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Series
Caroline, Princess of Wales
Catalogue reference: HO 126
What's it about?
HO 126
An incomplete collection of correspondence and papers relating to the moral conduct of Princess Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, wife of George, Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV. Among these papers are the surviving...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 126
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Title (The name of the record)
- Caroline, Princess of Wales
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Date (When the record was created)
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1804-1820
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Description (What the record is about)
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An incomplete collection of correspondence and papers relating to the moral conduct of Princess Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, wife of George, Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV. Among these papers are the surviving archives of the commission of investigation, consisting of four members of the Cabinet which was appointed under signed warrant of King George III (here preserved), dated 29 May 1806. The collection includes a number of Cabinet minutes, or written reports, in draft or copy, formally submitting the Cabinet's advice to the Sovereign and subsequently to the Prince Regent.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Bundles 1 and 2 of this series were transferred to Buckingham Palace in July 1935, for incorporation in the royal archives at Windsor, because they contained documents of a private or family, and not of an official or departmental, nature.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Royalty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8990/
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