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Which government post did William Congreve receive in 1695?
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William Congreve
William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1695, the English dramatist William Congreve was appointed as one of the five commissioners for licensing hackney coaches. This position was a sinecure, a type of government post often used by those in power to reward literary merit, and it provided him with an annual salary of £100.1