The Irish standard., 1910-05-14
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AS boy he was sullen, suspicious,
obstinate, but high principled and re-
lisious. He was only fairly intelli-
gent, being slow and dull witted.
On becoming king in 1850 he threw
off his idleness and became an indus
trious monarch. In spite of his lack
of general knowledge and his narrow
prejudices, he was great improve
ment on his predecessors Especially
was this true of his domestic life. He
allowed a small faction of mobiles to
sway him and thereby weakened the
power of the crown.
English internal turmoil under
George III did not get beyond parlia-
mentary and ministerial intrigue. But
the obstinacy of the king and Lord
North lost the American colonies to
the crown. After this it became ap-
parent that the kings mind was af-
fected. He became blind and mad
ness at last seized him.
He was much more beloved by his
people than the two former Georges.
regency bill was passed in 1911.
He fingered for nine years after that.
George Nv, the eldest son Of George
III, was born in 1862. He was more
extensively educated than any previ-
Gus Hanoverian king of England. He
was, however, disrespectful to the
king, and given to lying, drink and
low company. On being refused more
personal liberty by his fat r. he en-
braced the Wings and thu Nv himself
into the widest dissipation of town
life. This alienated him from his
father.
Among his other escapades he Sc
cretly married Mrs. Fitzherbert and
lived with her openly. His treatment
of his friends was cowardly and
treacherous. He spent most of his
time in drinking and gaming. He
WEIGHED his debts of honor and ran
to extravagances of immortality which
brought the contempt of all decent
people.
To increase his income he married
Caroline of Brunswick in 1890. Later,
by means of a conspiracy, he obtained
a divorce. He came to the throne in
1920 and occupied it ten years. AS
monarch his conduct was not different
from what it had been as prince.
Like his father, he was overtaken by
blindness and madness brought on
partly by his evil life. He died in
1880. He was a coxcomb and a VOL
uptuary and lacking in sense of honor
or kingly dignity.
George V comes to the throne with
an absolutely different parentage and
bringing up. Born in 1865 as Duke
of York, he was put into the royal
navy, where he developed industrious
habits and learned the ways of the
sea- Like his grandmother's uncle,
William ", he may become known
as the sailor king. He always en-
joyed his fathers confidence and aft
er his elder brothers death he was
carefully instructed as to the duties
he has now assumed
He married in 1893 the fiancee of
| his dead brother, Princess May of
| Teck, and since that time he has been
much in the public eye, and has en-
deared himself to his future subjects
in many ways. In 1910 he made a
! tour of the principal colonies.
He comes to the throne with the
best wishes of all factions, and finds
the empire torn by none of the tur-
moil of the eighteenth century.
| There have been rumors of two
morganatic marriages into which he
is said to have entered, but if there
is any truth in these reports the reti-
cence Of modern times has not
brought the proof of them to the sur
face
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