GEORGE III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain) and the 3rd Duke of PORTLAND (William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 1738-1809, Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809)

Fine Commission Document signed as King, printed with the details filled in by hand, appointing Charles Mingay Gent to be “Ensign to that Company whereof... Esq is Captain in our Twenty Second (or the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot commanded by our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General David Dundas...”, countersigned by the Duke of PORTLAND, 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp, Court at St James’s, 2nd December

Along with many other conservative Whigs such as Edmund Burke, Portland was deeply uncomfortable with the French Revolution; he broke with Fox over that issue and joined Pitt's government as Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1794. In that role he oversaw the administration of patronage and financial inducements, which were often secret, to secure the passage of the Act of Union 1800

Item Date:  1795

Stock No:  42581      £475

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