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My lord I received Your Letter Yesterday the 17th/ just as I was stepping into the Cutter to go on Board the Cambrion & I am the more anxious to answer it immediately as the Place You solicit for Mr Douglas was disposed of in less than an Hour after I had informed the Kg of the Death of the ever regretted Mr Smelt. Which account we received on the 6th/. I therefore did not Name Yr request to His Majesty. You may perhaps be desirous to know who succeeds in the deputy Ranger Ship of Richmond, it is a Person you [[addition]] are [[/addition]] well [[deletion]] know [[/deletion]] [[addition]] acquainted with [[/addition]], & one who is known to the Kg & now again in His Family, namely Mr Robert Grevill, & as the Park is so much frequented
