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Autograph Letter Signed, to Sir Claudius Hunter, regretting that he is unable to provide any Tickets for the Coronation [of King George IV]. 1 page 10 x 8 inches, folds, a few foxing spots along left edge, otherwise fine. Gloucester Lodge, 18 June 1821. “I have long since disposed of more than I now have reason to think I shall have at my command.” Prince William Frederick (1776-1834), Duke of Gloucester, nicknamed ‘Silly Billy’, son of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George III. Sir Claudius Hunter (1775-1851)‚ Lord Mayor of London in 1811.