ONE MORE REASON TO INVITE PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY TO DAUPHIN ISLAND: Prince William and Princess Kate named their daughter Princess Charlotte in honor of Queen Charlotte (1744 -1818). In 1763, Major Farmar (namesake for Dauphin Island's "MAJOR FARMAR STREET") renamed Ft. Conde in Mobile FORT CHARLOTTE in honor of QUEEN CHARLOTTE and that was the fort's name for THE NEXT 50 YEARS(that's ten years longer than it was EVER NAMED FT. CONDE). Major Farmar also provided accommodations to WILLIAM BARTRAM on his visit to Mobile Bay. Bartram sent many specimens, including Venus Fly Trap and Poison Ivy, to Kew Gardens which were established by QUEEN CHARLOTTE. In April 2014, I suggested that SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY invite Prince William and Prince Harry to the Mobile Bay area so they could see for themselves where their ancestor, Captain the Honourable Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, R.N., second son of the Second Earl Spencer, served during the War of 1812. Their Mother, the Princess of Wales, was a Spencer and the daughter of the Eighth Earl so both Prince William and Prince Harry are collateral descendants(great nephews) of Captain Spencer.

Captain Spencer commanded the HMS Carron during the 1st Battle of Ft. Bowyer on Mobile Point in 1814 and he was the spy and scout who discovered the route from Lake Borgne to the Mississippi River for the British which determined the location of the Chalmette battle on January 8, 1815. He commanded  the seamen landed during the 2nd Battle of Ft.Bowyer in 1815 and he was in charge of taking the fugitive slaves from Dauphin Island and Apalachicola to the Bahamas, Nova Scotia and Trinidad.