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4 days ago · George IV was the first British monarch to visit Ireland (in August 1821) since the reign of King Richard II in the 14th century and the first British Hanover monarch (the British Hanover kings were also Kings of Hanover) to visit Hanover (in September 1821) in 66 years.
2 days ago · When George IV took Mary Robinson as his first royal mistress, people called it a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story. Factinate Media Group Mary Robinson Was A Royal Mistress With A ...
4 days ago · London - History, Culture, Economy: By 1820, when George IV succeeded to the throne, many of the villages and hamlets that in the 17th and 18th centuries had been the destination of summer outings from the heart of the city had been covered by a tide of bricks and mortar.
5 days ago · A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 3 (Unabridged) Justin McCarthy In the third volume of his acclaimed history, Justin McCarthy delves into the reigns of George III and George IV, two monarchs who presided over a period of immense social and political change in Britain.
6 days ago · Rocque's Map, published in 1750, shows the thoroughfare lined with hedgerows, bespeaking its rural character in the days of George II. In 1827 the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum was founded, on six acres of freehold land lying just off the Old Kent Road.
2 days ago · The Academy itself was established in the year 1822, and a few years afterwards a charter was obtained from George IV. Here the Academy used to give its concerts until 1862, when the latter were transferred, as already stated, to the Hanover Square Rooms.
5 days ago · George IV, or George Mason of Gunston Hall, is the central figure in the family. A vestryman of Truro Parish, which included Pohick Church, Mason also represented Fairfax County at the Virginia...
