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Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, was crowned #GeorgeI of Great Britain and Ireland #OnThisDay in 1714.
While the British public remained largely indifferent to Hanoverian affairs, politicians grew to resent them.
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#JohnVanderbank (1694-1739)
Portrait of #GeorgeI, King of Great Britain & Ireland (1660-1727)who was #BornOnThisDay
1726
Royal Collection
#Hanover
#GeorgWilhelmLafontaine (1680-1745)
Portrait of #GeorgeI, King of Great Britain & Ireland (1660-1727)who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1720-27
Royal Collection
#Hanover
#GodfreyKneller (1646-1723)
Portrait of #GeorgeI, King of Great Britain & Ireland (1660-1727)who was #BornOnThisDay
1716
National Portrait Gallery
#Hanover
I have long enjoyed the fact his sidelong attack on #Walpole β "the Throne of our King is too firmly settled to be shaken by the Folly and Rashness of every sottish Companion" β is often "corrected" to read "Scottish Companion." #editing #GeorgeI I mean, he did have a thing about the #Scots