Lately, Hon. M. Powlet, Groom-Porter to his Majefty.Mr. Serjeant Whitaker, a Welch Judge, in the room of John Richmond Webb, Efq. deceased.Lord Charles Montague, ViceAdmiral of South Carolina, and Judge of the Admiralty-court there.

March 10. John Moore, Efq. Rear-Admiral of the Red, and his heirs-male, a Baronet.-Lately, the Hon. and Rev. Francis Seymour, Dean of Wells.-Sir Richard Lyttleton, Governor of Guernfey and Cornet Castle, in the room of Lord Delawar, deceased.

May 6. Duke of Richmond, one of the Principal Secretaries of State, in the room of the Duke of Graf ton, refigned.-Will. Hewitt, Efq. one of the Commiffioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded iflands, in the room of Hugh Greme, Esq. deceased.

Lately, Rev. Dr. Newcome, to the Bishoprick of Dromore in Ireland, in the room of Dr. Maxwell, tranflated to the Bishoprick of Meath, in the room of the prefent Archbishop of Dublin.

17. Rev. Dr. Robert Lowth, o be Bishop of St. David's, in the room of the late Dr. Squire; alfo a Commendam, to hold therewith he eighth prebend of Durham, and the rectory of Sedgefield in the fame county.

June 3. John Pringle, Doctor of Phyfick, and his heirs-male, a Baronet.- -Will. Fast, of HallPlace, Berks, Efq. and his heirs male, the like dignity.

17. Right Hon. Lord George Cavendish, Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of Derbyshire, in the room of the Marquis of Gran,

by. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucefter, Colonel of the 13th regiment of foot, in the room of Gen. Pulteney, who refigned.

28. John Averall, D. D. Dean of Limerick. Dr. Hawkins, Dean of Elmy, in Ireland.

July 2. Earl of Rochford, Amballador Extraordinary to the court of France.Lord George Lennox, Minifter Plenipotentiary.

-5. Earl of Berkeley, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Gloucefter, and of the cities of Briftol and Gloucester.

- 1. The Right Hon. Frederick Auguftus Earl of Berkeley, Conftable of the cafile of St. Briavells in the foreft of Dean in Gloucestershire, and Keeper of the deer and woods, in the faid foreft.

-8. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of York, Keeper of his Majefty's forefts, parks, and warrens of Windfor, and Lieutenant of the faid foreft.Also the cuflody of the lodge, and walks in Cranburn Chace, and of the pictures, furniture, and houfehold goods thereunto belonging, in the room of the Duke of Cumberland, deceased.- His Royal Highness Prince Henry Frederick, Ranger, or Keeper, of all that park called Windfor Great Park, and of the lands, gronds, and foil within the faid park, in the room of the Duke of Cumberland.

-19. Sir Henry Cheere, Knt. and his heirs-male, a Baronet. Lieutenant-General Philip Honeywood, Governor and Captain of the town of Kingfton upon Hull, in the room of General Pulteney. Jofeph Andrews of Shaw in Berks, Efq. a Baronet, with remainder to his iffue-male; and in default of fuch iffue, to his brother, James Petit Andrews, Efq. and his iffuemale.

29. James Brufby, Efq. his Majefty's conful at Madrid, in the room of Stanien Porter, Efq.. James Macpherson, Efq. Regifter of grants, patents, and records, in Weft Florida.

30. Right Hon. William Pitt, Efq. and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Vifcount and Earl of Great Britain, by the name, ftyle, and titles of Vif. Pitt, of Burton Pynfent, and Earl of Chatham.Earl of Northington, Lord Prefident of the Council.-Lord Camden, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.-Earl of Chatham, Lord Privy Seal.-Earl of Shelburne, one of the Principal Secretaries of State, in the room of the Duke of Richmond.

August 2. Duke of Grafton, Right Hon. Charles Townfbend, Thomas Townshend, George Onflow, and, Pryle Campbell, Efqrs. Lords of the Treafury. Charles Townfhend, Efq. Chancellor of the Exchequer.

- 12. Right Hon. Hans Stanley, Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ruffia.Lord William Campbell, Captain-General and Governor in Chief of No va Scotia. John Wentworth, Efq. Governor and Commander in

rica.

-13. Marq. of Granby, Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's land forces in Great Britain.

- 16. Samuel Mead, Edward Hooper, Henry Pelham, John Frederick, Henry Bankes, Efqrs. Sir William Mulgrave, Bart. Jof. Pennington, Corbyn Morris, and James Jefferies, Efqrs. Commitfioners of the Cuftoms.-Earl of Hillsborough, Soame Jenyns, Ed. ward Elliot, George Rice, John Roberts, Jeremiah Dyfon, and William Fitzherbert, Efqrs. together with Lord Vilcount Palmerston, Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations.

19. Lord North and George Cooke, Efq. joint Paymasters of the forces, in the room of the Right Hon. Charles Townshend, Efq.

Lately, Right Reverend Dr. Hume, Bishop of Oxford, to the Bifhoprick of Salisbury, in the room of Dr. Thomas, deceafed.-. Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, one of the Judges of the King's Bench, Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, in the room of Lord Camden. Martin Howard, of Rhode Island, Efq. Chief Juftice of North Carolina.-Col. Amherst, and the Hon. Col. Fitzroy, Aid de Camps to his Majefty.

30. Right Hon. James Stuart Mackenzie, Keeper of the privyfeal in Scotland, in the room of the

Earl of Breadalbane.

Sept. 6. John Vifcount Ligonier, of the kingdom of Ireland, Lord Ligonier, Baron of Ripley, in the county of Surry in England, to the dignity of an Earl of Great Britain, with remainder to his heirs-male, lawfully begotten, by [M] 3

the

- Lately. Earl of Egmont, ViceAdmiral of Somersetshire. Anthony Forfter, Efq. Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, in the room of E. Willes, Elq.Col, Craiggs, one of the Grooms of the Bed-chamber to Prince Henry Frederick.

Oa. 18. His Royal Highness Prince Henry Frederick, and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Duke of Great Britain, and Earl of Ireland, by the titles of Duke of Cumberland, and of Strathern, in Great Britain, and Earl of Dublin in Ireland. The Earl of Northumberland, and his heirs. mal, by his prefent Countefs, the dignities of an Earl and Duke, by the titles of Earl Percy, and Duke of Northumberland. -Charles Lord Maynard, Baron of Little

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Eafton in Effex, and his heirs-male, the dignities of a Baron and Vifcount, by the title of Baron of Much Eafton, otherwife Easton ad Montem, Eflex, and of Viscount Maynard of Eafton Lodge; with remainder, in default of iffue, to Sir William Maynard, Bart.-Jacob Wolf, of Townhill, Hants, Efq. and his heirs-male, a Baronet.

25. William Henry Lyttel ton, Efq. (late Governor of Jamaica), Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal.

- 28. Right Hon. George Montague, Earl of Cardigan, and his heirs-male, the dignities of Marquis Monthermer, and Duke of Montague.

Lord Viscount Loftus of Ireland, and his heirs-male, the dignity of an Earl, by the title of Earl of Ely, in the county of Wicklow.-Vifcount Headfort, and his heirs-male, the dignity of an Earl of the kingdom of Ireland, by the title of Earl of Bective, of Castle Bective, in the county of Meath. — Lord Annesley, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Vifcount of the faid kingdom, by the title of Vifcount Glenrawley, in the county of Fermanagh.-Lord Kingfion, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Vifcount of Ireland, by the title of Vifcount Kingfton, of Kingfborough, in the county of Sligo.- Sir John Mead, Bart, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baron and Vifcount, by the title of Baron Gilliord, of Gillford, in the county of Down, and Vifcount ClanWilliam, of the Barony of ClanWilliam, in the county of Tipperary.-Kenneth Mackenzie, Eq and his heirs male, the dignities of a Baron and Vifcount of the kingdom of Ireland, by the title

of

the excise.

25. Sir James Gray, Bart. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Spain. and the Hon. David Stuart Erskine, commonly called Lord Cardrofs, Secretary to the Embaffy.-John Weft, Efq. a Commiffioner of the Cuftoms in Scotland, in the room of Alexander Le Grand, Efq, deceased.-Maurice Morgan, Efq. Secretary to the colony of New Jersey, in America. -George Brown, Efq. Secretary and Provost Master General of the iflands of Bermuda.

Lately, John Shelly, Efq. Treasurer of the Houfhold.-Mr. Serjeant Hewet, a Judge of the Court of King's Bench.-Col. Guy Carleton, a Brigadier-General in America.

Dec. 2. Ulyffes Fitzmaurice, Efq. Lieutenant-Governor of St. Vincent, in the room of Lauchlin Macleane, Efq.-Will. Hill, Efq. Lieut. Governor of Tobago, in the room of Alexander Brown, Elq. deceased.

3. His Royal Highnefs the

-13. Duke of Ancaster, Mafter of the Horfe, in the room of the Earl of Hertford.-Sir Edw. Hawke, Charles Townfhend, John Buller, Efqrs. Lord Palmerston, Sir George Younge, Sir Percy Brett, and Charles Jenkinfon, Efq. Lords of the Admiralty.

16. Right Hon. Robert Nugent, Soame Jenyns, Edward Elliot, George Rice, John Roberts, Jeremiah Dyfon, William Fitzherbert, and the Hon. Thomas Robinfon, Efqrs. Lords of Trade and Plantations.

-20. Marquis of Lorne, a Baron of Great Britain, to him and his heirs-male, and in default of fuch iffue, in remainder to his brothers, Lords Frederick and Wm. and their male iffue fucceffively, by the title of Baron Sunbridge of Coombank in Kent.-Robert Nugent, Efq. the dignities of a Baron and Viscount of Ireland, to him and his heirs-male, by the title of Baron Nugent of Carlanstown, and Viscount Clare, both in that kingdom.-Elizabeth, Vilcountefs of Grandifon, a Vifcounters, and Countefs of Ireland, by the titles of Vifcountefs Villiers, and Countefs of Grandifon, and of Vilcount and Earl to her heirs-male.