalbane.

Sept. 6. John Vifcount Ligonier of the Kingdom of Ireland, Lord Ligonier, Baron of Ripley in the county of Surry in England, to the dignity of an Earl of Great Britain, with remainder to his heirs-male, lawfully begotten, by [M] 3

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the name, ftyle, and title of Earl Ligonier.-George Thomas, of Yapton-place, Suffex, Efq; Governor of the Leeward Islands, a Baronet, with remainder to his heirs-male.

10. Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Lord Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, Sir Charles Saunders, and Ifaac Barré, Efq; Privy Counsellors.

16. Sir Charles Saunders, Auguftus Keppel, and Charles Townfhend, Efq; Sir William Meredith, John Buller, Efq; Lord Palmerfton, and

George Younge, Lords of the Admiralty. -Right Rev. Dr. Lowth, Bishop of St. David's, to the fee of Oxford, in the room of Dr. Hume.

-20. Hans Sloane, Efq; Secretary to the extraordinary embaffy to Ruffia.

Lately, Earl of Egmont, ViceAdmiral of Somersetshire. Anthony Forster, Efq; Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, in the room of E. Willes, Efq.- -Col. Craiggs, one of the Grooms of the Bed-chamber to Prince Henry Frederick.

Oct. 18. His Royal Highness Prince Henry Frederick, and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Duke of Great Britain, and Earl of Ireland, by the titles of Duke of Cumberland, and of Strathern, in Great Britain, and Earl of Dublin in Ireland.-The Earl of Northumberland, and his heirs male, by his prefent Countefs, the dignities of an Earl and Duke, by the titles of Earl Percy, and Duke of Northumberland.- Charles Lord Maynard, Baron of Little

Eafton in Effex, and his heirsmale, the dignities of a Baron and Viscount, by the title of Baron of Much Eafton, otherwife Easton ad Montem, Effex, and of Viscount Maynard of Eafton Lodge; with remainder, in default of iffue, to Sir William Maynard, Bart.-Jacob Wolf, of Townhill, Hants, Efq; and his heirs-male, a Baronet.

25. William Henry Lyttelton, Eiq; (late Governor of Jamaica), Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal.

28. Right Hon. George Montague, Earl of Cardigan, and his heirs-male, the dignities of Marquis of Monthermer, and Duke of Montague.

Lord Viscount Loftus of Ireland, and his heirs-male, the dignity of an Earl, by the title of Earl of Ely, in the county of Wicklow.Viscount Headfort, and his heirs-male, the dignity of an Earl of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the title of Earl of Bective, of Caftle Bective, in the county of Meath.-Lord Annefley, and his heirs-måle, the dignity of a Vifcount of the faid kingdom, by the title of Vifcount Glenrawley, in the county of Fermanagh.-Lord Kingfton, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Viscount of Ireland, by the title of Viscount Kingfton of Kingsborough, in the county of Sligo.-Sir John Meade, Bart. and his heirsmale, the dignity of a Baron and Vifcount, by the title of Baron Gillford, of Gillford in the county of Down, and Viscount ClanWilliam, of the Barony of ClanWilliam, in the county of Tipperary.-Kenneth Mackenzie, Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Baron and Viscount of the kingdom of Ireland, by the title

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