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Virtues and Services to Crown Spark Debate on Peerage Bill
Fragment from The Historical Register N XVII discussing rights of the presumptive heir, the prince, and opposition to limiting peer numbers. Speakers argue about prerogative, aristocratic authority, and royal views on enacting checks to peerage creation to protect liberties. Royal concession cited as magnanimous, with cautions about irreconcilable divisions.
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