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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
, and such was the opinion of the chancellor. The royal family are those who are in the chap. XII.} 1765. May. order of succession, one after another, answered Bedford, unmasking the malice in which the bill had been conceived. Richmond wished that, in the doubt, the judges should be consulted. On this, Sandwich moved the adjournment. The king, who had never intended to appoint his mother, was anxious to save her name from disagreeable discussion in parliament. When, therefore, he May 2. received the report of the occurrence, Halifax was authorized to use words whose meaning would admit of no dispute. But before he could deliver his message, Richmond proposed to include among those eligible to the regency, the princess dowager, and others descended from the late king. The motion was rejected by the ministers; after which Halifax, using the king's authority, renewed the same motion, except that he omitted the princess dowager. In this way the bill passed the House of Lord