Grand Pensionary, a state official in the Dutch Republic; in earlier times the Grand Pensionary was Secretary and also Advocate-General of the province of Holland; later his duties embraced the care of foreign affairs; held office for five years, but was generally re-elected; the office was abolished in 1795.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Grand Monarque, The * Grandison, Sir Charles