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lor's name was proclaimed as having caused or connived at all the abuses which had been discovered. Campbell also states that when Lord Macclesfield was dismissed, in January, 1725, this Great Seal was put into commis sion, as there was no one who could at the moment be appointed to succeed the dis graced Chancellor. The diary of King, who
of Surry. . . . And this day at noon I went to St. James's, and being called into the King's closet, he delivered the Seals to me as Lord Chancellor : and soon after I went to the Coun cil-chamber, carrying the Seals before him." George II. also had one seal only; but George III. used five, the last of which is shown in No. 21. Prominent amongst the
.No.' 19. Seal of Queen Anne.
Period of use 1707 to 1715.
succeeded Macclesfield, contains the follow ing entry : — "1725. — Tuesday, June 1. Monday, the 31st May, being the last day of the sitting of Parlia ment, I was introduced into the House of Lords, as Lord King, Baron of Ockham, in the county
Diameter 6.1 inches.
Reverse.
many adventures of Great Seals is that which befell the first seal of George III., held by Lord Thurlow. Lord Campbell, in his "Lives," narrates that, in March 1784, the government decided to dissolve Parliament, and that while the necessary preparations
