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Also Known As Georg Wilhelm Friedrich • George William Frederick
Born June 4, 1738 • London • England
Died January 29, 1820 (aged 81) • Windsor Castle • England
Title / Office king (1814-1820), Hanover • king (1801-1820), United Kingdom • king (1760-1820), Ireland • king (1760-1800), Great Britain
Founder Royal Academy of Arts
House / Dynasty House of Hanover
Notable Family Members spouse Charlotte • father Frederick Louis, prince of Wales • son Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany • son George IV • son Ernest Augustus
Role In American Revolution

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William Legge, 2nd earl of Dartmouth
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Carnarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon
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John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
British politician
William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
William E. Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
prime minister of United Kingdom
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish leader
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Irish leader
Anne
Anne
queen of Great Britain and Ireland
Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
British statesman
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O’Connell
Irish leader
John Dillon, 1890
John Dillon
Irish leader
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
Sir Roger Casement
British politician
John Redmond, print by J. Day.
John Redmond
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William Edward Forster, detail of an oil painting by H.T. Wells, 1875; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Edward Forster
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Michael Davitt
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O'Brien, William
William O’Brien
Irish politician
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
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