The Report of the Lords Committees Appointed to Take into Consideration the Report of the Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament, Anno I Anna Regina For Taking , Examining and Stating the Publick Accompts of the Kingdom; So far as Relates to the Accompts Of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Orford, Late Treasurer of the Navy.

Published by Printed by Charles Bill, London, 1704

About this Item

31 x 19 cm., 18 pp. Faint water stain to one corner. Small worm holes. It seems that this item may have been removed from a painting as the leaves are separate. With - 'The Answers of the Earl of Orford (Late Treasurer of the Navy to the Observations Made by the Honourable Commissioners of Accompts Upon His Accompts of the Navy.' 31 x 19 cm., 13 pp. Small worm holes. It seems that this item may have been removed from a painting as the leaves are separate. The Earl of Orford was Edward Russell. Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English noblemen who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking Prince William of Orange to depose King James II. Based in the Netherlands, he served as Prince William's secretary during the planning of William's invasion of England and subsequent Glorious Revolution. He was fully engaged in providing naval support for the Williamite War in Ireland until the war ended. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at the Battle of Barfleur and destroyed much of it in a night attack at the Battle of La Hogue during the Nine Years' War. Russell went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of William III and then held the office twice again in the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I. He was also MP for Launceston, for Portsmouth and then for Cambridgeshire. He faced allegations of having misappropriated funds from the maintenance of the fleet to spend on his private estates in 1698.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Report of the Lords Committees Appointed to Take into Consideration the Report of the Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament, Anno I Anna Regina For Taking , Examining and Stating the Publick Accompts of the Kingdom; So far as Relates to the Accompts Of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Orford, Late Treasurer of the Navy.
• Publisher: Printed by Charles Bill, London
• Publication Date: 1704
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Naval
  • Antiquarian