deep inside him is a racial memory that informs him of a longer and a more noble pedigree than that which is enjoyed by the denizen of the more recently elevated neighbouring town , the johnnie-come-lately whose history came only to be writ large a mere century and a half ago , and then only as a consequence of the outrageous antics of the prince regent , a ruler who squandered much of the nations wealth in gross acts of self indulgence , although , even he , may to some extent , be forgiven for his wickedness by his bequest to the nation of the wondrous spectacle of the royal pavilion .