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4 days ago · George IV was the first British monarch to visit Ireland (in August 1821) since the reign of King Richard II in the 14th century and the first British Hanover monarch (the British Hanover kings were also Kings of Hanover) to visit Hanover (in September 1821) in 66 years.
4 days ago · London - History, Culture, Economy: By 1820, when George IV succeeded to the throne, many of the villages and hamlets that in the 17th and 18th centuries had been the destination of summer outings from the heart of the city had been covered by a tide of bricks and mortar.
2 days ago · In this street, at No. 77, was living, in 1820, Alderman (afterwards Sir Matthew) Wood; and here, on the 6th of June in that year, Queen Caroline, the injured consort of George IV., arriving from the Continent, took up her residence.
5 days ago · George IV, or George Mason of Gunston Hall, is the central figure in the family. A vestryman of Truro Parish, which included Pohick Church, Mason also represented Fairfax County at the Virginia...
1 day ago · Söndörgö with special guest Chris Potter – ‘Gyezz’. Trio Manouche (Simon Harris, Giulio Romano Malaisi, Dave Kelbie, Marcus Penrose) (Thursday Jazz at The George IV, Chiswick. 27 June 2024. Review by Sebastian Scotney) L-R: Simon Harris, Dave Kelbie (partly hidden), Marcus Penrose, Giulio Romano Malaisi. “How did these people get so ...
2 days ago · This place has its romance, for Leigh Hunt was for two years (1812–1814) imprisoned here for libellously styling the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV., an "Adonis of fifty;" and here it was that Moore and Lord Byron paid that memorable visit to "the wit in the dungeon," when the noble poet saw him for the first time in his life. Mr. Cyrus ...
2 days ago · The Academy itself was established in the year 1822, and a few years afterwards a charter was obtained from George IV. Here the Academy used to give its concerts until 1862, when the latter were transferred, as already stated, to the Hanover Square Rooms.
