Chapter I: Front Matter

FARMER GEORGE

GEORGE THE THIRD]

FARMER GEORGE

BY

LEWIS MELVILLE

_Author of "The First Gentleman of Europe,"
"The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray,"
&c., &c._

WITH FIFTY-THREE PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN AND SONS, LTD.
NO. 1 AMEN CORNER, E. C. 1907

PRINTED BY
SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD
BATH.

(2002)

CONTENTS

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XIII. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. I. THE STAMP ACT 1

XIV. THE KING _versus_ ROCKINGHAM AND THE
REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT 26

XV. THE "KING'S FRIENDS" 46

XVI. THE KING'S RULE 65

XVII. THE ROYAL FAMILY 98

XVIII. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. II. THE KING'S
WAR 126

XIX. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. III. THE LOSS OF
AMERICA 155

XX. CHARLES JAMES FOX AND WILLIAM PITT 173

XXI. THE KING'S MALADY 202

XXII. THE KING'S RECOVERY 222

XXIII. THE KING'S CHILDREN 237

XXIV. 1789-1806 251

XXV. LAST YEARS 263

AUTHORITIES 293

ILLUSTRATIONS

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GEORGE III _frontispiece_

CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, SECOND MARQUESS
OF ROCKINGHAM _facing_ 26

WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM " 46

AUGUSTUS HENRY, DUKE OF GRAFTON " 61

FREDERICK NORTH, SECOND EARL OF GUILFORD " 72

ADMIRAL THE HON. AUGUSTUS KEPPEL " 94

HENRY FREDERICK, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND " 102

WILLIAM HENRY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER " 102

MARIA, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER " 104

ANNE, DUCHESS OF CUMBERLAND " 109

AUGUSTA, DUCHESS OF BRUNSWICK " 120

CAROLINA MATILDA, QUEEN OF DENMARK " 120

CHARLES JAMES FOX " 180

"THE UNFORTUNATE ASS" " 183

"THE CAPTIVE PRINCE, OR, LIBERTY GONE MAD" " 186

EDMUND BURKE " 187

WILLIAM PETTY, EARL OF SHELBURNE " 189

WILLIAM PITT " 192

GEORGE III " 202

GEORGE III " 222

THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND IN 1787 " 237

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN 1793 " 251

GEORGE III IN HIS STUDY " 287

QUEEN CHARLOTTE " 289

FARMER GEORGE

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