Miscellaneous - Status of Royal Balls Held at St. James's Palace [1769-06-09]
Dublin Core
Title
Miscellaneous - Status of Royal Balls Held at St. James's Palace [1769-06-09]
Subject
Precedence
Royal Household
Foreign Affairs
Description
Record of the Earl of Hertford's notice to foreign ministers informing them that King George III considered balls at St. James's Palace to be private events where no precedence was to be observed.
Creator
Francis, 1st Earl of Hertford (Lord Chamberlain)
Source
SP 44/414 f.75
Date
1769-06-09
Contributor
Jason Loch
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Transcript
The Earl of Herford, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty’s Household, has received His Majesty’s Commands to communicate to all the Ministers of Foreign Powers residing at this Court that the Balls at St James’s have ever been consider’d by the King as private Balls where no Precedence was to be observed. His Majesty conceives that a want of Information on this head may have given rise to unpleasant Altercations which this Notice must effectually prevent for the future.
June 9th 1769
Ornamentation
This is a handwritten transcript of the original and may not reflect the formatting of the original.
Special Features
This comes from the Secretary of State's Entry Book.
Citation
Francis, 1st Earl of Hertford (Lord Chamberlain), “Miscellaneous - Status of Royal Balls Held at St. James's Palace [1769-06-09],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/660.