“I have lately been applied to and desired to appoint some gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Liverpool to be Deputy Lieutenants of this county. I think I cannot in a better manner comply with this request than by applying to you, and desiring your permission to propose you to his Majesty to fill this office. If I obtain it, I assure you I shall have great pride and pleasure in laying such a name before his Majesty, with the recommendation of,