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unusual facts about King George III



Bennelong

Bennelong was brought to the settlement at Sydney Cove in November 1789 by order of the governor, Arthur Phillip, who was under instructions from King George III to establish relationships with the indigenous populations.

Catholic Association

Henry Grattan continued to support the cause and Catholic emancipation had been passed by the House of Commons previously by a majority of six, but it was rejected in the House of Lords, and generally by King George III who lived until 1820.

Charlotte Square

Initially named St. George's Square in James Craig's original plan, it was renamed before completion after King George III's Queen and first daughter, to avoid confusion with George Square, in the south of the city.

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Nevertheless, its princesses achieved prominent marriages: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, sister of Duke Adolphus Frederick IV, married King George III in 1761, thus becoming queen consort of Great Britain.

Es Castell

The town was founded in 1771 by British Col. Patrick Mackellar and was originally called Georgetown in honour of King George III, however it takes its current name from the large fort nearby, known to the British as St. Philip's Castle.

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Friedrich Wilhelm was married on 28 June 1843 at Buckingham Palace to his first cousin, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, a member of the British Royal Family and a granddaughter of King George III.

George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham

He was the son of the 2nd Earl of Ashburnham and the former Elizabeth Crowley, being styled Viscount St Asaph from birth, and was baptised on 29 January 1761 at St George's, Hanover Square, London, with King George III, the Duke of Newcastle and the Dowager Princess of Wales as his godparents.

King Alfred's Tower

Henry Hoare II planned in the 1760s the tower to to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III near the location of 'Egbert's stone' where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Saxons in May 878 before the important Battle of Ethandun.

King's College Tract

The tract was granted in 1764 by Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden of the New York crown colony, in the name of King George III to the board of governors (trustees) of King's College – today's Columbia University.

Landaff, New Hampshire

The name on the town charter is Llandaff, after the Bishop of Llandaff, chaplain to England's King George III.

Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis

Dal Pozzo's collection, called his Museo Cartaceo ("Papers Museum"), was sold by his heirs to Pope Clement XI, who sold it to his nephew, Cardinal Alessandro Albani, who himself sold it to King George III in 1762.

Lookout Place

Robert Rogers created a new unit while encamped at Richmondtown called The Queen's Rangers named after Charlotte, wife of King George III.

Luttrellstown Castle

His sister Anne Luttrell (1742-1808), one of the great beauties of the age, married as her second husband Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland, one of the brothers of King George III.

Madame de Saint-Laurent

The Dukes's father, King George III, enrolled Edward in the army and had him posted to Gibraltar, where Edward made arrangements for her to be smuggled so they could be together.

Martha Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine

In 1762, Lady Elgin's portrait was painted by the fashionable Allan Ramsay, who the same year painted King George III.

Nukunonu

Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1765-1837), the third son of King George III and later king himself, as William IV.

Philip Vanbrugh

Their son, Lieutenant-General Philip Goldsworthy, became a favoured equerry to King George III and from 1772 his unmarried sister, Martha Caroline was sub-governess, under Lady Charlotte Finch, of the 15 royal children.

Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst

Charlottetown was named the capital of St. John's Island by King George III in 1768, it being named after his Consort, Queen Charlotte.

Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan, 1st Baronet

Laffan treated troops in the Peninsular War, he was the personal physician (Physician-in-Ordinary) to Queen Victoria's father the Duke of Kent and also the Duke of York (an elder son of King George III).

Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet

In recognition of this act Seymour received a medal from King George III, a 100 guinea piece of plate from the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, and the Freedom of the Cities of Cork and Limerick.

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

The story is set during the reign of King George III, in Bristol, England, where young Benjamin Blake (Roddy McDowall), son of the deceased Baronet of Breetholm is taken from his commoner grandfather, gunsmith Amos Kidder (Harry Davenport), and forced to serve his vengeful uncle, Sir Arthur Blake (George Sanders).

Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts

In that same year King George III donated the collection to the new British Museum at Montagu House, where they were originally known as the "King's pamphlets" and added to the Royal Library Collection.

William Nicolay

Lieutenant General Sir William Nicolay KCH, CB was the third son of Frederick de Nicolay, Principal Page to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III.

Wilmot baronets

The Wilmot Baronetcy, of Chaddesden in the County of Derby, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 February 1759 for Edward Wilmot, Physician to the Army and Physician-in-Ordinary to King George II and King George III.


see also

Berdmore

Thomas Berdmore (c.1740–1785), English dentist to King George III.

Derek Jarrett

He is best known for his edition of Horace Walpole’s Memoirs of the Reign of King George III, and perhaps for his sometimes acerbic reviews in the New York Review of Books.

George Tupou I

He adopted the name Siaosi (originally Jiaoji), the Tongan version of George, after King George III of England, when he was baptized in 1831.

King George III Museum

The King George III Museum was a museum within King's College London, England between 1843 and 1927 which held the collections of scientific instruments of George III as well as eminent nineteenth-century scientists including Sir Charles Wheatstone and Charles Babbage.