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(Copy) Instructions to Lord Hood

My Lord I have the King's Instructions to put His Royal Highness Prince William under your Lordship's care and Discretion during the next campaign, and to send with him a Lieutenant as Mr Majendie will not be able to accompany His Royal Highness, Also to inform you of the Plan His Majesty just laid down, which was, that His Son should be educated in his Profession as much like the sons of Gentlemen as his situation would allow, without Court and without any Parade as the usual attendance upon Princes. This has been constantly attended to, though in some instances broke through since I have been in this Country - In the beginning I found it necessary to fix some Rules from which I determined not to depart, and the most of which I should recommend strongly to Your Lordship to adhere to - I made it any rule never to dine or lay out of the Ship without His Royal Highness, And it was a rule that His Royal Highness should not go out of the Ship without one that he should receive no Visits, and never be sent for, but to the Commander in Chief, Nor dine with any body but the Flag Officers of the Fleet, and the Commanding Officers on shore. - When any

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