A forgotten Prince of Wales

by Henry Curties

It was probably curtailed by George the Second.

State Papers—1751. Bundle 116. No. 34.

Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine mercy, the Most High, Most Mighty and Most Illustrious Prince Frederick Louis Prince of Wales, Prince Electoral and Hereditary Prince of Brunswick and Lunenberg, Duke of Cornwall, Rothsay and Edingburg, Marquis of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Chester, Carrick and Eltham, Viscount Launceston, Baron Renfrew and Snaudon, Lord of the Isles, Steward of Scotland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, one of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, Chancellor of the University of Dublin, Eldest Son of the Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Monarch George the Second, by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, whom God bless and preserve with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.

Supporters of the Pall:
Right side—to carry the Canopy,
Mr. Scott, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Pennant, Hon. Mr. Cornwallis, Mr. Hawley.
Left Side—to carry the Canopy,
Mr. Palmer, Mr. Legrand, Mr. Durell, Mr. Philpot.
Supporters of the Pall:
Earl Fitzwilliam.Earl of Macclesfield.
Earl Stanhope.BODY.Earl of Bristol.
Earl of Portmore.Early of Moray.
Mr. Wentworth. Garter.
Supporter: Duke of Rutland.Chief Mourner: Duke of Somerset.Supporter: Duke of Devonshire.
Bart. to support the Train.
Ten Assistants:
Marquis of Lothian.
Marquis of Tweeddale.
Earl of Peterborough.
Earl of Northampton.
Earl of Cardigan.
Earl of Winchelsea.
Earl of Berkeley.
Earl of Carlisle.
Earl of Moretown.
Earl of Jersey.
Gent. Usher of the Privy Chamber:
Mr. Bramston.
Groom of the Stole:
Duke of Chandos.
Lords of the Bedchamber:
Duke of Queensberry.
Lord North and Guildford.
Earl of Egmont.
Earl of Inchiquin.
Earl of Bute.
Lord Robert Sutton.
Master of the Robes:
Coll. Schütz.
Grooms of the Bedchamber:
Mr. Evelyn (alone).
Mr. Bludworth.
Mr. Masham.
Mr. Boone.
Mr. Edmund Thomas.
Mr. Madden.
Mr. Bretton.
Coll. Powlett.
Mr. Trevanion.
Yeomen of the Guard to close the Ceremony.
Knights of the Bath:
Sir John Savill.
Sir John Mordaunt.
Sir Charles Powlett.
Sir Charles Howard.
Sir Ed. Hawke.
Sir Peter Warren.
Sir Chas. Williams.
Sir Wm. Morden Harbord
Sir H. Calthorpe.
Sir Thomas Whitmore.
Lord Fitzwilliam.
Sir John Ligonier, P.C.
Sir John Cape.
Sir Ph. Honywood.
P.C. Sir Tho. Robinson.
Visc. Tyrconnell.
P.C. Sir Wm. Younge.
Sir R. Clifton.
P.C. Sir P. Methuen.
P.C. Sir Conyers Darcy are to go before.
Privy Councillors not Peers:
Arthur Onslow, Esq.
Henry Legg.
Sir Conyers Darcy.
Sir Tho. Robinson.
Wm. Finch.
Hen. Pelham, Esq.
Sir Wm. Lee, Chief Justice.
Judges before.
Sir John Strange, M. of R.
Knights of the Bath.
Sir John Willia, Ch. J.C.P.C.
Sir Paul Methuen.
Horatio Walpole.
Sir Wm. Younge.
Sir John Rushout.
George Doddington.
Wm. Pitt, Esq., Paymaster-General.
Henry Fox, Secretary of War.
Sir John Ligonier. General of Companie (?).

FOOTNOTES:

[74] Doran’s Queens of the House of Hanover.

CHAPTER XXX.
The Residuum.

And for the rest, what remains? What flotsam did this apparently wasted existence leave upon the surface of the tide of life as it sank beneath it?

Indeed, it is little; little that is reliable, little that can be trusted as unbiased testimony of his virtues or his vices.

Horace Walpole and Lord Hervey are the leaders of his vilifiers, both King’s men, both hating him.