Show THE GEORGES The new king kins of at England comes cornes to he throne of ot his ancestors while In Ine e prime of at life lite and is said tc to be e very popular with his subjects The Jaws aws will continue to be made by parlia parUa parliament ment however and amI George V will little to do except open exhibitions e lions and hold levees at the same samo time maintaining his Ins position as rt gen gentleman gentleman tieman r of t f Europe The Tle first tour four Georges were not pop popular popular popular ular but they succeeded in holding to the lithe throne George the ir t could toot not t English and kepr lep out of or the te as much of tha h Um ng p i ible ble We He was born in Hanover March 28 1660 and died at ck June 11 1727 after a refea rei 1 of thirteen years yearn George Gcorge the Second ws w ls also born at Hanover November 10 IL 0 l all aid a id died in London on October 5 3 1750 his reign lasting three years ears An attempt was as made ma e during tr tre e r l 4 C the first George to place the old pretender on the throne in history as the uprising of ot The rebellion brok brokeS out lOUt In Scotland but was wa speedily sup jj re reed sed Another A attempt was ws w s made maden ln n behalf of ot rh h n cr dur dar darling durling ling ting the reign oC t GiH ire l e the Second the uprising taking place in Scotland it b i 1745 This rebellion was sas fas also aiho quickly stamped out Since that time the descendants of tire the jr of Hanover he been firmly seated se ted The hp third George was thu firt fir t one of 0 the family who was wa distinctively Bri si He was born ill i 1 London and Id dd d d at Wind Windsor or after a r of o sixty sixt years ears during which time the Amer can colonies were were Most lost This George had a better claim to to the title of at gen gentleman tIeman leman than either his father or grandfather He was a faithful bus hus husband busand band and and otherwise moral and up bright bight He became hopelessly insane in 1811 and England was governed by br bythe bythe the prince regent afterwards George the ithe Fourth During the regency regen C and also the eigi of the fourth George the British court was the most degraded in Eu hope the king being the most unprincipled unprIncipled I I libertine of oL the age He H was as I succeeded by William the Fourth and then came Victoria It was the reign of oC Victoria that t proved the most glorious epoch In the history of ot Great Britain Xo No dissolute characters were tolerated at court and the social life lite of ot the people was raised to 00 o the highest degree It Is nearly years since the Elector of Hanover was called to the British throne and became George the First The power of at the country has hasteen been teen constantly extended until it occupies occupies pies a place in the front rank of na natIons nations So far as al the Georges were concerned they the added nothing glory of oC the country count the people un under under Under der wise wire leadership being entitle entitled l to sill the credit for whatever was acom pal hed irhe new monarch may ma live long and happily but he be is a ruler only anI in hi name |