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George the Third by the grace of god of great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &. To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents advance create and prefer Our <font color="yellow"><b>Major General Viscount Natta of Fort Ticonderoga</b></font id="yellow"> to the state degree style dignity title and honour of

<b><font color="yellow">Earl of Yorktown</font id="yellow"></b>

And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Earl of Yorktown and by these Presents do dignify invest and ennoble him by girding him with a sword and putting a cap of honour and a coronet of gold on his head to have and to hold the said name degree style dignity title and honour of Earl unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten

Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he and his heirs male aforesaid and every of them successively may have hold and possess a seat place and voice in the Parliaments and Public Assemblies and Councils of Us Our heirs and successors within Our United Kingdom amongst the Earls And also that he and his heirs male aforesaid successively may enjoy and use all the rights privileges pre-eminences immunities and advantages to the degree of an Earl duly and of right belonging which Earls of Our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy

In Witness whereof We have cause these Our Letters to be made Patent

WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the First day of September in the year of Our Reign 1776</center></font id="Tahoma">

Congrats General Natta, I thought you would be made earl of wig or something [8][:D] or the Duke of Earl [:D] Now since you are the Earl of Yorktown, does that mean you have to hold onto the place? Might be a little tough for ya to do it [}:)] Of course when we take a little bit of Canada, we can always sell ya some land up there [8D] Better yet, when the rightful King comes back from across the water [;)] You can offer him your services and he might give you a little plot of land in the west Indies. All that aside again Congradulations sir. SALUTE!

Congrats Phil ... oops Earl. How long 'til your a Hank or a Fred? [;)]

Earl Natta ... hmmmm ... has a certain ring to it. [:p]

Thank you mi' Lord Walter. The coronet makes the wig a wee bit top heavy, but I do believe it to be bearable Sir.

Thank you Lt. Colonel Malone. As this honour requires, I've already successfully defended Yorktown, several times mind you, and so hold true and rightful title of the entire area. But...you're more than welcome to try to wrest the fair hamlet from me my good man. [}:)]

And thank you General Amos. Were only your bayonets as sharp as your wit Sir. [:p]

Now you Yank, Frog, and Savauge chaps take note that henceforth you are to present your papers upon entering <font color="red"><b>Yorktown</b></font id="red"> for any purpose, and that you are to deposit a 5 quid entry tax into the guard's lock box labeled "<i><b>For the Maintenance and Upkeep of Bartholemew and Lord Natta's Wigs</b></i>".

Congratulations Major General Lord Natta.

Thank you Colonel Davis, and jolly well done on your own promotion Sir. Now let us spend some of our hard earned tax windfall on congratulatory libations what? Cheers! [8D]

Congratulations Excellence !!!!

Glad that I contributed to Your social lift within British Aristocracy. Hope that Bartholemew will have now his own chef and domestic staff.... and an even more spacious kennel.[;)]

Full salvo in Your honnor !!!


Sergent Denis du Villaret
Régiment de Bourgogne
Armée de Terre Royale

Hope you don't suggest that H.M. ennoble the poodle as well. [:p]

Dierk,

If I am right the second half of a couple also benefits from the ennoblement and its privileges !?![:p]

Now if that doesn't put a big bullseye on Bloody Natta, I don't know what will.

A well deserved honor Phil. Congratulations. (Though I am still hoping my boys can occasionally take you down a notch[;)])

Everyone missed the irony of this title! He is the Earl of Yorktown!!! hehe

Yorktown - another fine British victory!

I like it!

Of course now Phil will be meaner than nails to play as he will have to fight every so and so that snickers at the title!

Earl of Yorktown!!

Almost as ironic as giving George Washington the title Duke of Brandywine!

Ok - anyway, congrats Phil. Unlike Johnny Cash you dont have to carry the name "Sue" around with you!

Thanks gents for your posts. [:)]

"Hope that Bartholemew will have now his own chef and domestic staff...."

Captive enemies of the Crown are made to wait on and serve Bartholemew Denis, and they never had it so good in all their pitiful lives. At least now they get to wear clean servants uniforms. [:o)]

"Hope you don't suggest that H.M. ennoble the poodle as well."

Hmm, interesting. I'll have to write home to Pater about having Parliament look into this matter Sir. [:I]

"Everyone missed the irony of this title! He is the Earl of Yorktown!!! hehe Yorktown - another fine British victory!"

Righteo guvnuh! They certainly were fine British victories from my perspective Bill! [:p] The irony was not lost on me at all and actually figured into the equation old chum. Mmm you see, this was the <u>retaking</u> of Yorktown, and I dare say that I defy any traitorous villian to lay claim to it again while under my personal authority. [^] Pip pip, cheerio and what have you.

That's the spirit!! [8D]

I am just defending my claim to my own fiefdom of Bladensburg against the evil Frog, Duc de Cope, himself. [}:)]

Ok - I getcha.

That makes Napoleon ... er, Earl of St. Petersburg!

Here are some more:

1. Guderian - Prince of Moscow (fighting over the title now with Ney)
2. Rommel - 1st Viscount of Cairo
3. Arnold - Earl of Westpoint, Lord of Saratoga, Count de Paris
4. General Mack - Duke of Ulm
5. Massena - Tricount (new title!) of Lisbon

Here are some that are long overdue:

1. Patton - Prince of Salzburg, Earl of Lippenzaner, Grand Viscount of Carthage
2. Monty - El Duke' of El Alamein! Second Winningest Pitcher of the British Army after Wellington.
3. Wellington - Lord of All French Generals
4. Andy Jackson - Duc de Nouveau Orleans
5. Al Amos - El Supremo de la Scenario Grande'!
6. Ernie Sands - Earl of the Short Statement and First Earl of Emotes