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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38520-38521
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir John Sinclair to Captain Payne on desiring the King to show favour to one of George, Prince of Wales's supporters in order to destabilise William Pitt's position in Parliament
Date	21 December 1789
Writer	Sinclair, John, Sir
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Sinclair suggests that Lord Fitzwilliam could be made Marquis of Rockingham, or the Duke of Norfolk be invested with the Blue Ribbon. He advises the Prince to undertake a 'regular system of attacking Administration' now attempt to 'attack' the Administration now so that on becoming King [which Sinclair supposes could happen within the next Parliament] he would not 'meet a House of Commons, a majority of whom were elected under Pitt's auspices'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Edinburgh
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 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, 1964) Vol. 2; no 490
Level	Item

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