HANOVERIANS:

George the Fourth, 1820 to 1830

Prinny

BORN: 12 August 1762, St. James's Palace, London.
PARENTS: George III (1738 - 1820),
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(1744 - 1818).
MARRIED: (1) Maria Anne Smythe (1756 - 1837),
15 September 1785, Park Lane, London.
(contrary to Royal Marriages Act)

(2) Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(1768 - 1821),
8 April 1795, Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London.
ACCEDED: 29 January 1820
CROWNED: 19 July 1821, Westminster Abbey.
DIED: 26 June 1830,
Windsor Castle, Berkshire.
INTERRED: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire.
CHILDREN: with Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz:
(1) Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales
(1796 - 1817)

+ 2 illegitimate children

COEVAL
PERSONS:
Prime Ministers:
Earl of Liverpool (Tory)
George Canning (Tory)
Viscount Goderich (Tory)
Duke of Wellington (Tory)

Archbishops of Canterbury:
Charles Manners Sutton
William Howley

NOTABLE
EVENTS:



Contemporary portrait of George the Fourth