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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George (William Frederick) 1737-1820 (search)
g his long reign, while he was sane, his years were passed in continual combat against the growing liberal spirit of the age. Being a native of England (which his two royal predecessors were not), and young and moral, he was at first popular on his accession to the throne, Oct. 26, 1760. In his first speech in Parliament he expressed pride in his English birth, and thereby great enthusiasm in his favor was excited. On Sept. 8, 1761, he married Charlotte Sophia, sister of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who shared his throne fifty-seven years, and bore him fifteen children, all but two of whom grew to maturity. Unfortunately for his kingdom, he neglected the wise counsels of Pitt, and made his preceptor, the Scotch Earl of Bute, his prime minister and confidential friend. The minister and his master became very unpopular, and in 1763 Bute resigned, and was succeeded by George Grenville (q. v.) who inaugurated the Stamp Act policy and other obnoxious measures towards the English-Am
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
Article VI: and VII. of the Special Convention. Flassan, VI. 322, 323. Yet, still anxious for peace, and certain either to Sept. secure it or to place the sympathy of all Europe on the side of France, Choiseul resolved on a last most ultimate attempt at reconciliation by abundant concessions; and on the thirteenth day of September, just five days after the youthful sovereign of England had taken as his consort the blue-eyed, considerate, but not very lovely German princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,—a girl of seventeen, who became well known as the parsimonious and correct Queen Charlotte,—Bussy presented the final propositions of France. By Pitt, who was accurately acquainted with the special convention between France and Spain, they were received with disdainful indif- chap. XVII.} 1761. Sept. ference. A smile of irony, and a few broken words, were his only answer; and when the negotiation was broken off, Pitt said plainly, that his own demands throughout had been made in
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Funeral of a King. (search)
Prussia, took place on the 9th inst., at Berlin. The military were mustered in immense numbers. On the coffin was a gold crown, a helmet, and other royal insignia. It was borne to the hearse by twelve colonels. The horses attached to the hearse were draped in black velvet. The church was lighted with hundreds of wax candles and filled with the nobility. An account of the scene says: When the coffin was conveyed into the church, the two Queens, the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Grand Duchess of Baden, and the Prussian princesses were in their places waiting to receive it: and when the King, the distinguished personages by whom his Majesty was accompanied, and the other participators in the procession had taken the places assigned them, it being then about one o'clock, the funeral ceremony was proceeded with. The choir of the cathedral first sang the 100th Psalm, and then the local choir sang a hymn. After this the Court chaplain, M. Heyd, said the Lit
The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
Approaching Marriage of the Duke of Newcastle. --The London correspondent of the New York Post writes: I suppose few Americans will fail to receive with almost personal sympathy the announcement that the Duke of Newcastle is about to marry our Princess Mary of Cambridge. The Princess is a comely and singularly buxom young lady. She is like her sister, the Princess Augusta, who married the hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, only the younger daughter is more lively, looks cleverer, and is decidedly falter. The Duke of Newcastle has been married before to the daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, but the marriage was dissolved at his suit, as I dare say your readers will remember. Nor need I tell you how much he is esteemed in private life, as well as in political society, as one of the most amiable as well as conscientious men. The Queen's consent is a mark at once of her not thoroughly sharing the spirit of George the Third's marriage act, and of her esteem for t