Althorp Papers. Vol. mlxxv. Correspondence; 1831-1834.Contents:1.Copies and three autograph drafts of letters from Lord Althorp to King William IV, and one copy of a letter from Lord Althorp to Sir Herbert Taylor, private secretary to William IV; 18... 1831-1834

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Althorp Papers. Vol. mlxxv. Correspondence; 1831-1834.Contents:1.Copies and three autograph drafts of letters from Lord Althorp to King William IV, and one copy of a letter from Lord Althorp to Sir Herbert Taylor, private secretary to William IV; 18... 1831-1834

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William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV. He served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews. In 1827, he was appointed as Britain's first Lord High Admiral since 1709. As his two older brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, ...