GEORGE 



George (1819-78). King of 

 Hanover. Born in Berlin, where 

 his father was then residing, May 

 27, 1819, he 

 was the only 

 son of Ernest 

 Augustus, who 

 became king 

 of Hanover in 

 1837. In 1833 

 he became 

 blind, but this 

 was not con- 

 ueorge V, King 01 sidered a bar 

 Hanover 



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George, King ot 

 Saxony 



to his 



sion in 1851 as George V. For 15 

 years his illiberal ideas involved 

 him in constant quarrels with his 

 subjects, leading to his expulsioa in 

 1866. A supporter of Austria, he 

 refused, contrary to the wishes of 

 his Landtag, to remain neutral 

 during the Austro-Prussian War, 

 1866, when the Prussians invaded 

 and annexed Hanover. 



George found a refuge in 

 Austria, where he worked hard 

 but vainly to recover his lost land. 

 He died in Paris, June 12, 1878, 

 and was buried at Windsor. He 

 is known as George V, his four 

 predecessors being also kings of 

 Great Britain. He refused to the 

 last to bargain about his rights to 

 Hanover. His wife was Marie, 

 daughter of Joseph, duke of Saxe- 

 Altenburg, and hia only son was 

 Ernest, duke of Cumberland. 



George (1832-1904). King of 

 Saxony. Born at Dresden, Aug. 8, 

 1832. he was the youngest son of 

 King John 

 (1801-73). He 

 was gazetted 

 into the artil- 

 lery in 1846 

 and command- 

 ed a cavalry 

 brigade in the 

 Austro-Prus- 

 sian War of 

 1866. The 

 Franco-Prus- 

 sian War gave him greater oppor- 

 tunity for showing his military 

 ability, and at the head of the Saxon 

 army he won considerable distinc- 

 tion. In 1888 William I made him 

 a Prussian field-marshal. On the 

 death of his brother Albert, in 1902, 

 he succeeded to the throne, and, 

 after an uneventful reign, died 

 Oct. 15, 1904. 



George (1845-1913). King ot 

 the Hellenes. Born at Copenhagen, 

 Dec. 24, 1845, he was a younger son 

 of Christian IX of Denmark, and 

 a brother of Queen Alexandra. In 

 1862 the Greeks were looking for a 

 king to replace the expelled Otto. 

 The crown was declined by several 

 princes and then, by request, 

 the British government nominated 

 the prince of Denmark, Christian 



George, King ot the 

 Hellenes 



William His 

 selection was 

 approved by 

 the Greeks, 

 and he took 

 the name of 

 George, resign- 

 ing at the 

 same time his 

 rights to the 

 crown of Den- 

 in a r k. His 

 long reign, 

 which began 

 in 1863, was on 

 the whole suc- 



cessful. In difficult circumstances 

 he did all he could for the welfare of 

 his country; but towards the end ol 

 his life it was drawn into the Balkan 

 War, while previously it ha"d carried 

 on a struggle with Turkey. On 

 March 18, 1913, in the midst of the 

 Balkan struggle, the king was mur- 

 dered by a subject while visiting 

 Salonica. His wife was Olga, a 

 Russian grand duchess. Of their 

 children, Constantino succeeded to 

 the throne ; other sons were George, 

 Nicholas, Andrew, and Christopher. 

 George (b. 1902). British prince. 

 The fourth son of George V and 

 Queen Mary, he was born at York 

 Cottage, Sandringham, Dec. 20, 

 1902, and was christened George 

 Edward Alexander Edmund. He 



GEORGE 



entered the 

 R.N. College, 

 Osborne, in 

 1916, proceed- 

 ing later to 

 Dartmouth 

 In 1920 on the 

 Temeraire he 

 voyaged to the 

 West Indies, 

 and he joined 

 the Iron Duke 

 in Jan., 1921. 



George (b. 1869). Greek prince- 

 The second son of George, king of 

 the Hellenes, he was born at Corfu, 

 June 24, 1869. 

 He entered the 

 navy and held 

 various com- 

 mands, but be- 

 came generally 

 known in 1898 

 when he was 

 chosen by the 

 Powers to act 

 George, as high corn- 



Greek prince m i ss ioner in 

 Crete. He remained there until 

 1906, governing the island success- 

 fully. During the Great WarGeorge, 

 unlike his brother, King Con- 

 stantine, was classed among the 

 partisans of the Allies. In 1907 the 

 prince married Marie, a member of 

 the family of Bonaparte 



DAVID LLOYD GEORGE: STATESMAN 



Hamilton Pyfe, Special Correspondent ot The Daily Mail 



This career is here traced on the personal side. For the various 

 activities of Lloyd George's public life reference should be made 

 to the articles War, Great ; Home- Rule ; Versailles, Treaty of, etc. 

 See also biographies of A squtth ; Balfour and other contemporaries 



David Lloyd George was born 

 Jan. 17, 1863, at 5, New York 

 Place, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Man- 

 chester, where his father, William 

 George, taught in an elementary 

 school. His mother was, before her 

 marriage, Elizabeth Lloyd, both 

 parents being of Welsh extraction. 

 Soon after his birth the family re- 

 moved to a farm in S. Wales, 

 where the father hoped to recover 

 his lost h?alth. He died, however, 

 and his two boys were brought up 

 by an uncle, a village shoemaker, 

 at Llanystumdwy, N. Wales. 

 The uncle, Richard Lloyd, a man 

 of strong character as well as 

 strong opinions, took special pains 

 to supplement the schooling which 

 David got in the village, and spent 

 his money in making him a solicitor. 



At Portmadoc, where he served 

 his articles to a solicitor, from 1879, 

 the young man quickly became 

 known as a speaker at the debating 

 society, and when he began prac- 

 tice for himself, having passed the 

 law final in 1884, his shrewd grasp 

 of difficulties, his combativeness 

 and resolution soon brought clients 



to his door. He made a name 

 which was known throughout all 

 the countryside, and was beginning 

 to make money when a chance 

 came to him to win a national 

 reputation. 



A Church of England clergyman 

 refused to allow a Nonconformist 

 to be buried in the churchyard 

 beside his daughter. The young 

 solicitor was consulted, and gave 

 the opinion that the clergyman 

 was acting beyond his rights. He 

 further advised that the church- 

 yard be entered " by force, if ne- 

 cessary," and the body buried as 

 the old man wished. This was done, 

 and when legal action was taken, 

 Lloyd George was engaged for 

 the defence. A county court judge 

 decided against him. He took the 

 case to the high court ; before 

 the lord chief justice in London, 

 the decision was reversed. 

 Election to Parliament 



On the wave of this triumph, 

 Lloyd George was chosen to stand 

 as Radical candidate for Carnarvon 

 Boroughs against a local squire, 

 Ellis Nanney. A by-election came, 



