Translation of the will and codicil of George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg

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the 3/14th Day of April, the 1757th Year and the twenty fourth of Our Reign. This is my last Will (L.S.) George R. of Great Britain & Elector of Bronsvick Luneburg. That the most High and most Serene Prince, George II. King of Great Britain, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Arch Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire & Elector, Our most gracious Sovereign, has declared to Us, the Underwritten, this to be His last Will, when it should please God to call Him from this transitory World, and has Signed and Sealed it with His Royal Signet in Our Presence, as having been called to that Purpose, His Majesty having previously dispensed [[underline]] [[foreign:Latin]] quoad hunc actum [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] with Our Oath of Allegiance, and that all


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