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DATE NAMES
1778 June 15 I. PAOLI, His Excellency, Genl. The Corsican hero; b. ‘25, d. 1807.
Expelled the Genoese from Corsica, but defeated by French, to
whom the Genoese ceded Corsica in ‘69. Escaped to England on
British frigate and reached London ‘69. A man of personal charm
and distinguished manners, he was lionised and granted civil list
pension of £1200 p.a. It may be recalled that Dr Johnson after his
first meeting with him told Boswell, who had introduced them
to each other, that “General Paoli had the loftiest port of any man
he had ever met.” After outbreak of the revolution went to Paris
in ‘90, and was appointed by Louis XVI military Commandant of
Corsica. Quarrelled with revolutionaries on execution of King;
expelled all Bonaparte family from the island, and offered Kingdom
of Corsica to George III, ‘94, who occupied it with British troops,
but the occupation was not successful, and Corsica was abandoned
to the French in ‘96. Paoli returned to London in ‘95 and settled
there and had large and distinguished circle of friends. Cenotaph in
Westminster Abbey with bust by Flaxman Paoli’’s body was returned
to Corsca, 1889.
1778 June 15 I. POLI, Count Gino
1778 June 15 I. GENTILLE, Count Aubanis. Shared Paoli’s exile here.
1778 June 15 I. CAMBIAGI, Count. No Count Cambiagi can be traced; ? Joiachim
Cambiagi, Florentine historian, living at end of 18th century. Shared
Paoli’s exile here.
1778 June 15 I. TAYLOR, William Esq.
1779 Feb. 15 J. CASELLI, His Excellency, Venetian Ambassador. Really CAVALLI,
Venetian Resident in London, ‘79. Letters from CavaIli to Lord
Hillsborough, Colonial Secretary, are preserved at Record Office;
peevish, complaining, and of no great interest.
1779 Feb. 15 J. BOTTOMLEY, James. G.Swd.B. ‘78; “for many years” (Sadler). On
original Committee of Institution fo Girls, ’88. d 90. Hall Medal
1779 Mar. 15 J. EFFINGHAM, Right Honbl. Earl. Thomas, 3rdEarl of E. b. 46, d. 91.
Deputy Earl Marshall. Acting G.M. (Modems) 82-89. Governor of
Jamaica, 89--91. Hall Medal (refused G.M. of Antients 1779.)
1779 Apl. 19 I. COTTON, Henry, Esq. Resigned to fight for U.S.A. in War for
Independence.