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Halifax to Conway, censuring him for allowing the British Legion to keep their arms...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/48/60

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This record is about the Halifax to Conway, censuring him for allowing the British Legion to keep their arms... dating from 19 January 1763 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 87/48/60
Date
19 January 1763
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Halifax to Conway, censuring him for allowing the British Legion to keep their arms and horses so as to allow them to engage in the Prussian service. Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith, who was to have commanded them, is deprived of his lieutenant colonelcy in the 20th regiment. The provisions in Münster are required for the king's own troops. Dated at St James's. ff. 99-102

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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Military Expeditions

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