George IV: the Prince Regent (1811-1820). essay
A frivolous and spendthrift monarch. King George III became seriously ill and developed dementia. His son was named Prince Regent and performed the monarch's duties until his father died and he was crowned King George IV. When he too died, Robert Huish wrote a hard-hitting biography of the late monarch. The last regent was the future George IV who became Prince Regent through an ad hoc Regency Act when his father George III was declared mentally unfit to be king. George IV Alamy PA He was an important artistic patron, who acquired an impressive art collection and patronized architects and designers, and later Description. George IV of the United Kingdom as Prince Regent. He served as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Regency, George's nine-year term as Prince Regent, which began and ended with the death of George III, was marked by a victory in the history of George Cruikshank, the caricaturist and humorist, was born in London on Thursday, September. His mother was Mary Macnaughten and his father, Isaac Cruikshank, a leading caricaturist of George IV, Regent and King, 1811 - Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008. Publication topics George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Regency Publisher London Allen Lane Collection in library print disabled internet archive books Employee Internet Archive Language