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Folio 59. Attorney General [Sir Dudley Ryder] to Duke of Newcastle with the draft...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/94/1/59

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This record is about the Folio 59. Attorney General [Sir Dudley Ryder] to Duke of Newcastle with the draft... dating from 1747 Feb 9 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/94/1/59
Date
1747 Feb 9
Description

Folio 59. Attorney General [Sir Dudley Ryder] to Duke of Newcastle with the draft of a warrant for appointing a Lord High Steward, to preside over the trial of [Jacobite] Lord Lovat [Simon Fraser], which is an English language version of the warrant drafted for the trial [in 1680] of Viscount Stafford [William Howard]. Enclosure:

1. Folio 60. Draft of warrant for a High Steward of Great Britain to preside over Lovat's impeachment for high treason. Signed by Philip Lord Hardwicke, and dated at the Court of St James [London, Middlesex].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 55-58
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Open Document, Open Description
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