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George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III , having done so since 5 February 1811 ...
William Henry Wilkins states in his Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV (p. 261) that Lady de Clifford was "Sophia, Lady de Clifford married to Edward, 20th Baron de Clifford", but at the time around 1810, Sophia would have been in her mid-sixties and Mary in her early forties, so that Mary seems the likelier candidate to be the Lady de Clifford ...
The funeral directors to the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom are selected and appointed by the Lord Chamberlain's Office.. Procession during the funeral of Edward VII in 1910, assisted by William Banting funeral directors Train transport during the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965, assisted by J. H. Kenyon Ltd Procession during the funeral of Margaret ...
The dukedom was created in the Peerage of England in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I. When he died without male heirs, the title was created again in the Peerage of England in 1689 for Prince George of Denmark , husband of Princess Anne , younger daughter of King James II .
King George IV b. 1762 — d. 1830. ... So, Ernest became King of Hanover in 1837 until his death in 1851. Before becoming King of Hanover, he served in the British Army, and in 1815, ...
Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV of the United Kingdom). In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III , had not consented to it.
Predecessor's Death or Abdication Accession Council Public Proclamation Victoria: Tuesday 20 June 1837, 02:12 [14] Tuesday 20 June 1837, 11:00 Wednesday 21 June 1837, 10:00 Edward VII: Tuesday 22 January 1901, 18:30 Wednesday 23 January 1901, 14:00 Thursday 24 January 1901, 09:00 George V: Friday 6 May 1910, 23:45 Saturday 7 May 1910, 16:00 ...
The Conynghams were not well-connected, but according to the Duke of Wellington, Elizabeth decided as early as 1806 to become a mistress of the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV. She probably became his lover in 1819, when he was prince regent , but finally supplanted her predecessor, Isabella Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford ...