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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38361-38363
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from William Pitt to George, Prince of Wales, on the proposal for the Regency to be submitted to the House of Commons
Date	30 December 1788
Writer	Pitt, William (1759-1806)
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	Pitt states that 'the care of his Majesty's royal person and the management of his Majesty's Household and the direction and appointment of the officers and servants therin should be in the Queen'. Further limitations to the proposed Regency include granting the property of the King, granting any office in reversion, or granting a peerage to anyone except the King's royal issue. Written Tuesday night. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Downing Street
Language	English
Extent	1 document (3 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 371
Level	Item
Credit	Crown Copyright

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