THE SALARIES FOR THE BRITISH ARMY IN SCOTLAND GEORGE II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain), Samuel SANDYS (1st Baron Sandys, 1695-1770, Whig Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer) and Phillips GYBBON (1678-1762, Whig Politician, Lord of the Treaury)

Fine Large Document Signed at the head, listing the salaries of the Staff Officers in North Britain, starting with the Commander in Chief in North Britain who was paid £1460 per annum and ending with the Clerk of the Courts Martial in North Britain on £136.17s.6d with a further “Levy Money for 288 Non Commission Officers and private Men for Augmenting Maj. Gen. Hamilton’s Brig^r Bland’s Reg^ts of Dragoons...” for a total of £4260 signed at the foot by Sandys and Gybbon, on the verso is the list of the salaries of “His Majesty’s First Troop of Horse Guards, 2 sides large folio, no place, 31st December

Sandys held numerous posts in the government including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, Cofferer of the Household and First Lord of Trade. He was also a Justice in Eyre who were the highest magistrates.
On Walpole's fall in 1742, Gybbon was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Wilmington's government, retaining the post after Henry Pelham replaced Wilmington in 1743 but losing office in the reshuffle after Carteret was sacked at the end of 1744.

Item Date:  1742

Stock No:  43703      £475

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