Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. <p>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 S^t 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.</p> <p>June 9^th 1769</p> Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This is a handwritten transcript of the original and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This comes from the Secretary of State's Entry Book. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous - Status of Royal Balls Held at St. James's Palace [1769-06-09] Subject The topic of the resource Precedence Royal Household Foreign Affairs Description An account of the resource 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 An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Francis, 1st Earl of Hertford (Lord Chamberlain) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SP 44/414 f.75 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1769-06-09 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Foreign Affairs Lord Chamberlain Precedence Royal Household Royal Prerogative