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Folio 52-55. Copy of instructions signed by[King George II for General Humphry Bland...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/102/1/52

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This record is about the Folio 52-55. Copy of instructions signed by[King George II for General Humphry Bland... dating from 1747 Oct 16 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/102/1/52
Date
1747 Oct 16
Description

Folio 52-55. Copy of instructions signed by[King George II for General Humphry Bland ordering him to take command of the army in North Britain [Scotland]. Instruction notes that several 'principal persons' linked to the [Jacobite] Rebellion are still active, especially in Lochaber [Lochabar] and Badenoch, and orders Bland to attempt capture of MacPherson of Cluny, with Cameron of Lochiel's name deleted. Ordered to enforce law concerning nonjuring meeting houses. Dated Kensington [Palace] [Middlesex, London].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 68-71
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