552 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



bendary of Westminster, void by 

 the promotion of Dr. Walker King 

 to the see of Rochester. 



lVhit(-/iall, March 21. Reverend 

 George Gret ton, D.D. recommend- 

 ed (by his majesty's letter) to be 

 elected dean of Hereford,ivccLeigh, 

 deceased. 



Queen's palace, March 22. Right 

 l)on. gen. sir David Dundas, K. 13. 

 sworn of his majesty's most ho- 

 nourable privy council. 



Whitehall, Mnrch'25. Right hon. 

 gen. sir David Dundas, K. B. ap- 

 pointed commander in chief of all 

 bis majesty's land forces in the 

 united kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, vice the duke of York, 

 resigned.— Robert Moorsom, esq. 

 appointed one of the lords commis- 

 sioners of the admiralty, vice capt. 

 Hope, resigned. — Rev. George 

 Gordon, B. D. appointed dean of 

 Exeter, vice Talbot, resigned. — 

 Rev. Jos. Mends, B. A. presented to 

 the rectory of Aller, co. Somerset. 

 Void by the promotion of Dr. King, 

 to the see of Rochester. — Rev. Ro- 

 bert Holds worth, IM. A. presented 

 to the vicarage of Brixham, co. 

 Devon, vice Fownes, dec. 



WhitehulL March 28. Sir David 

 Baird, knt. lieut.-general of his ma- 

 jesty's land forces, created a ba- 

 ronet of the united kingdom; with 

 remainder to Robert Baird, esq. of 

 Newbyth, East Lothian, his bro- 

 ther. 



Whilehall, April \. Sir Samuel 

 Hood, K. B. rear-admiral of the 

 white, created a baronetof the unit- 

 ed kingdom ; with remainder to his 



nephew, Alexander Hood, esq 



Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, 

 M. A. presented to the vicarage of 

 West Ham, Essex, vice Dr. Gre- 

 gory, dec. 



Whilehall, April 4. Francis lord 

 Napier, appointed high commis- 

 sioner to the general assembly of 

 the church of Scotland. 



Whitehall, April 8. Archibald 

 Campbell, esq. appointed a lord of 

 session in Scotland, vicesAv William 

 Nairn, bart. resigned. 



Queoi's 2)alace, April 12. Sir 

 Hugh Elliot, sworn captain-gen. 

 and governor in chief of his majes- 

 ty's Leeward Caribbee islands in 

 America. 



Whitehall, April21. J.Sedgwick, 

 J. Jackson, and 8. Rose, esqrs. ap- 

 pointed commissioners of excise in 

 Scotland, vice J. Stoddart, R. Gra- 

 ham, esqrs. and sir J. Stuart, bart. 

 resigned. 



Dotvnitig-street, April27. Lieut.- 

 col. Larlilan Macquarrie, of the 

 73rd foot, appointed governor and 

 commaxider in chief of the settle- 

 ment of New South Wales and its 

 dependencies. 



Foreign-office, April 29. The 

 marquis Wellesley, K. P. appoint- 

 ed ambassador-extraordinary and 

 plenipotentiary to his Catholic ma- 

 jesty Ferdinand the seventh ; and 

 to reside in that character at the seat 

 of the central or supreme junta in 

 Spain.— -Frederic Lindeman, esq. 

 to be consul to theprovinceof Bata- 

 via, in the Portuguese dominions in 

 South America. — John Lempriere, 

 esq. appointed consul to the pro- 

 vince ofPernambuco, in the said do- 

 minions. — Henry Veitch, esq. to 

 be agent and consul-gen. in the is- 

 lands of Madeiras. 



Whitehall, May 6. Mich. Sey- 

 mour, esq. of Higii Mount, county 

 Cork, and of Fiery-park, county 

 Devon, created a baronet of the 

 united kingdom. 



Foreign-office, May 8. Robert 



Adair, 



