Government under king george iii biography
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George III lived from 4 June 1738 to 29 January 1820. He was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and was then King of the United Kingdom until his death.
He was also Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Elector (and later King) of Hanover. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
George was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but the first to be born in Britain and use English as his first language: indeed, he never actually visited Germany.
Government under king george iii biography
He succeeded to the throne on the death of his grandfather George II, because his father Frederick, Prince of Wales had died in 1751. After his accession to the throne, a search was mounted across the royal families of Europe for a suitable bride for George, and on 8 September 1761, he married Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the Chapel Royal, St James' Palace, London.
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