George IV as Prince of Wales in his first attempt to become Prince Regent.- George Prince of Wales (later King George IV, 1762-1830) Archive of papers to the Prince Regency from packets five and six of Mrs. Fitzherbert's deposit at Coutts Bank, including: George, Prince of Wales: (1). Sketch of a Letter to the Queen after a conversation of some warmth with her, 15pp., [1789], written in the period after the George III had recovered from his first bout of "madness", a plea to the Queen to allow him to see his father, "Your Majesty will not... suppose that your reply to my last conversation has not left its impressions of astonishment & sorrow... I wished... to state my sufferings and my opinions. This is till my duty and a right..."; (2). Memorandum on the Intended Restrictions on the Regency, 4pp., sm. 4to, [1789]; (3). Unsigned draft letter probably to Captain Payne advising the Prince on how to behave, 5pp., 25th February [1789]; (4). Memorandum on the "Armed Neutrality" during the Regency Crisis, 4pp., 1788/89; and 5 other pieces all relating to the Regency crisis, manuscripts, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (9 pieces). ⁂ George III's first bout of "madness". During the king's illness, the Prince's party, led by Fox, Sheridan and Burke, tried to establish the Prince as Regent. They were bitterly opposed by Pitt and Queen Charlotte. As Derry pointed out, "Much of the controversy seems petty, distressingly capricious and irritatingly wilful, but few courtesies can be expected in a struggle for power". - The Regency Crisis, Cambridge University Press, 1963.
George IV as Prince of Wales in his first attempt to become Prince Regent.- George Prince of Wales (later King George IV, 1762-1830) Archive of papers to the Prince Regency from packets five and six of Mrs. Fitzherbert's deposit at Coutts Bank, including: George, Prince of Wales: (1). Sketch of a Letter to the Queen after a conversation of some warmth with her, 15pp., [1789], written in the period after the George III had recovered from his first bout of "madness", a plea to the Queen to allow him to see his father, "Your Majesty will not... suppose that your reply to my last conversation has not left its impressions of astonishment & sorrow... I wished... to state my sufferings and my opinions. This is till my duty and a right..."; (2). Memorandum on the Intended Restrictions on the Regency, 4pp., sm. 4to, [1789]; (3). Unsigned draft letter probably to Captain Payne advising the Prince on how to behave, 5pp., 25th February [1789]; (4). Memorandum on the "Armed Neutrality" during the Regency Crisis, 4pp., 1788/89; and 5 other pieces all relating to the Regency crisis, manuscripts, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (9 pieces). ⁂ George III's first bout of "madness". During the king's illness, the Prince's party, led by Fox, Sheridan and Burke, tried to establish the Prince as Regent. They were bitterly opposed by Pitt and Queen Charlotte. As Derry pointed out, "Much of the controversy seems petty, distressingly capricious and irritatingly wilful, but few courtesies can be expected in a struggle for power". - The Regency Crisis, Cambridge University Press, 1963.
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