Editing Prince regent (section)

==Prince Regent of the United Kingdom==
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In the English language the title ''Prince Regent'' is most commonly associated with [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]], who held the style '''[[Royal Highness|His Royal Highness]] The Prince Regent''' during the [[Regency era]] due to the incapacity (by dint of mental illness) of his father, [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] (see [[Regent]] for other regents). [[Regent's Park]], [[Regent Street]] and [[Regent's Canal]] (which he commissioned) in [[London]], were all named in honour of him. The architect [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], under the patronage of HRH The Prince Regent, planned a palatial summer residence for the prince, 50 detached villas in a parkland setting and elegant terraces around the exterior of the park. This was all part of an ambitious plan, to develop The Regent's Park and lay out an elegant new street, Regent's Street, to link it to [[St James's Park]] and the prince's London residence, [[Carlton House]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/the-regents-park/about-regents-park/landscape-history| title=Landscape History |publisher=RoyalParks.org.uk |access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> [[Regent Terrace]] in [[Edinburgh]] is also named after the Prince Regent, who visited the area in 1822.

This period is known as the [[British Regency]], or just the Regency.

The title was conferred by the [[Care of King During his Illness, etc. Act 1811|Regency Act]] on 5 February 1811. Subject to certain limitations for a period, the prince regent was able to exercise the full powers of the King. The precedent of the Regency Crisis of 1788 (from which George III recovered before it was necessary to appoint a regent) was followed. The Prince of Wales continued as regent until his father's death in 1820, when he became George IV.