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GIII_PRIV - George III's Private Papers
3 - Correspondence concerning the Berkeley Peerage
Collection
George III Private Papers
Reference
GEO/MAIN/50935-50936
Record Type
Correspondence
Title
Copy of a speech from Lord Berkeley to the Committee of the House of Lords
Date
[1801]
Writer
Berkeley, 5th Earl of
Addressee
Committee of the House of Lords
Description
Copy of a speech to the Committee of the House of Lords on behalf of his wife and children. Berkeley says that he will not reveal his reasons for concealing his first marriage. Berkeley justifies going through with his second as he claims he believed his first marriage to have been void. He discusses the concealment of the marriage and the register, and the marriage's discovery (the register having been destroyed). He gives the legitimacy of his children as a reason for wishing to marry again
Language
English
Extent
1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description
Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions
Available in surrogate form only
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