Investiture of the Prince of Wales The tradition of investing the heir apparent of the English, and subsequently the British, monarch with the title of "Prince of Wales" began in 1301, when King Edward I of England, having completed the conquest of Wales, gave the title to his heir apparent, Prince Edward (later King Edward II of England). Investiture is not necessary to be created Prince of Wales. Peers were also invested, but investitures for peers ceased in 1621, at a time when peerages were being created so frequently that the investiture ceremonies became cumbersome. Most investitures for Princes of Wales were held in front of
Prince of Wales (1789 ship) European ports or languages. Paine recorded in his journal that, "they view us with the utmost astonishment ... as if they had never seen a European, or any ship other than their coasting junks." Finally, on 5 February a Chinese merchant ship was sighted, and hove to in response to hails from "Prince of Wales" crew. One of the Chinese vessel's crew agreed to act as pilot for the English ship and two days later "Prince of Wales" was within sight of the port of Macao. On 16 April "Prince of Wales" was at Whampoa. After some delays Milner was