Editing supervised by David Denison and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "5 September 1782" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Welwyn" }, { "label": "Next", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00066" }, { "label": "Prev", "value": "/view/AR-HAM-00001-00020-00064" }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to the Prince Regent and to Napier's service in the army. Napier writes of Hamilton's distress during the Prince's illness [Prince Alfred] and notes of newspaper reports on the princes. Napier writes that the newspapers \u2018have now broke the scull [sic] of a certain heir apparent. If it is cracked, I hope a gleam of Common Sense will force its way thr[ough] the crevice and show him the impropriety of being connected with his present companions\u2019. Napier writes that the Prince should not be \u2018haughty\u2019 but he should possess the dignity which would \u2018reflect more lustre upon his Character\u2019. If a man does not respect himself then he cannot be respected. <\/p>
Napier has offered his service at Gibraltar but was advised against it by General Conway as he would not have a command in the garrison and hence he would be \u2018an idle spectator\u2019. Conway would not oppose him if he still wished to go but he advised that he continue with his recruiting. Napier had previously written to Conway over the possibility of promotion and had received no reply. Conway told him that the reason was that he did not have the power at that time to aid him.<\/p>
Dated at Tewin Water [Hertfordshire].<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Not stated." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.
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Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, relating to the Prince Regent and to Napier's service in the army. Napier writes of Hamilton's distress during the Prince's illness [Prince Alfred] and notes of newspaper reports on the princes. Napier writes that the newspapers \u2018have now broke the scull [sic] of a certain heir apparent. If it is cracked, I hope a gleam of Common Sense will force its way thr[ough] the crevice and show him the impropriety of being connected with his present companions\u2019. Napier writes that the Prince should not be \u2018haughty\u2019 but he should possess the dignity which would \u2018reflect more lustre upon his Character\u2019. If a man does not respect himself then he cannot be respected. <\/p>
Napier has offered his service at Gibraltar but was advised against it by General Conway as he would not have a command in the garrison and hence he would be \u2018an idle spectator\u2019. Conway would not oppose him if he still wished to go but he advised that he continue with his recruiting. Napier had previously written to Conway over the possibility of promotion and had received no reply. Conway told him that the reason was that he did not have the power at that time to aid him.<\/p>
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