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20 September 1759

Brodrick, Thomas, fl. 1759

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of John Chubb as second lieutenant of His Majesty's ship the Conqueror]

Also signed "by command of the Admiral," Robert Hardy. Signed as Vice Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ship and Vessels in the Mediterranean. Broderick had been one of the officers at the court marshal of Admiral John Byng in 1757.

GLC01450.549

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