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On This Day In History . 4 June 1738 . King George III was born . . ◼ George was born in London at Norfolk House. He was the grandson of King George II, & the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, & Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. As Prince George was born two months premature & was thought unlikely to survive, he was baptised the same day by Thomas Secker, who was both Rector of St James's & the Bishop of Oxford. . ◼ One month later, he was publicly baptised at Norfolk House, again by Secker. His godparents were the King of Sweden (for whom Lord Baltimore stood proxy), his uncle the Duke of Saxe-Gotha (for whom Lord Carnarvon stood proxy) & his great-aunt the Queen of Prussia (for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin stood proxy). . . 👑 George III was King of Great Britain & King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was concurrently Duke & prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. . ◼ He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in England, spoke English as his first language, & never visited Hanover. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistoryc#theyear1738 #d4jun #King #KingGeorgeIII #GeorgeIIIoftheUnitedKingdom #Monarch #Monarchy #HisMajesty #Royalty #portrait #HouseofHanover #Hanoverian #History #RoyaltyinArt #Royal #BritishMonarchy #GRIii #london #heritage #king #RoyalHistory #historyfact #OnThisDay #historyfacts #Theking #KingofHanover (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTb_5eg2H8/?igshid=1g8gohvhj5pxs