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King George III King George was born in London on June 4,1738. In 1738-1820 Kingdom of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820 Who presided over the loss of Britain’s American colonies; he was elector of Hannover 1760-1815 and, by decision of the congress of Vienna, King of Hannover 1815-20. King George was the oldest son of Frederick Louis, Prince of whales, and the grand son of King George III. The first of the Hanoverian house to be born and educated as an Englishman. He was primarily interested in his royal rights as king of Great Britain, contrary to his two predecessors Hannover was the main concern. George's aim was to rule as well as reign, and he was a skillful and intriguer, by 1763 he had managed to regain many of the powers that strong Whig ministries had appropriated during the power of the first two Georges. His problem was that he lacked the self-confidence and the mature statesmanship to form and achieve any long-term policy. After the dismissal of several ministers who did not satisfy him, the king found a firm supporter in Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford prime minister from 1770 to 1782. Lord North executed the royal policies that provoked the American Revolution. The unsuccessful conclusion of that conflict forced North to resign, and during the government crisis that followed. When three cabinets came and went in less than two years he then took a political gamble by placing the government in the hands of the 24-year-old William Pitt, thereby restoring stability for the rest of the century. His belief in royal authority, King George favored the wars with France 1793-1815 that grew out of the French Revolution. In 1809 the king became blind. As early as 1765 he had suffered dementia, and in 1788 his derangement recurred that a regency bill was passed, but the king recovered the following year. It is now likely that he had inherited porphyry, a defect of the metabolism that may in time lead to mental disturbance. In 1811 he died hopelessly, and his son, later George IV, acted as ruler. King George The III died at Windsor place on January 29,1820. King George III was Married to Lady Sarah Lennon.