AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS,

To Royal Personages, Statesmen, Patriots, Warriors, Arctic Explorers, Discoverers,
Philanthropists, and Scientific Men;

WITH THEIR REPLIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

FROM THE CLOSE OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE II.,
A.D. 1757, to 1884.

With a Critical and Historical Entroduction.

"Felix prole virum."-VIRGIL, Eneid, vi. 785.

"Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth,

Renowned for their deeds."-SHAKESPEARE, Richard 11., ii. 1, 52.

102

EXTRACTED MAINLY FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION, AND PUBLISHED
UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF ITS LIBRARY COMMITTEE.

18477x

Rec, Oct, 27.1892.

GEORGE Cooke, Esq., M.P.

RIGHT HON. Arthur Onslow, M.P., SPEAKER OF THE House of COMMONS

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY

RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES PRATT, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS (AFTERWARDS EARL

CAMDEN)

CHAPTER III.

THE CHAMBERLAINSHIP OF SIR STEPHEN THEODORE JANSSEN, BART.

A.D. 1765 –1775.

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER

H.S.H. THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK LUNENBURG

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND

RIGHT HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND, M.P.

CHRISTIAN VII., KING OF DENMARK

JOHN DUNNING, ESQ. (AFTERWARDS BARON ASHBURTON)

CHAPTER IV.

THE CHAMBERLAINSHIP OF BENJAMIN HOPKINS, ESQ.

29th February, 1776-November 1779.

REV. RICHARD PRICE, D.D.,

F.R.S.

David HARTLEY, ESQ.

RIGHT HON SIR FLETCHER NORTON, KNIGHT, M.P., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE of Commons (A FTERWARDS

BARON GRANTLEY)

ADMIRAL THE HON. AUGUSTUS KEPPEL

CHAPTER V.

THE CHAMBERLAINSHIP OF JOHN WILKES, ESQ.

1st December, 1779-26th December, 1797.

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY (AFTERWARDS LORD RODNEY)

SIR HENRY GOULD, KNIGHT, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

REAR-ADMIRAL THE RIGHT HON. LORD HOOD

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM MEADOWS, K.C.B.

SIR CHARLES GREY, K.C.B. (AFTERWARDS EARL GREY)

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JERVIS, K.C.B. (AFTERWARDS EARL ST. VINCENT)

COMMODORE HORATIO NELSON (AFTERWARDS REAR-ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON).

CAPTAIN SIR ROBERT CALDER

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE Hon. Sir J. H. HUTCHINSON, K.C.B.

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SAUMAREZ, BART., K.C.B. (AFTERWARDS LORD DE SAUMAREZ)

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD (AFTERWARDS LORD Viscount Beresford)

COMMODORE SIR HOME POPHAM

:

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN STUART, K.C.B.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR DAVID BAIRD, K.C.B.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR SAMUEL AUCHMUTY