GEORGE III (1738-1820)

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GEORGE III (1738-1820)
Warrant on paper, signed 'George R' at the head, St. James's, 10 June 1782, large 4°, authorising the Right Honorable Thomas Townshend to countersign commissions as a Principal Secretary of State, embossed seals, countersigned by Grantham (creased on folds).

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Thomas Townshend, first Viscount Sidney (1733-1800) held numerous government posts in his career as a longstanding Whig MP for Whitchurch in Hampshire. In March 1782 he became Secretary at War in Rockingham's second administration.

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