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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38624-38627
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Malmesbury to George, Prince of Wales on the reasons why financial assistance from the King of Prussia is not possible
Date	3 October 1791
Writer	Malmesbury, 1st Baron of
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	Malmesbury refers to the Prince's desire to receive 'a considerable pecuniary assistance from his Prussian Majesty'. He states that the new Duchess of York will receive only 100,000 crowns as her marriage portion, and that the King of Prussia's finances have been reduced by recent spending on 'political as on private concerns'. He adds that the impression at Court that 'England deviated from its engagements and forsook his Pruss: Maj: in the late transaction with Russia' has damaged England's standing. Advising that the Prince's wish cannot succeed, Malmesbury declines to put an application to the King of Prussia, fearing that 'the secret would probably transpire & be reported to England where by misrepresentation it would do Y.R.H. essential harm'. Malmesbury learns from the [Duke of York] of a 'prospect of a more considerable sum coming from Cassel'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Berlin
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 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 623
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