Old Hampshire Mapped
Coats of Arms, Heraldry
Frederick, Prince of Wales
To his Royal Highness
Frederick Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c.
in the 1st quarter are the arms of England impaling those of Scotland:-
1. per pale, i. gules three lions passant regardant or, ii. or a lion rampant gules with a double tressure flory counter flory
In the 2nd and 3rd quarters are the arms of France and Ireland
2. azure three fleur de lys or, 3. azure a harp or stringed argent
In the 4th quarter are the arms of the Hanovers which have three parts - tierced per pale and per chevron, i Brunswick, ii Luneberg, iii Westphalia, on which is superimposed an escutcheon of pretence of the arms of the office of ArchTreasurer for the Holy Roman Empire, which is not properly engraved in this instance.
Across the shield is a label, the mark of cadency for an eldest son.
Frederick b1707 d1751, was eldest son of George II b1683, king from 1727, d1760. Frederick died before his father. Frederick's son was George III, b1738, king from 1760, d1820.