English: Satire described in the Political Register, p. 415 (to which it is an illustration) as "Lord North chastising the Governor of Buenos Ayres, while the Kings of Spain and France negociate to gain time". The reference is to the seizure of the Falkland Islands on the orders of the governor of Buenos Ayres and the British demand for their return. 1770
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Representation of: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Stephens suggests that the man being beaten is Felipe Ruiz Puente, governor of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), rather than the governor of Buenos Ayres of which the islands became a dependency in 1767.
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