CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/38240-38241
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Loughborough to Captain Payne on the right of George, Prince of Wales, to the Regency, and advising that the Prince call a meeting of the Privy Council to declare his intention to rule as Regent
Date[?10 November 1788]
WriterLoughborough, 1st Baron
AddresseePayne, John Willett, Captain
DescriptionLoughborough suggests that the Prince's 'character would be lessened in the publick estimation' if he accepted the Regency 'on any ground but right or under any sort of compromise', and that following the proposed Privy Council meeting, the Council, after consulting George III's physicians, should express their 'gratitude, duty & assent'. The Prince is then advised to direct a proclamation for a meeting of Parliament.
Unsigned.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (2 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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PublicationsPublished in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 297
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