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April 19, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On January 20, 1764, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of London presented congratulatory addresses to King George III, the Princess Dowager of Wales, the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lunenburgh, and Princess Augusta on her marriage to the Prince, receiving gracious responses.
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From the LONDON GAZETTE.
St. James's, January 20, 1764.
This Day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, waited on his Majesty, and being introduced to his Majesty by Earl Gower, Lord Chamberlain, made their compliments in the following Address, which was spoke by James Eyre, Esq; Recorder.
To the King's most Excellent Majesty,
The humble address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
May it please your Majesty,
GRACIOUSLY to accept our sincere and dutiful congratulations on the marriage of your Majesty's eldest sister, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg. It was with the utmost joy and satisfaction, that we saw your Majesty's wisdom yield to the proposals for an alliance with a protestant family of illustrious ; and that a lady, whose amiable character is not more exalted by the dignity of her high birth than her private virtues, was destined to be the happy partner of a prince, whose eminent and distinguished services, during a successful and glorious war, will ever be remembered by every friend of true religion and liberty.
Your Majesty's faithful citizens of London have seen with gratitude, the constitution of this country, settled and established by our great deliverer King William, maintained and improved by the illustrious house of Brunswick ; and therefore they cannot sufficiently applaud your Majesty's great wisdom and goodness, in further strengthening it by this happy alliance.
May this marriage answer your Majesty's warmest wishes and expectations ; and the Prince and Princess be blessed with an offspring truly worthy of so royal and illustrious a descent.
Permit us to assure your Majesty of our firm attachment to your Majesty's sacred person and government ; and of our constant endeavours, within our sphere, to contribute to the happiness and prosperity of your Majesty's reign.
Signed by order of Court,
James Hodges.
To which address his Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I Return you my thanks for your dutiful congratulations on the marriage of my sister the Princess Augusta with the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lunenburgh ; and am glad that this happy alliance gives such general satisfaction.
I receive, with pleasure, your assurances of duty and affection to my person and government. The city of London may always depend on my favour and protection.
They were all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand.
Leicester-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, of the city of London, in Council assembled, waited on her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales; and being introduced to her Royal Highness by Lord Boston, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoke by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.
Madam,
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, beg leave to congratulate your Royal Highness's on the marriage of your eldest daughter her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg.
The eminent virtues and exalted merit of the Princess have justly endeared her to all his Majesty's faithful subjects : her union with a protestant family, distinguished in the defence of the liberties of Europe, is at once a pleasing and most interesting subject to the friends of civil and religious liberty.
May this union be the source of every domestic felicity to this illustrious pair ; and may your Royal Highness long live to enjoy the most permanent satisfaction from this alliance.
Signed by order of the court,
James Hodges.
To which address her Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious answer.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I Heartily thank you for this new proof of your attention & regard for me and my family, upon occasion of this happy event.
They were all received very graciously, and had the Honour to kiss her Royal Highness's hand.
Saville-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London in common council assembled, waited on his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg ; and being introduced to his most Serene Highness, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoken by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick
Sir,
Lunenburg.
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the city of London, in common council assembled, embrace this joyful occasion of paying to your most Serene Highness our warmest compliments of congratulation on your auspicious nuptials with the most virtuous and amiable Princess, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta.
We esteem it our happiness that we have an opportunity of testifying to your Serene Highness our sentiments of obligation and gratitude to the illustrious House of Brunswick : and to your Serene Highness in particular, for the eminent services which this country has derived from your great valour, and distinguished conduct in the course of the late glorious and successful war.
May your Serene Highness long live to enjoy, in peace, the glory you have acquired in arms ; and may your most amiable consort crown your wishes with a race of Princes to emulate your virtues and extend your name and family to the remotest times.
Signed by order of court,
James Hodges
To which his Serene Highness was pleased to return the following Answer.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I Return you thanks for this mark of your attention and regard
Leicester-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, waited on her Royal and Serene Highness the Princess of Brunswick Lunenburg ; and being introduced to her Royal and Serene Highness by Lord Boston, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoke by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To her Royal and Serene Highness the Princess of Brunswick Lunenburg.
Madam,
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, humbly beg your Royal Highness's permission to present our warmest congratulations upon your Royal Highness's auspicious marriage with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg.
This alliance with a Prince so highly accomplished, so early distinguished for his heroic valour and martial conduct, and whose eminent services in the course of a glorious war, have justly endeared him to this country, we consider as a fresh instance of the wisdom of our gracious Sovereign, of his affection for your Royal Highness, and of his regard to the liberties of Europe, and the Protestant interest.
Nothing
Nothing could allay our concern at the thoughts of being deprived of the presence of a Princess adorned with every virtue and accomplishment, beloved and admired by all his Majesty's subjects, but the pleasing prospect we have of her enjoying all the happiness which she so justly deserves.
We most sincerely wish long life and health to your Royal Highness and your illustrious consort, and that Heaven will crown your mutual affections with a race of Princes formed by your instructions and example:
And we beg leave to assure your Royal Highness, that neither time nor distance can efface the sentiments of esteem and veneration which we have long entertained for your Royal Highness.
Signed by order of Court,
James Hodges.
To which her Royal and Serene Highness was pleased to return the following answer.
My Lord and Gentlemen,
Most heartily thank you for this mark of your attention and regard, and I look upon it as a proof of your duty and affection to the King.
St. James's, January 20, 1764.
This Day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, waited on his Majesty, and being introduced to his Majesty by Earl Gower, Lord Chamberlain, made their compliments in the following Address, which was spoke by James Eyre, Esq; Recorder.
To the King's most Excellent Majesty,
The humble address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
May it please your Majesty,
GRACIOUSLY to accept our sincere and dutiful congratulations on the marriage of your Majesty's eldest sister, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg. It was with the utmost joy and satisfaction, that we saw your Majesty's wisdom yield to the proposals for an alliance with a protestant family of illustrious ; and that a lady, whose amiable character is not more exalted by the dignity of her high birth than her private virtues, was destined to be the happy partner of a prince, whose eminent and distinguished services, during a successful and glorious war, will ever be remembered by every friend of true religion and liberty.
Your Majesty's faithful citizens of London have seen with gratitude, the constitution of this country, settled and established by our great deliverer King William, maintained and improved by the illustrious house of Brunswick ; and therefore they cannot sufficiently applaud your Majesty's great wisdom and goodness, in further strengthening it by this happy alliance.
May this marriage answer your Majesty's warmest wishes and expectations ; and the Prince and Princess be blessed with an offspring truly worthy of so royal and illustrious a descent.
Permit us to assure your Majesty of our firm attachment to your Majesty's sacred person and government ; and of our constant endeavours, within our sphere, to contribute to the happiness and prosperity of your Majesty's reign.
Signed by order of Court,
James Hodges.
To which address his Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I Return you my thanks for your dutiful congratulations on the marriage of my sister the Princess Augusta with the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lunenburgh ; and am glad that this happy alliance gives such general satisfaction.
I receive, with pleasure, your assurances of duty and affection to my person and government. The city of London may always depend on my favour and protection.
They were all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand.
Leicester-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, of the city of London, in Council assembled, waited on her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales; and being introduced to her Royal Highness by Lord Boston, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoke by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.
Madam,
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, beg leave to congratulate your Royal Highness's on the marriage of your eldest daughter her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg.
The eminent virtues and exalted merit of the Princess have justly endeared her to all his Majesty's faithful subjects : her union with a protestant family, distinguished in the defence of the liberties of Europe, is at once a pleasing and most interesting subject to the friends of civil and religious liberty.
May this union be the source of every domestic felicity to this illustrious pair ; and may your Royal Highness long live to enjoy the most permanent satisfaction from this alliance.
Signed by order of the court,
James Hodges.
To which address her Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious answer.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I Heartily thank you for this new proof of your attention & regard for me and my family, upon occasion of this happy event.
They were all received very graciously, and had the Honour to kiss her Royal Highness's hand.
Saville-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London in common council assembled, waited on his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg ; and being introduced to his most Serene Highness, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoken by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick
Sir,
Lunenburg.
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the city of London, in common council assembled, embrace this joyful occasion of paying to your most Serene Highness our warmest compliments of congratulation on your auspicious nuptials with the most virtuous and amiable Princess, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta.
We esteem it our happiness that we have an opportunity of testifying to your Serene Highness our sentiments of obligation and gratitude to the illustrious House of Brunswick : and to your Serene Highness in particular, for the eminent services which this country has derived from your great valour, and distinguished conduct in the course of the late glorious and successful war.
May your Serene Highness long live to enjoy, in peace, the glory you have acquired in arms ; and may your most amiable consort crown your wishes with a race of Princes to emulate your virtues and extend your name and family to the remotest times.
Signed by order of court,
James Hodges
To which his Serene Highness was pleased to return the following Answer.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I Return you thanks for this mark of your attention and regard
Leicester-House, January 20.
This day the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, waited on her Royal and Serene Highness the Princess of Brunswick Lunenburg ; and being introduced to her Royal and Serene Highness by Lord Boston, made their compliments of congratulation, which were spoke by James Eyre, Esq; the recorder.
To her Royal and Serene Highness the Princess of Brunswick Lunenburg.
Madam,
THE Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, humbly beg your Royal Highness's permission to present our warmest congratulations upon your Royal Highness's auspicious marriage with his most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg.
This alliance with a Prince so highly accomplished, so early distinguished for his heroic valour and martial conduct, and whose eminent services in the course of a glorious war, have justly endeared him to this country, we consider as a fresh instance of the wisdom of our gracious Sovereign, of his affection for your Royal Highness, and of his regard to the liberties of Europe, and the Protestant interest.
Nothing
Nothing could allay our concern at the thoughts of being deprived of the presence of a Princess adorned with every virtue and accomplishment, beloved and admired by all his Majesty's subjects, but the pleasing prospect we have of her enjoying all the happiness which she so justly deserves.
We most sincerely wish long life and health to your Royal Highness and your illustrious consort, and that Heaven will crown your mutual affections with a race of Princes formed by your instructions and example:
And we beg leave to assure your Royal Highness, that neither time nor distance can efface the sentiments of esteem and veneration which we have long entertained for your Royal Highness.
Signed by order of Court,
James Hodges.
To which her Royal and Serene Highness was pleased to return the following answer.
My Lord and Gentlemen,
Most heartily thank you for this mark of your attention and regard, and I look upon it as a proof of your duty and affection to the King.
What sub-type of article is it?
Royal Event
Court News
What keywords are associated?
Princess Augusta Marriage
Brunswick Prince
London Congratulations
Royal Alliance
House Of Brunswick
What entities or persons were involved?
His Majesty
Princess Augusta
Hereditary Prince Of Brunswick Lunenburg
Princess Dowager Of Wales
James Eyre, Esq; Recorder
James Hodges
Earl Gower
Lord Boston
Where did it happen?
Brunswick Lunenburg
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Brunswick Lunenburg
Event Date
January 20, 1764
Key Persons
His Majesty
Princess Augusta
Hereditary Prince Of Brunswick Lunenburg
Princess Dowager Of Wales
James Eyre, Esq; Recorder
James Hodges
Earl Gower
Lord Boston
Outcome
the addresses were received graciously by all parties, and the deputation had the honour to kiss hands.
Event Details
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of London presented formal addresses of congratulation on the marriage of Princess Augusta to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg to the King at St. James's, the Princess Dowager of Wales at Leicester-House, the Prince at Saville-House, and the Princess at Leicester-House. Each address praised the alliance, the virtues of the couple, and the House of Brunswick's services, expressing hopes for happiness and offspring. Gracious responses were given by each recipient, thanking the city for their duty and affection.