Rottingdean ^<1> –
August 19. 1810.

My Dear Mamma,

I went to the Review for the Prince’s ^<2> birthday last Monday, there were nine thousand five hundred men drawn out into a line so long that you could not see the end, The regiments were the Prince’s, the 51^st, 34^th, the Warwick and Leicester Militia and German Legion, & many others of whom I could not tell the name, the Prince was dressed in dark blue embroidered with gold, & had several hundred gentlemen with him; The regiments were thus disposed:

Artillery|Prince’s Reg|N.Gloucester|Leicester|Warwick|Another I don’t know what–|German Legion 1^st Reg|Do 2^d Reg|Do 3^d Reg|Artillery

They then passed in review before the prince & we returned home – I wish you would write often to me, & long letters; Tell me where to direct to M^r Feilding. ^<3>

Semper Maneo ^<4>
filius amans tuus ^<5>
Guglielmus Talbotus – ^<6>

Lady E. Feilding
31 Sackville Street,
London –

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Notes:

1. Rottingdean, East Sussex, 4 mi SE of Brighton: WHFT attended school there from 1808–1811.

2. The Prince of Wales, soon to become Prince Regent. Brighton Pavilion was his favourite residence.

3. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.

4. I remain always.

5. Your loving son.

6. William Talbot.