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L29/563/12
Title
Walpole , Lisbon to Grantham, St. James's (private) Refers to Le Cointe Brother as in previous letter. Walpole has been at Lisbon for eleven years and believes himself "doyen of his Majesty's Ministers abroad". Unless he gains the promotion he is now seeking it would not be worth while to quit his present situation. Repeats request for Osterwald as Secretary of the Embassy. Osterwald is of good birth at Neufachatel and a Protestant.
Date free text
21 Dec 1782
Production date
From: 1782 To: 1782
Language
English
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Lucas,
Robinson, Thomas (2nd Baron Grantham),
Walpole, Robert,
Le Cointe Brothers Limited,
George III,
Osterwald, John Frederick
Keywords
Foreign Secretary, political correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, Le Cointe Brothers Limited, ROYALTY, ambassador, Secretary of the Embassy, Lisbon, Westminster St James

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Wrest Park [Lucas] Archive
fonds | L
- Lady Lucas' Collection: Family Papers re Public Office
  sub-fonds | L29
  1550s - 1800
  - Correspondence between Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1738-1786) as Foreign Secretary and Robe...
    file | L29/563
    1782-1783
    Walpole , Lisbon to Grantham, St. James's (private) Refers to Le Cointe Brother as in previous le...
    item | L29/563/12
    21 Dec 1782