Thank you Dean, With respect, my MA is not concerned with the activities of Sir S Smth. His appointment to command the fleet that would either escort the Portuguese court to Brazil or lay waste to Lisbon, and the Portuguese fleet, is of little consequence to the main thrust of my arguments in relation to British intervention in Portugal. As far as I know, Stangford's appointment as chargé d'affaires and subsequently as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary is on public record and of no need of reference. Best A