Concerns: an incorrect report of a French fleet off Beachy Head which was a Dutch convoy; arrangements for transfer of Admiral Byng from Portsmouth to the Tower [before his court martialling] under heavy guard to protect him from the populace. Written from London. Signed: "Duncannon".
Letter from William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS4/291
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/294.53
- Dates of Creation
- 3 August 1756
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet
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