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Folio 43: Blaquiere to Suffolk. He had heard that the pretender was in Paris, possibly...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/283/53

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SP 78/283/53
Date
1771 Oct 1
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Folio 43: Blaquiere to Suffolk. He had heard that the pretender was in Paris, possibly going to Poland. Aiguillon confirmed that he had been in Paris, saying he was going to marry a rich heiress in Germany. Aiguillon had ordered him out of France and he was already in Vienne in Dauphiné, escorted by the marquis de Fitzjames. The duc de Fitzjames is made governor of Brittany in place of Duras and is set to banish the Parlement. Duras was dismissed as was the prince de Beauvau `for having imbibed principles so discordant to his majesty's'.

Date and place: 1771 Oct 1 Paris.

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