474 APPENDIX. TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1745. 63. REV. THOMAS WILSON, D.D, Only son of Bishop Wilson, of Sodor and Man, senior TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1747. 64. FRANCIS COKAYNE, Esq. Lord Mayor of London. 65. SAMUEL LLOYD, Esq. An eminent Silk Merchant. TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1749. 66. EARL OF EGMONT, Son of Lord Perceval, first Earl. The Earl was one of the Post Masters General, First Lord of the Admiralty, and, being sworn of the King's Privy Council, was enrolled in the English Peerage as Lord Lovel and Holland. Walpole, in his letter to Sir Horace Man, (Strawberry Hill, March 4th, 1749,) thus speaks of him: "He has always earnestly studied our history, and constitution, and antiquities, with very ambitious views; and practised speaking early in the Irish Parliament. Indeed, this turn is his whole fund, for though he is between thirty and forty, he knows nothing of the world, and is always unpleasantly dragging the conversation to political dissertations. When very young, as he has told me himself, he dabbled in writing craftsmen and party papers; but the first event that made him known was his carrying the Westminster election, at the end of my father's ministry, which he amply described in the history of his own family, a genealogical work called "The History of the House of Yvery." "Egmont has taken the lead in the opposition, and has made as great a figure as perhaps was ever made in so short a time. He is very bold and resolved, master of vast knowl LIST OF TRUSTEES. 475 edge, and speaks at once with fire and method. His words are not picked and chosen like Pitt's; but his language is useful, clear, and strong. He has already, by his parts and resolution, mastered his great unpopularity, so far as to be heard with the utmost attention; though I believe nobody had ever more various difficulties to combat." He died in 1772. 67. ANTHONY EWER, Esq. 68. EDWARD HOOPER, Esq., M. P. A Commissioner of Customs. He married Dorothy, fourth daughter of the second Earl of Shaftesbury, and granddaughter of the Earl of Rutland. 69. RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN CUST, Bart., M. P. This Baronet was the nephew of John, Lord Viscount Tyrconnel, and inherited the estates of that nobleman. After holding several high offices in the household of the Prince of Wales, he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, in 1761, and sworn of His Majesty's Privy Council in 1768. His death, in 1770, was hastened, it is said, by the fatigues of his office. In consideration of the public and honourable services of Sir John, his son, Sir Brownlow Cust, was elevated to the Peerage, as Baron Brownlow. 70. RIGHT HON. SLINGSBY BETHEL, M. P. Alderman and Lord Mayor of London; died in 1758. 71. Right Hon. STEPHEN THEODORE JANSEN, M. P. Lord Mayor of London. 72. RICHARD CAVENDISH, M. P. One of His Majesty's Commissioners of Customs. Ꮯ Ꮋ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭲ Ꭼ Ꭱ OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA. GEORGE THE SECOND, By the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labour they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America; where, by cultivating the lands at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies, and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms. And whereas our provinces in North America have been frequently ravaged by Indian enemies; more especially that of South Carolina, which in the late war, by the neighbouring savages, was laid waste by fire and sword, and great numbers of the English inhabitants miserably massacred; and our living subjects who now inhabit there, by reason of the smallness of their numbers, will, in case of a new war, be exposed to the like calamities; inasmuch as their whole southern frontier continueth unsettled, and lieth open to the said savages; and whereas we think it highly becoming our crown and royal dignity, to protect all our loving subjects, be they never so distant from us; to extend our fatherly compassion even to the meanest and most infatuate of our people, and to relieve the wants of our above mentioned poor subjects; and that it will be highly conducive for accomplishing those ends, that a regular colony of the said poor people be settled and established in the southern territories of Carolina; and whereas we have been well assured, that if we would be graciously pleased to erect and settle a corporation, for the receiving, managing and disposing of the contributions of our loving subjects; divers persons would be induced to contribute to the purposes aforesaid. Know ye therefore, that we have, for the consideration aforesaid, and for the better and more orderly carrying on the said good purposes, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, willed, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do will, ordain, constitute, declare and grant, that our right trusty and well beloved John Lord Viscount Purcival, of our Kingdom of Ireland, our trusty and well beloved Edward Digby, George Carpenter, James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert Moor, Robert Hucks, Roger Holland, William Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon, William Beletha, Esqrs., A.M., John Burton, B.D., Richard Bundy, A.M., Arthur Beaford, A.M., Samuel Smith, A.M., Adam Anderson, and Thomas Coram, gentlemen, and such other persons as shall be elected in the manner herein after mentioned, and their successors to be elected in the manner herein after directed, be, and shall be one body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America; and them and their successors by the same name, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, really and fully make, ordain, constitute and declare, to be one body politic in deed and in name forever; and that by the same name, they and their successors, shall and may have perpetual succession; and that they and their successors, by that name, shall and may forever hereafter, be persons able and capable in the law, to purchase, have, take, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions, franchises, and other hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being in Great Britain, or any part thereof, of whatsoever nature, kind or quality, or value they be, in fee and in perpetuity; not exceeding the yearly value of one thousand pounds, beyond reprises; also estates for lives and for years; and all other manner of goods, chattels and things whatsoever they be; for the better settling and supporting, and maintaining the said colony, and other uses aforesaid; and to give, grant, let and demise the said manors, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and things whatsoever aforesaid, by lease or leases, for term of years, in possession at the time of granting thereof, and not in reversion, not exceeding the term of thirty-one years, from the time of granting thereof; on which in case no fine be taken, shall be reserved the full; and in case a fine be taken, shall be reserved at least a moiety of the value that the same shall reasonably and bona fide be worth at the time of such demise; and that they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall and may forever hereafter, be persons able, capable in the law, to purchase, have, take, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any lands, territories, possessions, tenements, jurisdictions, franchises and hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being in America, of what quantity, quality or value whatsoever they be, for the better settling and supporting, and maintaining the said colony; and that by the name aforesaid they shall and may be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever, and before whatsoever judges, justices and other officers, of us, our heirs and successors, in all and singular actions, plaints, pleas, matters, suits and demands, of what kind, nature or quality soever they be; and to act and do all other matters and things in as ample manner and form as any other our liege subjects of this realm of Great Britain, and that they and their successors forever hereafter, shall and may have a common seal to serve, for the causes and businesses of them and their successors; and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors, to change, break, alter and make new the said seal, from time to time and at their pleasure, as they shall think best. And we do further, grant, for us, our heirs and successors, that the said |