privy-seal

Lord Westmoreland; the Earl of Mansfield succeeded to the presidency of the council; and Lord Chatham, brother to the premier, was made lord privy-seal.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

Earl of Chatham, took the office of privy-seal; Lord Camden was made chancellor; the Earl of Shelburne was appointed one of the secretaries of state; General Conway continued in office as the other; the Duke of

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

Lord Thurlow was reinstated as lord-chancellor; Earl Gower became president of the council; the Duke of Rutland was constituted lord privy-seal; Lord Howe was placed at the head of the admiralty; the Duke of Richmond was made master-general of the ordnance; and Lord Temple was again appointed to the government of Ireland.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The lord chancellor Camden had declared, upon his patron's resignation of the privy-seal, that Chatham should still be his polar star, and that he reluctantly consented "to hold on a little while longer with this crippled administration."

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

Under these circumstances he proposed taking to himself not the premiership, with the direction of the house of commons, but the office of privy-seal, which implied his exaltation to the peerage.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The great officers of state formed of necessity a considerable portion of the former body, and four of these, lord Wriothesley the chancellor, the earl of Hertford lord-chamberlain, lord St. John master of the household, and lord Russel privy-seal, were decorated with the peerage; but with the exception of sir John Dudley, who had lately acquired by marriage the rank of viscount Lisle, these were the only titled men of the sixteen.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

June, the following year, Ashmole received "his privy-seal for 400_l. _ out of the custom of paper, which the king was pleased to bestow upon him for the same."

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

Not quite all the Gowers, for the Earl himself keeps the privy-seal and plays on at brag, with Lady Catherine Pelham, to the great satisfaction of the

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

Temple's resignation of the privy-seal on being refused the

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

The Duke of Marlborough is privy-seal, in the room of Lord Gower, who is dead; and the Duke of Rutland is lord steward.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757