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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.807.02
From Archive Folder Collection of items pertaining to Doctor John Lorimer 
Title Appointment of John Lorimer as a surgeon in Belleisle
Date 11 June 1762
Author George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  
Additional authors Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1730-1786); Hesse, John F. (fl. 1758-1765); Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of (1710-1763)
Document Type Military document; Legal document
Content Description Signed by Charles Wyndman, Second Earl of Egremont and British Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1761-1763. Egremont signs based on the orders of King George III. Countersigned by Thomas Tyrwhitt as Under-Secretary at War and John F. [Hesse?]. Hesse certifies that Lorimer's appointment has been entered in the Office of Thomas Gore, Commissary General of Musters. Appoints Lorimer as surgeon to the garrison on the British Island of Belleisle. Issued at St. James Court. Contains a length of rectangular blue seal. Includes a royal stamp on verso depicting a crown and the letters "G R."
Subjects Global History and Civics  Military History  Health and Medical  
People Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1730-1786)  Hesse, John F. (fl. 1758-1778)  Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of (1710-1763)  George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  Lorimer, John (1732-1795)  Gore, Thomas (fl. 1741-1761)  
Place written London, England
Theme Health & Medicine; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Wyndham was Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1761-1763.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859