| Collection | Correspondence of William IV |
| Description | Expressing anxiety about his ability to provide for his son Captain Adolphus FitzClarence who will soon be given the command of a Sloop by Lord Melville. The Duke reminds the King that, to be a commander or a captain, according to the [Navy] rules, one needs to have money enough to 'keep a table' [i.e. to have an allowance for official entertaining of his officers, or visitors; also called, table-money]. The Duke, however, is not in the position of giving his son any money, so he asks the King to provide for it, giving Adolphus £200 [a year] - which is the sum the Privy Purse allowed to Henry [FitzClarence, who died in India in 1817] many years before. |