Prince of Wales soil and speaking no other language"). William Camden wrote in his 1607 work "Britannia" that originally the title "Prince of Wales" was not conferred automatically upon the eldest living son of the King of England because Edward II (who had been the first English Prince of Wales) neglected to invest his eldest son, the future Edward III, with that title. It was Edward III who revived the practice of naming the eldest son Prince of Wales, which was then maintained by his successors: Nevertheless, according to conventional wisdom, since 1301 the Prince of Wales has usually been the eldest living
SS Prince of Wales (1887) accompanying their Steam Packet sister , which was landing troops at Suvla Bay. After the Great War, she was sold under the name "Prince Edward" to T. C. Pas for £5,600; () and was broken up at Scheveningen, the Netherlands. SS Prince of Wales (1887) PS (RMS) "Prince of Wales" No. 93381 was a steel built paddle steamer which was purchased together with her sister , by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company in 1888 - referred to as "The Manx Line". "Prince of Wales" was built by Fairfield