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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39493-39496
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to the Lord Chancellor, on their conversation regarding the King's letter [on the Prince's wish to serve in the Army]
Date	2 May 1798
Writer	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Addressee	Loughborough, 1st Baron
Description	The Prince expresses his disappointment at the 'cruel interdiction', that he remains 'a mere Colonel of Dragoons, a situation wholly below the dignity which my birth & station give me in the country'. Private. Signed. With (GEO/MAIN/39495-39496) copy of this letter [in the hand of Colonel McMahon] endorsed 'on the subordinate military command held by the Prince of Wales'.
Place Of Writing	Carlton House
Language	English
Extent	2 documents (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
Related Material	In reference to the letter from George III to George, Prince of Wales, GEO/MAIN/39491.
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1353
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