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Prince Albert's Official Papers

Papers relating to Prince Albert’s contribution to matters of state

      HENRY GEORGE GREY, 3RD EARL GREY (1802-94)

      Letter from Lord Grey to Prince Albert

      22 Dec 1846

      Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/E/35/12

      Lord Grey refers to the papers for making alterations in the constitution of the Order of the Bath and the irregularities done when the Order was extended at the end of the [Napoleonic] wars. He questions the number to be admitted and the necessity of GCBs having pedigrees made out and recorded.

      • Creator(s)

        Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94) (writer)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Downing Street [London]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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