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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38157-38158
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Stair to [?Lord Southampton] on objections to, and a petition to the House of Lords, on George, Prince of Wales's title to vote at the election of 'Scotch Peers' following their not being returned at the last general election
Date	21 December [?1786]
Writer	Stair, 5th Earl of
Addressee	Southampton, 1st Baron
Description	The election result caused 'a scrutiny of all the titles of those who voted against them [the Scotch Peers] on that occassion'. Stair asks [?Lord Southampton] to inform the Prince of these proceedings to prevent him finding out from a public court. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Berkeley Square
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 430
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