CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/39732-39733
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleMemorandum of George, Prince of Wales, on his visit to the Queen's House, and the state of mind of George III being unfit to sign the Commission for passing the Bread Act
Date8 March 1801
WriterGeorge, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
DescriptionThe Prince describes his conversation with the Duke of Cumberland regarding Mr Addington, and the Prince's esteem for Addington as 'the only person' who informed him of the imminent danger of the King's life, and due to his refusal to induce the King to sign the Commission for passing the Bread Act. The Prince describes the Chancellor's efforts to obtain the King's signature for this Commission.
Signed.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (2 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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PublicationsPublished in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1967) Vol. 4; no 1597 pp 205-6
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