Letter : Manchester Square, [England], to Abraham Motte, 1782 June 7.

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Letter : Manchester Square, [England], to Abraham Motte, 1782 June 7.

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Mellish regrets that he cannot secure a commission in the British army for Motte through his friend Sir Henry Clinton but offers to recommend Motte to Mr. and Mrs. Gillon for their assistance.

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Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...

Motte, Abraham, 1764-1833.

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Mellish, Charles

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Epithet: of Add MS 32971 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0001fe English kinsman of Abraham Motte, a native of South Carolina and son of Jacob Motte (1700-1770). Abraham Motte was a distant relative of Charles Mellish and possibly Alexander Gillon (a South Carolina politician, naval officer, and merchant), whose first wife was the widow Mary Splatt Cripps, daughter of Richard Splatt and Ann Mellish. Ann...

Gillon, Mary Splatt Cripps, ca. 1727-1787.

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Gillon, Alexander, 1741-1794

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Naval officer and U.S. representative from South Carolina. From the description of Letter of Alexander Gillon, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450469 ...