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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 169

Great Britain: Treasury Warrant dated 18th July 1674, ordering £1,300 for 13 weeks entertainment to be paid to Sir Leoline Jenkins, Ambassador and Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Cologne. Addressed to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Receipt of his Majesties Exchequer, and signed by Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby. Thomas Osborne, 1632-1712, a prominent politician, Viscount Osborne in 1673, Baron Osborne of Kiveton and Viscount Latimer and created 1st Earl of Danby in June 1674. A disliked man who fell out of favour at court due to scandal and corruption, impeached and imprisoned in the Tower of London for 5 years until the accession of James II. He was one of the 'Immortal Seven' that invited William III to depose James II during the Glorious Revolution. Created Marquess of Carmarthen in 1689 and in 1694 created 1st Duke of Leeds. Some heavy creasing and some edge damage but an important piece.

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