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Sheet Number SP 89 SE
Catalogue reference: OS 42/19383
Date: 1976 May 06 - 1985 May 02
Sheet Number SP 89 SE
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Folio 1: Royal Instructions for the Earl of Kinnoull as Ambassador Extraordinary...
Catalogue reference: SP 89/52/1
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This record is about the Folio 1: Royal Instructions for the Earl of Kinnoull as Ambassador Extraordinary... dating from 1760 Jan 18 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 89/52/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760 Jan 18
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Folio 1: Royal Instructions for the Earl of Kinnoull as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to King Joseph I. He is to express King George II's deep regret for the unintended breach of Portuguese neutrality in the destruction of the French squadron by Admiral Boscawen off Lagos. Is further to assure King Joseph of the `particular sensibility' with which King George has followed `these most interesting events' in Portugal [i.e. expulsion of the Jesuits]. He is to report on condition of affairs in Portugal, reactions to the expulsion of the Jesuits, and keep a close watch on conduct of the French ambassador.
Date and place: 1760 Jan 18 London.
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- Countersigned and initialled by George II. Draft.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Portugal
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