The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge was at the cradle of the Industrial Revolution the fortifications in Kent (the Dover Western Heights, Dover Castle, and the Dymchurch Martello Tower) which were to protect England against the threat of a French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars and the Georgian architecture of Kenwood, itself home to Lord Mansfield who presided over an early legal case in the initial chain of events towards the eventual abolition of the slave trade. You can see some of the great events and trends of George’s reign in our sites. From 1811, George’s intermittent mental illness meant that his son, George IV, was sworn in as regent. Following this, George’s reign covered victory in the 22-year war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, above all the victories of Trafalgar (1805) and Waterloo (1815), and Britain growing as an international power.Īt home, his reign was marked by convulsive social change, with society transformed, sometimes painfully, by the Agricultural Revolution and the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. George III was the first of the Hanoverian monarchs to be born in England and succeeded his grandfather, George II, to the throne.ĭuring the first 25 years of his reign, the American colonies were lost in the American War of Independence. Succeeded to the throne: 25 October 1760.Parents: Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.Born: at Norfolk House in St James’s Square.King George III in his coronation robes, from the studio of Allan Ramsay © National Portrait Gallery Victoria died there in 1901 and, of all her residences, it is the one that still evokes her life the best – furnished and presented as it was when she lived there. Victoria and Albert built Osborne House as their holiday residence by the sea and it remained one of her principal residences throughout her life. Her marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg was notably happy and produced nine children, but was cut short by his early death aged 42 in 1861. Queen Victoria’s reign saw Britain reach the height of its power, ruling an empire which stretched around the world, and being proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. Parents: Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight in 1860.
Who are our other longest-reigning monarchs, how did their reigns change England and Britain, and what can we see of their reigns today? On 9 September 2015, she became the longest-reigning English monarch in history. On 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth acceded to the throne to become Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Header Image: Cecil Beaton (1904-80) - Coronation Portrait of Her Majesty The Queen ( Queen Elizabeth II ), 1953" from the Royal Collection Trust
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