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George IV JAN KOKLA George IV • became Regent in 1811 • had secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic, Mrs Fitzherbert • officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick • was the antithesis of his father Legacy • had his father's immense book collection donated as the foundation of the British Museum • acquired many important works of art • built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton • transformed Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace "A Voluptuary Under The Horrors of Digestion," a caricature (1792) by James Gillray from George's time as Prince of Wales. The Napoleonic Wars http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon Britain after Napoleonic Wars • The Napoleonic Wars had turned the country from thoughts of revolution to the need to defeat the French. • there was no longer such need for factory-made goods • 300 000 men from Britain’s army and navy were looking for work • landowning farmers’ income had suffered because of cheaper imported corn • The general misery began to cause trouble. Whig reforms of the 1830s • The Whig Party recovered its strength and unity by supporting moral reforms • The Whigs became champions of Parliamentary reform. • They made Lord Grey prime minister • the Reform Act of 1832 became their signature measure • In 1832 Parliament abolished slavery in the Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act Earl Grey Thank You! • • • • • • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Grey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars#Enlarged_scope http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/french_thre at_01.shtml • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/george_iv_king.shtml