CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/38403-38411
Record TypeWritings (documents)
TitleMemorandum titled 'The Voice of Reason' on the proposed Regency, on the structure of the Constitution, and in support of George, Prince of Wales
Date[c. January 1789]
Writer[?Burke, Edmund]
Description[?Burke] argues that regal power is an integral part of the British Constitution, and therefore 'a Parliament without a regal power to regulate and moderate it is equally as dangerous as a regal power without Parliament'. The discussion of 'right' [to determine the Regency] is seen to show Parliament's ambition and disregard for the 'rights of the people'.
Endorsed 'Mr. Burke'.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (9 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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GEO_MAIN_38403-38411.pdf

PublicationsPublished in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 402
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