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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 852

Autographs
King George III
1760 (27 October) a commission printed on vellum assigning Arthur Ormsby as Ensign in the 40th Regiment of Foot, signed by William Pitt and, in the top corner, "George R" at Saville House. With waxed wafer seal. An unusual document signed only two days after the start of his reign. Photo

1760, Oct. 26. This day, about noon, his Majesty, King George III was proclaimed, first before Saville House, where the officers of state, nobility, and privy councillors, were present, with the officers of arms, all being on foot: then the officers of arms, being mounted on horseback, the like was done at Charing-cross; within Temple-bar; and at the end of Wood-street, in Cheapside; and lastly, at the Royal Exchange, with the usual solenities. The archbishop of Canterbury, the duke of Leeds, and lord Falmouth attended the procession into the city. From A History of Great Britain, W. Toone

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