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Title: The Claims of Mr. Wardle to the Thanks of the Country, in Consequence of His Parliamentary Conduct on the Occasion of the Charges Preferred by Him Against His Royal Highness the Duke of York; Considered in a Letter Addressed to the Mayor of a Respectable Corporation
Description: London, T. Collins; John Joseph Stockdale, 1809. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce report exploring the wrongdoings of Prince Frederick. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.An account of the proceedings upon the charges against Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany by Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle. Wardle was an army officer and, whilst serving as an M.P. developed an interest in corruption in the army. He alleged that Prince Frederick's mistress, Mary Anne Clarke, was promising promotion to officers in return for money. Wardle pursued a legal case against the Duke of York and secured his resignation as commander-in-chief. Following this resignation it emerged that Wardle had negotiated with Clarke regarding Prince Frederick before his parliamentary attack and that her testimony was bought.Mary Anne Clarke was the great-great-grandmother of Daphne du Maurier, who wrote a novel about her life, 'Mary Anne&apos. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spots to the title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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