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17 de feb. de 2011 · George Augustus Frederick, 21st Prince of Wales, was born on 12 August 1762. Even his birth was dogged by the sort of absurdity which was to dominate his life, as the attending courtier, the Earl ...
George IV's official style as King of the United Kingdom was "George the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith." He was also King of Hanover. Honors. British Honors. KG: Knight of the Garter, 26 December 1765–29 January 1820; PC: Privy Counsellor, 29 August 1783–29 ...
George IV in the kitchen of the Royal Pavilion. The spectacular kitchens were stocked in bulk at vast expense. Between the 6thof May and the 5thof June 1816, Carlton House took delivery of 5264 lbs of meat “not including sausages, pork or poultry”. And no wonder when George’s favourite breakfast consisted of two pigeons, three beefsteaks ...
Hace 3 días · In 1785, George secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert. In 1795, he was officially married to Princess Caroline of Brunswick, in exchange for parliament paying his debts.
Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30 George, Prince of Wales was given no official duties by his father King George III. Jockeying for power, he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox. When the King went temporarily insane in 1788 William Pitt, the Tory Prime Minister, proposed a restricted Regency ...
16 de jun. de 2014 · Upon the death of King George IV of England in 1830, The Times newspaper said of him “there never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than the deceased king”. Hardly very complimentary, but it was a truth that was felt by the majority of English citizens during his reign and echoed by many historians today.
In the 1780s his income was highly restricted – some £62,000 a year when he believed that he needed at least £100,000. But in reality, he never took much notice of money and how much things cost, nor did his architects, who were spurred on to extravagance by their patron. By 1786 his debts were nearly £270,000, let’s say £20m in today ...
