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Whitehall, July 8, 1842.
The Queen (age 23) has been pleased to grant unto Sir Theodore-Henry-Lavington Broadhead (age 44), of Burton, or Monk Bretton, in the west riding of the county of York, Bart, and to his brothers, John-Richard Broadhead, Esq. Captain in the Army, on half-pay Unattached, and Brinckman Broadhead, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot. Guards, Her royal licence and authority, that they and their issue, respectively, may discontinue the use of the surname of Broadhead, and henceforth bear and use their paternal surname of Brinckman, instead of that of Broadhead:
And also to command, that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be void and of none effect
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. North Hants Militia.
The Earl of Wiltshire (age 41) to be Colonel. Dated 29th June 1842
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Whitehall, December 22, 1849. Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed Sunder the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Thomas Neville Abdy (age 39), of Albyns, in the county of Essex1, Esq. and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet, of the.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto James-Phillips Kay Shuttleworth (age 45), of Gawthorpe Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq. and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
Note 1. He was a great-grandson of Charlotte Elizabeth Abdy, sister of Anthony Thomas Abdy 5th Baronet, the last of the Baronets Abdy of Felix Hall in Essex.
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St. James's-Palace, February 27, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of Thomas Henry (age 43), Lord Foley, resigned.
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14 Aug 1852. Office of Ordnance, 14th August 1852.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex.
Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny (age 34), Bart, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 13th August 1852.
Daniel Robert Scratton, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 13th August 1852.
John Bagshaw, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 13th. August 1852.
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St, James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (age 41), to be Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable Orlando-George-Charles-Bridgeman (age 33), Viscount Newport, resigned.
St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Henry Lord Foley (age 44) to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of John-William (age 41), Earl of Sandwich, resigned.
St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert (age 47) Viscount Sydney to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of William-Lennox-Lascelles Lord de Ros (age 55), resigned
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Whitehall, January 10, 1856. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto The Right Honourable Sir James Parke (age 73), Knt., late one of the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, for the term of his natural life, by the name, style, and title of Baron Wensleydale, of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of the county of York.
Whitehall, January 4, 1856. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto William John Venables-Vernon (age 21), Esquire, commonly called the Honourable William John Vernon, second son of George John (age 52), fifth Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton, the son of George Charles, fourth Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton, deceased, by Frances Maria, his wife, only child and heir of the Right Honourable Sir John Borlase Warren, of Stapleford Hall, in the county of Nottingham, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Admiral of the White Squadron in the Royal Navy,:both deceased, her royal licence and authority that he may take and use the surnames or Borlase-Warren, in addition to and before his family name of Venables-Vernon, and that he may be called William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon, and bear the arms of Borlase and Warren quarterly with those of Venables and Vernon, and that such surnames and arms may be taken and used in like manner by his issue: such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded ia the Herald's Office, otherwise the said royal licence and per mission to be void and of none effect:
And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms.
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Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol.
Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 26), Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 15th April, 1856.
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At the Court at BucKingham-Palace, 27th day of February 1852
PRESENT, the The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
HER Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable William, Earl of Lonsdale (age 64), Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and His Lord ship took his place at the Board accordingly.
day the Most Noble Algernon (age 59), Duke of Northumberland, the Right Honourable John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich; the Right Honourable Archibald William (age 39), Earl of Eglinton; the Right Honourable Charles Philip (age 52), Earl of Hardwicke; the Right Honourable James Howard, Earl of Malmesbury; the Right Honourable John James Robert Manners (commonly called Lord John Manners); the Right Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton); the Right Honourable William Lennox Lascelles (age 54), Lord De Ros; the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Colchester; the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester; the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington (age 53), Bart.; the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole (age 45); the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli; the Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley; the Right Honourable Robert Adam Christopher; the Right Honourable William Beresford; and the Right Honourable George Bankes; were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly.
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War-Office, May 5, 1857.
The Queen (age 37) has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the Decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned Officers of Her Majesty's Army, who have been recommended to Her Majesty for that Decoration,—in accordance with the rules laid down in Her Majesty's Warrant of the 29th of January, 1856,—on account of acts of bravery performed by them before the Enemy during the late War, as recorded against their several names; viz.
Grenadier Guards. Colonel Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37). Date of Act of Bravery, 5th November, 1854 [ at the Battle of Inkerman]
At a moment when the Guards were at some distance from the Sand Bag Battery, at the Battle of Inkerman, Colonel Percy charged singly into the battery, followed immediately by the Guards; the embrasures of the battery, as also the parapet, were held by the Russians, who kept up a most severe fire of musketry.
At the Battle of Inkerman Colonel Percy, found himself with many men of various regiments, who had charged too far, nearly surrounded by the Russians, and without ammunition. Colonel Percy, by his knowledge of ground, though wounded, extricated these men, and, passing under a heavy fire from the Russians then in the Sand Bag Battery, brought them safe to where ammunition was to be obtained, thereby saving some fifty men, and enabling them to renew the combat. He received the approval of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for this action, on the spot.—Colonel Percy was engaged with, and put hors de combat, a Russian soldier.
7th Regiment. Lieutenant William Hope. Date of Act of Bravery, 18th June, 1855.
After the troops had retreated on the morning of the 18th June, 1855, Lieutenant W. Hope being informed by the late Serjeant-Major William Bacon, who was himself wounded, that Lieutenant and Adjutant Hobson was lying outside the trenches badly wounded, went out to look for him, and found him lying in the old agricultural ditch running towards the left flank of the Redan. He then returned, and got four men to bring him in. Finding, however, that Lieutenant Hobson could not be removed without a stretcher, he then ran back across the open to Egerton's Pit, where he procured one, and carried it to where Lieutenant Hobson was lying.
All this was done under a very heavy fire from the Russian batteries.
7th Regiment. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, M.D. Date of Act of Bravery, 8th September, 1855
First. For remaining with an officer who was dangerously wounded, (Captain H. M. Jones, 7th Regiment), in the fifth parallel, on 8th September, 1855, when all the men in the immediate neighbourhood retreated, excepting Lieutenant W. Hope and Dr. Hale; and for endeavouring to rally the men, in conjunction with Lieutenant W. Hope, 7th Royal Fusiliers.
Secondly. For having, on 8th September, 1855, after the regiments had retired into the trenches, cleared the most advanced sap of the wounded, and carried, into the sap, under a heavy fire, several wounded men from the open ground, being assisted by Serjeant Charles Fisher, 7th Royal Fusiliers, Coldstream Guards (late of the 49th Regiment). Brevet-Major John Augustus Conolly Date of Act of Bravery, 26th October, 1854.
In the attack by the Russians against the position held by the Second Division, 26th October, 1854, Major Conolly, then a Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment, while in command of a company of that regiment, on outlying picket, made himself most conspicuous by the gallantry of his behaviour. He came particularly under the observation of the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan (age 66), while in personal encounter with several Russians, in defence of his post. He ultimately fell, dangerously wounded. Lieutenant Conolly was highly praised in General Orders, and promoted into the Coldstream Guards, as a reward for his exemplary behaviour on this occasion.
7th Regiment.Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, M.D. Date of Act of Bravery, 8th September, 1855
First. For remaining with an officer who was dangerously wounded, (Captain H. M. Jones, 7th Regiment), in the fifth parallel, on 8th September, 1855, when all the men in the im mediate neighbourhood retreated, excepting Lieutenant W. Hope and Dr. Hale; and for endeavouring.to rally the men, in conjunction with Lieutenant W. Hope, 7th Royal Fusi liers.
Secondly. For having, on 8th September, 1855, after the regiments had retired into the trenches, cleared the most advanced sap of the wounded, and carried, into the sap, under a heavy fire, several wounded men from the open ground, being assisted by Serjeant Charles Fisher, 7th Royal Fusiliers
Coldstream Guards (late of the 49th Regiment). Brevet-Major John Augustus Conolly. Date of Act of Bravery, 26th October, 1854. In the attack by the Russians against the position held by the Second Division, 26th October, 1854, Major Conolly, then a Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment, while in command of a company of that regiment, on outlying picket, made himself most conspicuous by the gallantry of his behaviour. He came particularly under the observation of the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, while in personal encounter with several Russians, in defence of his post. He ultimately fell, dangerously wounded. Lieutenant Conolly was highly praised in General Orders, and promoted into the Coldstream Guards, as a reward for his exemplary behaviour on this occasion.
Whitehall, May 5, 1857.
The Queen, taKing into the royal consideration that, upon the death of Nathaniel, Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale, in the county of Derby, unmarried, in the month of November last, the dignity of Baron Scarsdale devolved upon Alfred-Nathaniel-Holden, now Baron Scarsdale, as eldest son and heir of Alfred Curzon, Clerk, commonly called the Honourable Alfred Curzon, younger brother of the said Nathaniel, Baron Scarsdale, whereby, according to the ordinary rules of honour, the sisters of the said Alfred-Nathaniel-Holden, Baron Scarsdale, cannot enjoy that place and precedence which would have been due to them had their late father survived the said Nathaniel, Baron Scarsdale, and had thereby succeeded to the title and dignity of Baron Scarsdale, Her Majesty hath been graciously pleased to ordain and declare that Sophia-Felicite (age 22), wife of William-Hatfield de Rodes, of Barlborough Hall, in the county of Derby, Esq., High Sheriff of the said county, and Mary Catherine Curzon (age 19), Spinster, shall henceforth have, hold and enjoy the same title, place, pre-eminence and precedence as if their late father, the said Honourable Alfred Curzon, had survived his brother, the said Nathaniel, Baron Scarsdale, and had, thereby, succeeded to the title and dignity of Baron Scarsdale:
And Her Majesty has been further pleased to command that the said royal order and declaration be registered in the College of Arms
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Commissions signed by the Loid Lieutenant of the County of Essex.
Colchester and East Essex or 1st Volunteer Rifle Subdivision.
Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny (age 41), Bart., to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1859.
John Fitzsimmons Bishop, Esq., to be Ensign. Dated 8th September, 1859.
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Whitehall, October 25, 1859.
The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Fiennes Wykeham-Martin (age 27), of Leeds Castle, in the county of Kent, a Captain in Her Majesty's Fourth Regiment of Light Dragoons, second son of Charles Wykeham-Martin (age 58), of Leeds Castle, aforesaid, Esquire, by the Honourable Jemima Isabella, his wife, commonly called Lady Jemima Isabella Wykeham-Martin, daughter of James, fifth and last Earl Cornwallis, both deceased, Her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a proviso contained in the last will and testament of Caroline Frances Cornwallis, of Nizells Heath, in the parish of Tonbridge, in the county of Kent, and afterwards of Lidwells, in the parish of Goudhurst, in the same county, spinster, take the surname of Cornwallis in lieu of his present surnames of Wykeham Martin, and also bear the arms of Cornwallis, and that such surname and arms may in like manner be taken and borne by his issue; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Heralds' Office, other wise the said Royal concession and declaration to be void and of none effect.
And also to command that the said Royal con cession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms.
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Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex.
6th Company of Essex Rifle Volunteers.
Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny (age 41), Bart., to be Captain. Dated 20th December, 1859.
John Fitzjimmons Bishop, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th December, 1859.
Henry Egerton Green, Esq., to be Ensign. Dated 29th December, 1859
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Master of the Horse's Office, February 26, 1858. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John William (age 46), Earl of Sandwich, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable John George Brabazon (age 48), Earl of Bessborough, resigned.
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Master of the Horse's Office, June 18, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John George Brabazon (age 49), Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds,.in the room of the Right Honourable John William (age 47), Earl of Sandwich, resigned.
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15 Mar 1860. Whitehall, March 15, 1860. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henry (age 81), Baron Brougham and Vaux, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Brougham and Vaux, of Brougham, in the county of Westmorland, and of Highhead Castle, in the county of Cumberland, with remainder, in default of such heirs male, to his brother, William Brougham (age 64), Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
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Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the County of Essex.
West Essex Militia.
John Barker, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th May, 1860.
15th Essex Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas William Nunn, Esq., to be ISnsign. Dated 17th May, 1860.
1st Battalion Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps.
Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny (age 41), Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st June. 1860.
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13 Aug 1861. War Office.
The Queen (age 41) has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned Officers and Soldiers, whose claims to the same have been submitted for Her Majesty's approval, on account of Acts of Bravery performed by them in China, on the occasion of the assault and capture of the North Taku Fort on the 21st of August, 1860, as recorded against their several names; viz.:
Table of Regiment, Rank and Name, Act of Bravery for which recommended.
67th Regiment (now of the 100th Regiment). Ensign (now Lieutenant) John Worthy Chaplin (age 21). For distinguished gallantry at the North Taku Fort. This Officer was carrying the Queen's Colour of the Regiment, and first planted the Colours on the breach made by the storming party, assisted |by Private Lane, of the 67th Regiment, and subsequently on the cavalier of the Fort, which he was the first to mount. In doing this, he was severely wounded.
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AT the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 5th day of February, 1862.
PRESENT, The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty (age 42) in Council
SHERIFFS appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the year 1862
ENGLAND (excepting Cornwall and Lancashire).
Gloucestershire. Sir George Samuel Jenkinson (age 44), of Eastwood, near Berkeley, Bart.
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War Office, Pall Mall, 7th November, 1862.
Harold Arthur Dillon (age 18), Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice. Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil (age 21). Dated 8th November, 1862.
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Whitehall, January 10, 1866. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the undermentioned Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten; viz.:
Edward Manningham-Buller (age 65), of Dilhorn Hall, in the county of Stafford, Esq.
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, of Belgrave square, in the county of Middlesex, K.C.B., Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom;
William Fergusson, of Spittlehangh, in the county of Peebles, and of George-street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Surgeons Extraordinary.
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Whitehall, June 18, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Thomas Watson (age 74), of Henrietta-street, Cavendish square, in the parish of St. Marylebone, and county of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, President of the Royal College of Physicians, and one of Her Majesty's Physicians Extraordinary, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
Crown Office, June 18, 1866.
Member returned to serve in the present Parliament. County of Nottingham, Southern Division. Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, Esq., in the room of George Arthur Philip Stanhope (age 34) (commonly called Lord Stanhope), now Earl of Chesterfield, summoned to the House of Peers.
War Office, Pall Mall, 19th June, 1866.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend G. W. Langmead, M.A., Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First Class. Dated 16th May, 1866.
The Reverend Charles Green, M.A., Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First Class. Dated 16th May, 1866.
The Reverend H. Robinson, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, from half-pay, to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. Dated 15th June, 1866.
Admiralty, 19th June, 1866.
Lieutenant Claude Edward Buckle to be Commander.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk and of the City and County of the City of Norwich.
The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Suffield, to be Vice Lieutenant. Dated 14th June, 1866.
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Whitehall, July 21, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock (age 82), of Hatton, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., late Chief Baron of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henry Edwards (age 54), of Pyenest, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. [Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow Lady Pollock by marriage Lady Edwards of Pyenest in West Yorkshire.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto William Williams (age 74), of Tregullow, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
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St. James's Palace, August 1, 1866. The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Hugh Lindsay (age 49), M.P.,.to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 36), C.B., M.P., resigned.
Downing Street, August 15, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to appoint Thomas Nicholson, Esq., M.D., and John Rawlins Semper, Esq., to be Members of the Executive Council of the Island of Antigua.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Dent, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong.
Whitehall, August 16, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto John von Sonnentag Haviland, gentleman, the office of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of James Robinson Planche", Esq., to the office of Somerset Herald.
Crown Office, August 17, 1866.
MEMBER returned to serve in the present PARLIAMENT.
The Honourable George Douglas Pennant, in the room of the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant (age 66) (now Baron Pennrhyn), summoned to the House of Peers
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Ensign Harold Arthur Dillon (age 22) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams. Dated 16th November, 1866.
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War Office, Pall Mall, 28th January, 1870
21st Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Frederick William Hamilton, C.B., to be Colonel, vice General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., deceased. Dated 10th January, 1870.
58th Regiment of Foot. Major-General Sir Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, K.C.B., to be Colonel, vice Major-General William Sullivan, C.B., deceased. Dated 6th January, 1870.
106th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow, from the 3rd West India Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Sir David Capon, K.C.B. deceased. Dated 18th December, 1869.
Royal Horse Guards, The Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (age 21) to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Guinness, promoted. Dated 29th January, 1870.
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Whitehall, April 24, 1871.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Reginald Windsor Sackville-West, Baron Buckhurst, of Buckhurst, in the county of Sussex, Her Royal licence and authority that he may discontinue to use the surname of West, and take, use, and bear that of Sackville only; and that he. may bear the arms of Sackville; and that the said surname and arms of Sackville may in like manner be taken, borne, and used by his issue; such arms being first duly exemplified according- to the laws of arms, and recorded in the College of Arms; otherwise the said Royal licence and permission to be void and of none effect:
And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be registered in Her Majesty's said College of Arms.
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Whitehall, July 29, 1871. The Queen (age 52) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable John Arthur Douglas (age 68), Baron Bloomfield, in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, G.C.B., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Bloomfield, of, Ciamhalltha, in the county of Tipperary.
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Whitehall, November 23, 1871. The Queen (age 52) has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Sir Robert Porrett Collier (age 54), Knt., to be a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the purposes and under the provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to make further provision for the despatch of business by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council."
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The Commissions as Lieutenant of the under mentioned Officers who were promoted to that rank on 1st November, 1871, under the Royal Warrant of 30th October, 1871, to be antedated to 28th October, 1871, such Commissions being non-saleable, and not conferring any purchase rights. The antedate not to carry back pay:
Royal Horse Guards,
Thomas Priestley.
Honourable W. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 23).
John H. N. G. H., Viscount Dalrymple.
Frederick Richard Gascoigne (age 20).
George Lamplugh Wickham.
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02 Mar 1874. St. James's Palace, March 2, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Charles Adolphus, Earl of Dunmore (age 32), in the room of Gavin, Earl of Breadalbane (age 22), resigned.
Robert, Earl of Roden (age 27), in the room of Valentine Augustus, Earl of Kenmare (age 48), resigned.
Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden (age 56), in the room of Albert Edmund, Earl of Morley (age 30), resigned.
William, Lord Bagot (age 62), in the room of Thomas, Lord Camoys (age 76), resigned.
Dudley Charles, Lord De Ros (age 46), in the room of Charles, Lord Lurgan, resigned.
William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone (age 45), in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen (age 56), resigned.
Thomas, Lord Walsingham (age 30), in the room of Arthur, Lord Wrottesley (age 49), resigned.
Board of Green Cloth, March 2, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Frederick, Earl Beauchamp (age 43), to be Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable John George Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough (age 64), resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honourable Henry George Percy (age 27) (commonly called Earl Percy) to be Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable William John, Lord Monson (age 45), resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honourable Henry Richard Charles Somerset (age 24) (commonly called Lord Henry Somerset) to be Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the right Honourable Otho Augustus Fitzgerald (age 46) (commonly called Lord Otho Fitzgerald), resigned.
Whitehall, February 26, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to grant the office of Her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland to Edward Strathearn Gordon, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
Whitehall, February 28, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable John Robert, Viscount Sydney (age 68), GCB, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Earl Sydney, of Scadbury, in the county of Kent. [Note. Emily Paget Countess Sydney (age 63) by marriage Countess Sydney of Scadbury in Kent.]
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Cardwell, of Ellerbeck, in the county palatine of Lancaster.
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the undermentioned persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten:-
The Right Honourable Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue (age 51), by the name, style, and title of Baron Carlingford, of Carlingford, in the county of Louth.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (age 75), Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne, and of Hardwick, in the county of BucKingham. [Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe (age 71) by marriage Baroness Cottesloe of Swanbourne and Hardwick in BucKinghamshire]
The Right Honourable Edmund Hammond, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hammond, of Kirkella, in the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten; namely:-
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, of Grosvenor Crescent, in the parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex, K.C.B.
Harry Stephen Thompson (age 65), of Kirby Hall, in the parish of Ouseburn Parva, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq.
Mathew Wilson, of Eshton Hall, in the parish of Gargrave, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq.
Charles Forster, of Lysways, in the parish of Longdon, in the county of.Stafford, Esq.
Thomas Fraser Grove, of Ferae House, in the parish of Donhead Saint Andrew, in the county of Wilts, Esq.
George Burrows, of Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, and of Springfield, in the Isle of Wight, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and one of Her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary.
Thomas McClure, of Belmont and of Duudela, in the county of Down, Esq.
John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, of Knightshayes Court, in the parish of Tiverton, in the county of Devon, Esq.
Richard Green-Price, of Norton Manor, in the parish of Norton, in the county of.Radnor, Esq.
William Miller, of Manderston, in the county of Berwick, Esq.
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Oxford. Harold Arthur Dillon (age 30), Lieutenant, half-pay, late Rifle Brigade, to be Captain. Dated 18th May, 1874.
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50th Foot, Lieutenant Harold Arthur Dillon (age 30) retires from the Service, receiving the value of his Commission. Dated 19th September, 1874.
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War Office, Pall Mall, 18th. October, 1878. Royal Horse Guards, Lieutenant the Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (age 30) to be Captain, vice Charles R., Lord Carington, retired. Dated 25th September, 1878.
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Whitehall, March 2, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten; namely:
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, of Grosvenor Crescent, in the parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the county of Middlesex, K.C.B.
Harry Stephen Thompson, of Kirby Hall, in the parish of Ouseburn Parva, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq.
Mathew Wilson, of Eshton Hall, in the parish of Gargrave, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq.
Charles Forster, of Lysways, in the parish of Longdon, in the county of Stafford, Esq.
Thomas Fraser Grove (age 50), of Ferne House, in the parish of Donhead Saint Andrew, in the county of Wilts, Esq. [Katherine Grace O'Grady Lady Grove by marriage Lady Grove of Ferne House in Wiltshire.]
George Burrows, of Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, and of Springfield, in the Isle of Wight, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and one of Her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary.
Thomas McClure, of Belmont and of Dundela, in the county of Down, Esq.
John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, of Knightshayes Court, in the parish of Tiverton, in the county of Devon, Esq.
Richard Green-Price, of Norton Manor, in the parish of Norton, in the county of Radnor, Esq.
William Miller, of Manderston, in the county of Berwick, Esq.
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Foreign Office, October 10, 1879. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Horace Rumbold (age 10), Bart., now Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Hussey Crespigny Vivian (age 45), C.B., now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to be Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 42), Esq., C.B. Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt.
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War Office, December 6, 1879. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross upon the undermentioned Officer of Her Majesty's Army, whose claim has been submitted for Her Majesty's approval, for his gallant conduct at Afghanistan, as recorded against his name:
[Victoria Cross, 06 Dec 1879]. Royal Engineers. Captain (now Major), Edward Pemberton Leach (age 32)
For having, in action with the Shinwarris near Maidanah, Afghanistan, on the 17th March, 1879, when covering the retirement of the Survey Escort who were carrying Lieutenant Barclay, 45th Sikhs, mortally wounded, behaved with the utmost gallantry in charging, with some men of the 45th. Sikhs, a very much larger number of the enemy.
In this encounter Captain Leach killed two or three of the enemy himself, and he received a severe wound from an Afghan knife in the left arm. Captain Leach's determination and gallantry in this affair, in attacking and driving back the enemy from the last position, saved the whole party from annihilation.
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Whitehall, April 29, 1880.
The Queen (age 60) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten; namely:
Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings (age 57), of Donington Park, in the county of Leicester, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Donington, of Donington Park, in the said county of Leicester.
Arthur Edwin Hill Trevor (age 60), Esq. (commonly called Lord Arthur Edwin Hill Trevor), by the name, style and title of Baron Trevor, of Brynkinalt, in the county of Denbigh. [Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor (age 42) by marriage Baroness Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire].
Montagu William Lowry-Corry (age 41), Esq., C.B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Rowton, of Rowton Castle, in the county of Salop.
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India Office, May 6, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon (age 52), K.G., to be Governor-General of India.
St. James's Palace, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Frederick Henry Paul (age 62), Lord Methuen in the room of William, Lord Bagot (age 69), resigned.
Lawrance (age 35), Earl of Zetland, in the room of Charles Adolphus (age 39), Earl of Dunmore, resigned.
William (age 46), Earl of Listowel, in the room of Dudley Charles FitzGerald (age 53), Lord de Ros, resigned.
Thomas (age 25), Lord Ribblesdale, in the room of William Buller Fullerton (age 51), Lord Elphinstone, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard (age 39), Lord Sudeley, in the room of John Major (age 37), Lord Henniker, resigned.
Arthur (age 55), Lord Wrottesley, in the room of Cornwallis (age 63), Viscount Hawarden, resigned.
Whitehall, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal appointing the Most Noble Hugh Lupus (age 54) Duke of Westminstera K.G., Master of the Horse to Her Majesty.
War Office, May 8, 1880. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross upon the undermentioned Officer, whose claim to the same has been submitted for Her Majesty's approval, for his gallant conduct at Konoma, on the Eastern Frontier of India, as recorded against his name; viz.:
Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Richard Kirby Ridgeway. For conspicuous gallantry throughout the attack on Konoma, on the 22nd November, 1879, more especially in the final assault, when, under a heavy fire from the enemy, he rushed up to a barricade and attempted to tear down the planKing surrounding it, to enable him to effect an entrance, in which act he received a very severe rifle shot wound in the left shoulder.