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THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 14, 1862. Commissions Signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the [Extract from the Dublin Gazette of 10Th October, County of Dorset

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THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 14, 1862. Commissions Signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the [Extract from the Dublin Gazette of 10Th October, County of Dorset 4888 THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 14, 1862. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the [Extract from the Dublin Gazette of 10th October, County of Dorset. 1862.] 1st Administrative Battalion of Dorsetshire Rifle Crown and Hanaper Office, Volunteers. 10th October, 1362. Henry Augustus Templer, Esq., to be Major. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF Dated 7th October, 1862. IRELAND. 1st Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteers. IN pursuance of an Act, passed ,in the fortieth year of the reign of His Majesty King George Captain Henry Saunders Edwards to be Captain- the Third, entitled " An Act to regulate the mode Commandant. Dated 7th October, .1862. " by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and " the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the " United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be East Riding of the County of York, and the " summoned and returned to the said Parliament," Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. I do hereby give notice, that Writs bearing teste East York Artillery Volunteers. this day, have issued for electing a Temporal Peer of Ireland, to succeed to the vacancy made by 4th Corps (Hull). the demise of Arthur, "Viscount Ducgannon, in Joseph Hickson Peart, Esq., to be' Second Lieu- the House of Lords, of the said United Kingdom, tenant, vice Heaven, promoted. Dated 2nd which said Writs are severally directed to the fol- September, 1862. lowing Peers who sat and voted in the House of Charles Henry Garthorne, Esq., to be Second Lords in Ireland before the Union, or whose right Lieutenant. Dated 2nd September, 1862. to vote on the election of Temporal Peers of Ireland Second Lieutenant Charles Henry Garthorne to hath, upon claims made on their behalf, been be First Lieutenant, vice McBride, promoted. admitted since the Union by the House of Lords Dated 2nd September, 1862. of the said United Kingdom ; and that the said Writs are ready to be delivered at this Office. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Augustus Frederick, Duke of Leinster. County of Kent. John De La Poer, Marquess of Waterford. 11th Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps. Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull, Mar- quess of Downshire. Second Lieutenant Thomas Goodban to be First George Hamilton, Marquess of Donegall. Lieutenant, vice Howard, resigned. Dated 3rd Henry Francis Seymour, Marquess of Drogheda. October, 1862. Thomas, Marquess of Headfort. John William Howard, Gent., to be Honorary George John, Marquess of Sligo. „ Assistant-Surgeon. Dated^Srd October, 1862. Frederick William Robert, Marquess of Lon- 43rd Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps. donderry. Francis Nathaniel, Marquess of Conyngham. Reginald Appach, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice George Thomas John, Marquess of Westmeath. Ayerstj resigned. Dated 5th October, 1862. Ulick John, Marquess of Clanricarde. Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, Earl of Water- Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the ford. County of Stafford. Arthur James, Earl of Fingall. Frederick John William, Earl of Cavan. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire George. Arthur Hastings, Earl of Granard. Yeomanry Cavalry. Henry, Earl of Kerry and Shelburn. Cornet Ernest Alfred Worthington to be Lieu- John Stuart, Earl of Darnley. tenant, vice Sneyd, promoted. Dated 6th Oc- George, Earl of Egraont. tober, 1862. John George, Earl of Bessborough. Somerset Arthur, Earl of Carrick. 4th Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Richard, Earl of Shannon. Volunteers. George John Danvers, Earl of Lauesborough. llth Company. James, Earl of Fife. Joseph Barrows, Esq., to be Captain, vice Hall, Philip Yorke, Earl of Arran. resigned. Dated 4th October, 1862. James George Henry, Earl of Courtown. Joseph, Earl of Milltown. Francis William, Earl of Charlemont. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Thomas, Earl of Howth.. County of Norfolk, and of the City and County Robert, Earl of Roden. of the City of Norwich. Ernest, Earl of Lisburn. 22nd Norfolk Rifle Volunteer Corps. Benjamin O'Neale, Earl of Aldborough. Stephen, Earl of Mount-Cashel. Woodley George Salter to bS Ensign. Dated Mark, Earl of Antrim. 10th October, 1862. William Lygon, Earl of Longford. Henry John Reuben, Earl of Portarlington. [The following Memorandum is substituted for Robert, Earl of Mayo. that which appeared in the Gazette of the William Richard, Earl Annesley. 9th ultimo.] William Willoughby, Earl of Enniskillen. MEMORANDUM. John, Earl of Erne. Granville Levison, Earl of Carysfort. 1st Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps. Otway O'Connor, Earl of Desart. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to William, Earl of Wicklow. approve the transfer of Adjutant George Lidwill John Henry, Earl of Clonmell. from the 1st Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps to William Sydney, Earl of Leitrim, : the 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps, from 8th George Charles, Earl of Lucan. August, 1862. Somerset Richard, Earl of Belmore..
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