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RAG.780.131
29 Jun 1780:31,32 (291)
From the London Gazette.
An account of the ceremony observed in investing Sir Hector
Munro with the Ensigns of the most honourable and military
Order of the Bath, at the Durbar near Madras, the 13th of
October, 1779.
Early in the morning all the officers of his Majesty's ships
of war that could be spared from duty, with numbers of the
gentlemen of the settlement, both civil and military,
assembled at Major General Sir Hector Munro's house in Fort
St. George. . . [Description of procession]
Beyond the gates of the Fort, the procession was joined by
several of the Nabob's state elephants richly cloathed and
dressed; some with houdars and flags; others with kettle
drums; . . . The whole was attended with music, according to
the custom of the country. . . The road from the Governor's
garden-house was lined on both sides with the company's
troops, . . . and two battalions of Seapoys, who received
the procession with presented arms, drums beating, colours
flying, . . .
In the evening the Nabob gave a most splendid ball to all
the ladies and gentlemen of the settlement, at one of his
houses on Choultry Plain. . . His highness, attended by the
young Princes his sons, and his officers of state, came to
the ball about seven; . . . [fireworks and dinner] after
which the company returning to the ball room, continued to
dance till near two o'clock. . .
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