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- King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)
How To Use George III In A Sentence
- Several of the men who would become known as the Founding Fathers petitioned Parliament and King George III, asserting that no taxes should be imposed on the colonists “but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives.” A Renegade History of the United States
- Taking size to another level altogether is lot 1377, a fine George III period mahogany breakfront library bookcase which comes with a provenance from the Synge Family Collection at Glenmore Castle near Arklow, Co Wicklow.
- Earlier this year, the British journal Lancet published a report saying that a test of strands of George III's hair contained arsenic, which can provoke porphyria attacks.
- The ship went on to chart the east coast of Australia, successfully claiming half the continent for King George III.
- In Johnson's England ambitious politicians had been cloaking themselves in patriotism since the 1730s, and George III himself had begun his reign glorying in the name of Britain.
- In 18th-century England, Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire, used her extravagant tastes to support the Whig cause against George III, wearing outrageously plumed hats to political rallies. Le Freak, C
- Tony Stone is also exhibiting an extremely rare matching set of four George III serpentine fronted knife boxes in flame mahogany with filigree silverwork.
- George III's rhetorical transformation from symbol of monarchical benevolence to tyrant provided the ultimate justification for revolution.
- The founders said so to George III in other words, but the thought is simple. David Bromwich: The Mirror of 1776
- Anti-government cartoons in the 1790s often included the most scabrous, even treasonable, representations of King George III.
