1. Hannoverians
Charmers, for sure!

2. Act of Settlement, 1701
Said that the British Crown would pass
to Protestants only, like Sophia of
Hannover, grand-daughter of James I.
Sophia’s son, George I, actually
inherited in 1714.

3. George, Elector
Inherited and united all territories
of his father and three uncles.
Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
1698-1708
Elector of Hannover
Duke of Callenburg-Gottingen
1708-1727

4. George I, King
Wife/cousin Sophia
divorced 1694
Married for inheritance imprisoned 1694-1726

5. Rebellions in 1715 and 1719
James, Catholic son of James II and
brother of Queen Mary and
Queen Anne - “The Old Pretender”
Led failed rebellions in Scotland backed
by France and Spain
His supporters were called “Jacobites”

6. Never liked England
Mathematician Leibnitz and Composer Handel

7. South Sea Company
Company established in 1711 by corrupt government insiders to trade with
Spanish America, but never did much trading. Instead, speculative insider
trading of its stocks and managing government debt became its main source
of income.
128 pounds per share in January, 1720
500 pounds per share in May, 1720
1,050 pounds per share in June, 1720
(In August, people see through the inflation of stock value and sell)
150 pounds per share in September, 1720
The “South Sea Bubble” ruined all investors and trust in the government, so
George I called on.....

8. Robert Walpole
• Whig politician
• Earl of Orford
• First Lord of the Treasury
• Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Unofficially the first
Prime Minister
• Governed using cabinet
system

9. George II
• Constantly quarreled
with dad
• King and Elector from
1727-1760
• Last British monarch
born outside UK
• Sent James Oglethorpe
to New World - Georgia
named for him

10. War of Jenkin’s Ear 1739
• War with Spain conjoined with War of
Austrian Succession in 1740
• Joined Austrian side vs. Spain, Prussia
and France
• Walpole died in 1742
• George and his son, Duke of
Cumberland, led English armies in
battle

11. George II at Dettingen
Last
reigning
British
monarch to
lead troops
in battle
British, Hessians and Hannoverians beat French, 1743

12. Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Son of James,
“The Old
Pretender”
• Invaded
Scotland with
French help in
1745

13. The ‘45
• Got help from Highland
chiefs like Cameron of
Lochiel and MacDonalds
• Raised standard at
Glenfinnan, 1745

14. Prestonpans
Bonnie Prince
Charlie
Cameron clansmen Lochiel

15. Invaded England
• Got within 100
miles of London
• No expected
English Tory
support
materialized
• Turned back to
regroup in
Scotland
• Followed by
Duke of
Cumberland

16. Culloden, April 16, 1746
Duke of Cumberland beat Jacobite army

17. My bonnie lies over the ocean
Charlie hid on Skye,
then escaped to France
with Lochiel
Led a miserable life and
died a broken man in
1788

18. George’s Son Frederick
• Constantly quarreled with father
• Almost cut out of succession in favor of
his brother, Duke of Cumberland
• Rule Britannia written through his
patronage
• Cricket patron and player
• Died at age 44 in 1751 due to a burst
abscess from a cricket ball injury
• Left a son and heir....

19. George III
King 1760-1820

20. Wm Pitt, Earl of Chatham

21. Victorious in Seven Years’ War
• Treaty of Paris 1763
• French surrendered India, some
Caribbean islands, Canada and
Mississippi to keep
Guadeloupe (still French today)
• Spain gave up Florida
• Maine and Canadian French
Acadians move to Louisiana to
become ‘Cajuns’

22. Loses colonies

23. Wm Pitt the Younger, 24

24. Quarreled with son

25. Opposed to French turmoil and was
mad for the final 10 years of his life

26. George IV
• Ruled since
1811, but king
only from
1820-1830
• Weighed 250
pounds at age
of 25 years

27. Caroline of Brunswick
• George had a
Catholic mistress
he couldn’t marry
and hated his wife
who he considered
to be ill-mannered
and too “open”
with her
relationships. He
divorced her.

28. Death
• There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow-creatures than this
deceased king. What eye has wept for him? What heart has heaved one
throb of unmercenary sorrow? ... If he ever had a friend — a devoted friend
in any rank of life — we protest that the name of him or her never reached
us. --London Times, June, 1830
• The Duke of Wellington said that George was "the worst man he ever fell in
with his whole life, the most selfish, the most false, the most ill-natured, the
most entirely without one redeeming quality."

29. William IV
• Ruled 1830-1837
• Third son of
George III
• Sailor
• Was 64 when he
became king

30. Reform Act 1832
• Proposed by Earl
Grey, Whig PM
• Rejected in 1830
and 1831 but passed
after threat to add
new Lords
• Redistributed
electoral boundaries
to allow for
population shifts
• Increased voters

31. Other reforms
• Slavery abolished
• Child labor restricted
• Unsuccessful
changes to poor laws
• Married Adelaide of
Saxe-Meiningen

32. No official children
• 10 kids with his
mistress of 20 years,
known as “Mrs.
Jordan”, a famous
London actress

33. Niece, Victoria!