Royal Letter - Dispensing With a Peer's Attendance at the Coronation of King George II [1727-10-09]
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Title
Royal Letter - Dispensing With a Peer's Attendance at the Coronation of King George II [1727-10-09]
Subject
Coronation
Description
Royal Letter of King George II giving an unnamed peer and his wife permission to be absent from his Coronation.
Creator
King George II
Source
Keith W. Murray, "Coronation Letters," The Genealogist, vol. XVIII (1902): 66.
Date
1727-10-09
Contributor
Jason Loch
Royal Letter Item Type Metadata
Transcript
GEORGE R.
Right Trusty and Well-Beloved We Greet you well. It having been Represented unto us That neither you or the Lady your Wife can without Great Prejudice Attend at the Royal Solemnity of Our and the Queens Coronation on the Eleventh of October Instant We have therefore thought fit and accordingly do hereby Dispense with your Respective Attendance upon that Occasion, And so We bid you heartily Farewell. Given at Our Court at St. James’s the Ninth day of October 1727 In the First year of Our Reigne.
By His Majestys Com̃and
SUSSEX M
Countersigner
Talbot, 1st Earl of Sussex (Deputy Earl Marshal)
Recipient(s)
Unknown.
Ornamentation
This text is taken from a printed transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original.
Special Features
This Royal Letter was issued just a few days before the Coronation.
Collection
Citation
King George II, “Royal Letter - Dispensing With a Peer's Attendance at the Coronation of King George II [1727-10-09],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/562.