PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, IN 1816. JAN. Rear-Admiral Penrose; Colonel Sir R. Le Poer French; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jos. Cairncross, knights-commanders of the bath. A. St John Baker, consul-general in the United States. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg, a baronet. Colonel James Bathurst, governor of the Virgin Islands. J. R. Mathews, Esq. consul at Cadiz. Hon. and Rev. Mr Hobart, dean of Windsor. Walter, Earl of Ormonde and Ossory, Marquis of Ormonde. Robert, Earl of Londonderry, Marquis of Londonderry. Henry Benton, Earl Conyngham, Marquis Conyngham. Charles John, Visc. Mountjoy, Earl of Blessington. Richard, Visc. Bantry, Earl of Bantry. Richard, Baron Cahir, Earl of Glengall. John Baker Holroyd, Baron Sheffield, Earl of Sheffield. Lodge Evans, Baron Frankfort, Viscount Frankfort. Richard, Baron Adaire, Visc. Mount Earl. William, Baron Ennismore, Viscount Ennismore and Listowel.. John Prendergast, Baron Kiltarton, Viscount Gort. Sir Chaloner Ogle, admiral; Banastre Tarleton, general; John Floyd, general; baronets. Major-General Sir Hudson Lowe, a knight-commander of the bath. James Allan Park, Esq. a justice of the Common Pleas Lieutenant-General Sir Coape Sherbrooke, governor of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova-Scotia, and the islands of Prince Edward and Cape Breton. Duke of Richmond, lord lieutenant of Sussex. Admiral Sir Richard King, commander-in-chief in the East Indies. Sir J. Colpoys, governor of Greenwich Hospital. George Snowley Holroyd, Esq. a judge of the King's Bench. FEB. J. Buchanan, Esq. British consul at New York. W. Dawson, Esq. British consul in Maryland. Major-General Sir Frederick Phillips Robinson, governor of Tobago. Major-General Sir Geo. William Ramsay, governor of Antigua and Montser rat. Thomas Probyn, Esq. governor of St Christopher, Nevis, and the Virgin Islands. Major-General Phineas Riall, governor of Grenada. P. Savage, Esq. British consul in Virginia. Marquis of Salisbury, and Earl of Chichester, joint postmasters. MARCH. Right Hon. Baron Exmouth, a knight grand cross of the bath. Lieut.-Col. Gough, a knight. John Davidson, Esq. consul at New Orleans. Jasp. Waring, Esq. consul at Valencia. Admiral Pickmore, governor of Newfoundland. APRIL. Major-Gen. H. Mackey Gor don, lieutenant-governor of Jersey. Major-General Henry Bayley, licutenant-governor of Guernsey. Hon. and Rev. Hen. Lewis Hobart, D. D. dean of Windsor, and register of the order of the garter. Lord Napier, commissioner to the general assembly of the church of Scotland. Admiral Sir C. Tyler, knight-commander to the order of the bath. MAY. Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Cobourg, a general in the army. Sir Graham Moore, a lord of the admiralty. Sir Philip Ch. Durham, and Sir E. W. C. Richard Owen, knights-commanders of the order of the bath. Lord F. Somerset, secretary of embassy to the Court of France. The Duke of Gloucester and the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg, field-marshals. The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg and Sir J. Abercrombie, knights grand crosses of the Bath. The Earl of Clancarty, ambassador extraordinary to the Netherlands. JUNE. Right Hon. G. Canning, Visc. Castlereagh, Earl Bathurst, Visc. Sidmouth, Earl of Liverpool, Right Hon. N. Vansittart, Baron Teigmouth, Viscount Lowther, Right Hon. John Sullivan, Lord Apsley, Lord Binning, Right Hon. W. Sturges Bourne, commissioners for the affairs of India. Reverend Dr Stanser, bishop of NovaScotia. Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, Esq. secretary of legation to the United States of America. General R. A. Seymour, governor and commander of St Lucia. Sir H. Russel, member of the privy council. Marquis of Hertford, lord-lieutenant of Warwickshire. JULY. General Sir G. Drummond, * Admiral Sir S. Pellew, and Major-General Sir S. Beckwith, knights-commanders of the Bath.. Admiral Lord Exmouth and Admiral Gambier, knights grand crosses of the bath. Earl of Hopetown, lieutenant of Linlithgowshire. Right Hon. J. M'Mahon, receiver-general of the duchy of Cornwall. Major-General Bloomfield, secretary to the same. Archibald Gordon, Esq. consul at Hayre. Rev. Herbert Marsh, D. D. bishop of Landaff. Earl of Dalhousie, lieutenant-governor of the province of Nova-Scotia. AUG. Hon. John Meade, consul-general in Spain. Gilbert Robertson, Esq. consul at Philadelphia. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Bontein, a gentleman of the privy chamber. Lord Algernon Percy, created Baron Prudhoe. SEPT. Thomas Turner, Esq. consul at Ragusa and Cattaro. Thomas W. Richards, Esq. consul at Nantes. A. Gibson, Esq. consul at Dantzic. Baroness Lucas, created Countess de Grey. Right Rev. Bishop Gleig, primate of the episcopal church in Scotland. Lord Exmouth created a viscount. Rear-Admiral Milne, knight-commander of the bath. T. Fonblanque, Esq. consul at Dunkirk. F. Lascelles, Esq. consul at L'Orient. S. L. Jenkins, Esq. consul at Bayonne. Baron von de Capellen, vice-admiral under the King of the Netherlands, ho'norary knight-commander of the bath. Right Hon. Robert Liston, knight grand cross of the bath. OCT. W. Edward Powell, Esq. lordlieutenant of Cardiganshire, Fred. Lindeman, Esq. consul-general in Sicily. Adolphus Palucedo, Esq. consul in Corsica. Nov. Rev. Dr Kaye, divinity professor in the university of Cambridge. J. Parke, Esq. consul in the Roman States. DEC. Earl of Moira, created Marquis of Hastings. Major-General Sir David Ochterlony, Bart. knight grand cross of the bath. Lord Combermere, captain-general and commander-in-chief of Barbadoes. SHERIFFS, Appointed by the Prince Regent in Council, for the Year 1816. Bedfordshire, Henry Brandreth, of Houghton Regis, Esq. Berkshire, Richard Powlett Wrighte Benyon, of Englefield, Esq. Buckinghamshire, Thomas Tyringham Barnard, of Nether Winchinden, Esq. Cambridge and Huntingdonshire, John Whitby Quintin, of Hatley St George, Esq. 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