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Facts

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

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Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
Stamp Act warning
Lord North
William Pitt the Younger
Cartoon by James Gillray showing King George III dressed in red, holding a tiny Napoleon Bonaparte in his hand and inspecting him with a telescope, referencing Gulliver's Travels.
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Sir Roger Casement
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
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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
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William Henry Oā€™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
Queen Anne
Anne
queen of Great Britain and Ireland
Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
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Daniel O'Connell
Daniel Oā€™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
William Edward Forster, detail of an oil painting by H.T. Wells, 1875; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Edward Forster
British statesman
John Redmond, print by J. Day.
John Redmond
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Michael Davitt
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O'Brien, William
William Oā€™Brien
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Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon
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