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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39076-39077
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from George III to George, Prince of Wales, on the Prince's letters regarding military promotion
Date	8 April 1795
Writer	George III, King
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	The King states that he ordered the Prince's current commission of Colonel Commandant of the 10th Regiment of Dragoons on the understanding that no higher rank would be attained. He expresses his wishes that Princess Caroline's character will 'prove so pleasing to you that your mind may be engrossed with domestic felicity, which may establish in you that composure of mind perhaps the most essential qualification in the station you are born to fill, and that a numerous progeny may be the result of this union'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Queen's House
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, 1965) Vol. 3; no 980n
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