A colleague once asked me whether there was anything worth knowing about George II, a figure who does not even feature in that immortal guide to British history 1066 and All That other than that ...

George II was the only son of George I and Sophia and was born at Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany, on 30th October 1683. In 1705 he was naturalized an English subject and succeeded his father as king ...

George V — King George VI's father and Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather — died on Jan. 20, 1936. Eight days later, George V was interred at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. King George VI ...

There were a number of books that had a profound impact on Dr. King. Obviously, the Bible. I remember him mentioning that he took a course on the Bible at Moorhouse with George Kelsey — a man I ...

While the reigns of George I and II had been marked ... His vast collection of books and manuscripts provided the basis of the future British Museum library. But life for the king was far from ...