Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1174
TitleSir Egerton Leigh to Lord Dartmouth, sends his memorial being unable to obtain access to his Lordship, Lord Gower recommended a memorial and promised to speak for him
Date2 Mar 1775
DescriptionEnclosure, memorial to Lord Dartmouth, Saville Row, his late father was appointed Chief Justice of South Carolina in 1753, relates his public services since 1755, shows pecuniary losses since 1766 owing to the successful combinations of a powerful faction to whose insults he ha also been subjected, his office as Surveyor General has been extinguished by the King's order respecting vacant lands and his health is much impaired by the climate, seeks some office in any province north of Pennsylvania or other more suitable climate
Extent4 pages
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