BIB_ID
129611
Accession number
MA 9660
Creator
Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812.
Display Date
1812 March 14.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 23.3 x 18 cm
Notes
Written from Downing Street.
Jocelyn is not identified by name anywhere on the letter. However, he assumed the office of Treasurer of the Household in March 1812, making it likely that he is the person to whom this letter was addressed.
Jocelyn is not identified by name anywhere on the letter. However, he assumed the office of Treasurer of the Household in March 1812, making it likely that he is the person to whom this letter was addressed.
Summary
Offering him the office of Treasurer of the Household, as per the command of the Prince Regent (later George IV); listing past holders of the office, including the Earl of Courtown, "who succeeds Lord Mr. Edgcumbe, on his Lordship's resignation" (possibly a reference to George Edgcumbe, Treasurer of the Household in the 1760s); asking that his compliments be sent to the Duke of Rutland and that Jocelyn "assure His Grace that had your Lordship not been at Belvoir Castle, I should have handed His Grace with a Letter informing him of the offer."
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