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Actions	Letter from Henry Halford Remove from selection Add to selection TitleLetter from Henry Halford ReferenceMS6118/2 Date c.1810/1811 Creator Sir John (Lord Eldon) (1751-1838) Scott Production date 1810 - 1811 Scope and ContentHalford seems to feel that the King took the news well regarding the arrangements that were necessary due to his incapacity (ultimately, the Prince of Wales taking over his duties during the Regency period). Halford also describes the King’s response to hearing the contents of his daughter Princess Amelia’s will as ‘reasonable’. She had left all her possessions to her boyfriend Charles FitzRoy. The King said he would do nothing to harm FitzRoy, but neither would he allow him to come to Windsor Castle again. Extent1 item LanguageEnglish Levelfile Hierarchy browser MS-GEORG Records relating to the illness of King George III 1788 - 1886 fonds contains 3 parts MS-GEORG/C Letters to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon 1801; 1804; 1810-1811 sub-fonds contains 3 parts MS6118 Letters and reports relating to the 1811 episode November 1810 - September 1811 series contains 18 parts MS6118/2 Letter from Henry Halford c.1810/1811 file

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c.1810/1811

Creator Sir John (Lord Eldon) (1751-1838) Scott

Production date 1810 - 1811

Scope and ContentHalford seems to feel that the King took the news well regarding the arrangements that were necessary due to his incapacity (ultimately, the Prince of Wales taking over his duties during the Regency period). Halford also describes the King’s response to hearing the contents of his daughter Princess Amelia’s will as ‘reasonable’. She had left all her possessions to her boyfriend Charles FitzRoy. The King said he would do nothing to harm FitzRoy, but neither would he allow him to come to Windsor Castle again.

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Records relating to the illness of King George III

1788 - 1886
fonds contains 3 parts
- MS-GEORG/C
  Letters to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon
  
  1801; 1804; 1810-1811
  sub-fonds contains 3 parts
  - MS6118
    Letters and reports relating to the 1811 episode
    
    November 1810 - September 1811
    series contains 18 parts
    
    MS6118/2
    Letter from Henry Halford
    
    c.1810/1811
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