'George I', (1660-1727), 1830. George I (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 and the Electorate of Hanover from 1698 until his death in 1727. First monarch of the House of Hanover. During his reign, powers of the monarchy diminished and a transition began to a cabinet government with actual political power held by Robert Walpole. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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