Whatever the source, George III was never Duke of Gloucester, a title held
by his father and then by one of George III's younger brothers.
Paul Courten\y
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From: "Editor, Finest Hour" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Author Put-down
Jonathan, Are we sure this was Lord Londonderry? Have always thought
it was Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor.
Sarah Churchill reports in her THREAD IN THE TAPESTRY (41): “... my
father received a note from a friend of royal lineage which said:
'Dear Winston, Thank you for your book, I have put it on the shelf
with the others.' The family, on being told this by my mother,
collapsed in laughter. It evoked for us the famous story of what
George III, the then Duke of Gloucester, is supposed to have said to
Mr Gibbon: 'Another damned thick square book! Always scribble,
scribble, eh Mr Gibbon?'"
Note her description of “a friend of royal lineage.”
Manchester in his LAST LION vol. II apparently mixed this up when he
said (p18) that the remark was from the Duke of Gloucester.
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