Item
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
Catalogue reference: SP 87/13/42
Date: 1743 Jun 02
Copy of SP 87/12/33. ff. 86, 87
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Chesterfield to Cumberland: the king will not make any promotions to general officer,...
Catalogue reference: SP 87/22/144
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This record is about the Chesterfield to Cumberland: the king will not make any promotions to general officer,... dating from 1747 May 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747 May 22
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Chesterfield to Cumberland: the king will not make any promotions to general officer, but does not object to the promotion of major generals to lieutenant general and of brigadier generals to major general. Some German officers are still prisoners, and the king will release French prisoners in England when these have been freed. Dated (OS) at Whitehall. ff. 283, 284
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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