Statistics for occurrence #1 of “America” in entry watson-sir-brook of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...de his commissary-general in America in 1782, and from 1784 to 1793 he was member of Parliament for London.
He was sheriff of London and Middlesex, and in 1796 was lord mayor.
For his services in America , Parliament voted his wife an annuity of $2,000 for life.
From 1798 to 1806 he was commissary-general of England.
He died Oct. 2, 1807.
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