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42 ANCIENT AND<br />
coming to latter times, George IV. when Prince of Wales,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Duke of <strong>York</strong> ; <strong>and</strong>, after them, the Right Hon.<br />
Charles James Fox, Earl St. Vincent, Leopold, king of<br />
the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, <strong>and</strong><br />
his grace the Duke of Wellington, visited this city.<br />
In September, 1835, her majesty Queen Victoria (then<br />
princess), accompanied by her royal mother, the Duchess<br />
of Kent, patronised by their presence the gr<strong>and</strong> Musical<br />
Festival held in the Cathedral. The illustrious visitors<br />
were entertained in the Mansion House by Thomas Wilson,<br />
Esq., Lord Mayor of <strong>York</strong> that year; <strong>and</strong> during their<br />
stay at Bishopthorpe, at the palace of the Archbishop,—<br />
whose guests they were,—<strong>and</strong> their several visits to the<br />
city, they were greeted with the affection <strong>and</strong> loyalty of<br />
the citizens, <strong>and</strong> of the gentry of <strong>York</strong>shire.
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