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What are the reasons he liked Brighton, why was he attracted to Brighton!?
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During the 1740s and 1750s, Dr Richard Russell of Lewes began prescribing the medicinal use of the seawater at Brighton to his patients!.
http://www!.city-of-brighton!.com/history!.!.!.!.

It was a fashionable craze of the 18th century to visit spas like Bath and Harrogate, for instance, to take the waters, try for a cure and to socialise!. Patients flocked to see Dr Russell, and it quickly took off as the Prince Regent arrived!.

The Prince Regent's passion for Brighton dated back to 1783, when he was only 21, had swollen glands in his neck, and was told to try sea-bathing!. The young Prince of Wales decided he must have a house there, acquired a farmhouse, and then began that summoning of architects, decorators, furnishers which was to take some of his time and a great deal of his money down and down the years!.

The first building, known as the Marine Pavilion !.!.!. was a more or less "elegant and classical structure"!.!.!.It then developed into the building it has become today!. Sydney Smith declared, "One would think that St Paul's Cathedral had come to Brighton and pupped"!.

It became very fashionable to be asked there, to perhaps a supper party!. The Prince spent a lot of time there, particularly in the earlier years before the Regency!.

The town was first called Brighthelmstone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is, as the comment above says, the nearest seaside resort to London!. And sea bathing was becoming all the rage in the late 18th century!. Everyone who was anyone was doing it, and of course the Prince Regent had to be in on all the latest fashions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is just about the nearest coast to central London!. also I think his father was rather fond of Bognor Regis and he probably wanted a different town for his activities!.Www@QuestionHome@Com