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George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III , having done so since 5 February 1811 ...
The Blue Room is a room at Windsor Castle that was the site of the death of kings George IV in 1830 and William IV in 1837 and Albert, Prince Consort in 1861. The room was formerly the Royal Bedchamber during the reign of George IV. It is situated in Windsor Castle's east wing on the first floor in the castle's private apartments. [1]
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 – 6 November 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV), and Caroline of Brunswick.She was expected to ascend the British throne after the deaths of her grandfather, George III, and her father, but died in childbirth at the age of 21, predeceasing them both.
The Conynghams were not well-connected, but according to the Duke of Wellington, Elizabeth decided as early as 1806 to become a mistress of the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV. She probably became his lover in 1819, when he was prince regent , but finally supplanted her predecessor, Isabella Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford ...
Carlton House, sometimes Carlton Palace, was a mansion in Westminster, best known as the town residence of King George IV, particularly during the regency era and his time as prince regent. It faced the south side of Pall Mall , and its gardens abutted St James's Park [ a ] in the St James's district of London.
The scene shows several barges leaving for the bridge, led by that of the Prince Regent (by the time the painting was exhibited he had reigned for a decade as George IV before his death in 1830). It is more distant from the earlier Constable paintings which were set closer to bridge and provides a wider panorama of the scene on the Thames.
The Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 was a bill introduced to the British Parliament in 1820, at the request of King George IV, which aimed to dissolve his marriage to Caroline of Brunswick, and deprive her of the title of queen. George and Caroline had married in 1795, when George was still Prince of Wales.
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.