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EDWARD LAW

BRITISH FREE FRANKS

HELP SOUGHT

Whilst there is often a problem in deciphering signatures there can also be problems when that has been done in establishing why they have the privilege of free franking. Can anyone help with the following fairly clear signatories?

	Beckett. Posted from London 4.6.1807.
	Identified: Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1823-6.
	Dyson. Posted from Leatherhead 4.1.1818
	Identified. Sir Charles William Flint, Resident Secretary of the Irish Office.
	Gosul. Posted from Bangor, Ireland 10.10.1838.
	Lewisham. Posted from Dublin 12.5.1817. Lewisham is a subsidiary title of the Earls of Dartmouth, but the earl of that date had no son. Could the title have been used by his brother?
	Mostyn. Several examples posted from Holywell and London, 1820-1830. Apparently a peer but the earliest creation I find is 1831
	North. Posted from London 10.1.1817. Identified as Dudley Long, subsequently Dudley North, subsequently Dudley Long North, MP for Richmond, Yorkshire
	Onley. Posted from Braintree 31.3.1826 Identified as Charles Savill Onley, MP for Carlow Town, Ireland.
	John Ponsonby. Examples posted from London 1836-9
	N Ponsonby. Posted from Dublin 22.7.1829.
	Fred Ponsonby. Posted from Dunkirk 14.2.1816
	Rose. Posted from London 28.6.1836
	Seymour. Posted from Llandilo 1.6.1831 Identified as Henry Seymour, Serjeant at Arms: Commons.
	Tennent. Free strike illegible, no post town or date, suggesting he was an official.
	Walrond.Posted from Bath 8.4.1831
	Yorke. From Dublin 23.3.1838