CARTERET JOHN: (1690-1763) 2nd Earl Granville. British Prime Minister for four days in February 1746. A rare D.S. ...

CARTERET JOHN: (1690-1763) 2nd Earl Granville. British Prime Minister for four days in February 1746. A rare D.S., Carteret, one page, folio, Whitehall, 11th May 1721. The manuscript document is a bill of accounts totalling £325 submitted and signed by Abraham Stanyan in Constantinople, 20th September 1718, and states, in part, 'Abraham Stanyan Esq., his Majesty's Ambassadour & Plenipotentiary for the mediation of a Peace between the Emperour, the Republick of Venice, and the Grand Signior, humbly craves allowance of the following Extraordinary Expences from the 24th June to the 10th August 1718. 1. Gratuitys to Two Druggermen for their Services during the Campaign…..150:0:0. 2. Presents to a Vizur Aga and two Chiauses who attended him during the Campaign……120:0:0. 3. To the Waggoners, Mule and Camel Drivers…..20:0:0. 4. To the Chief of the Arabs who pitch the Tents 10:0:0….', Carteret has approved the accounts at the foot beneath a statement, 'I allow this Bill amounting to three hundred and Twenty five Pounds by his Maj.tys special Command'. The lower half of the document is neatly inlaid. One minor, neat split at the edge of a fold and with some minor age wear, otherwise VG Abraham Stanyan (c.1669-1732) British diplomat and politician who served as Ambassador to Austria 1715-16 and as British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1718-30. These posts came in a period when England held the role of mediator between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, and having worked in the capitals of both powers Stanyan was an influential part of the negotiations.