GEORGE II (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document signed, St James's, 29 October 1745, a warrant to John, Lord Hobart [later 1st Earl of Buckingham], Lieutenant of Norfolk and Norwich, authorising him to grant commissions to loyal subjects forming military units 'at this Time of Common Danger, when a Rebellion is actually begun within This Our Kingdom, in favour of a Popish Pretender', countersigned by Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 2 pages, folio, papered seal, blank, docket;