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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 404

An Important Royal Warrant, 1794, instructing payment of £381.12s.3d to Lieutenant General William Picton, for costs relating to the establishment of the 12th Regiment of Foot, signed by King George III at the top, also signed by Sir George Yonge, slightly brittle but a fine signature of the King.

The 12th Regiment of Foot (Suffolk regiment, arrived in Madas in 1797 and took part in the famous battle of Seringapatam in 1799. They remained in india until 1810.
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KCB, PC (1731 - 1812), Secretary at War (1782 - 1783 and 1793 -1794).
General Picton became well known for his part in the Siege of Gibraltar in 1782.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000