King William IV

Standard Name: William IV, King
Used Form: William IV of Britain
Used Form: Prince William Henry

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Dedications Anna Maria Bennett
This was again anonymous; some thought it by Frances Burney . AMB dedicated it to another of George III 's children, Prince William Henry (a naval officer who would be in a position to offer...
Dedications Agnes Strickland
It includes a dedication to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, William IV .
qtd. in
Peterman, Michael. “Patriotic Songs by Agnes Strickland and Susanna Strickland”. Bulletin, July/August 2002, Vol.
34
, No. 4, National Library of Canada.
Though it was almost certain that the collaboration had taken place, it was widely believed until 2002 that no copies of the...
Dedications Susanna Moodie
It is dedicated to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, William IV .
qtd. in
Peterman, Michael. “Patriotic Songs by Agnes Strickland and Susanna Strickland”. Bulletin, July/August 2002, Vol.
34
, No. 4, National Library of Canada.
Until recently this work was thought not to have survived, but in 2002 the National Library of Canada acquired a copy.
Peterman, Michael. “Patriotic Songs by Agnes Strickland and Susanna Strickland”. Bulletin, July/August 2002, Vol.
34
, No. 4, National Library of Canada.
Publisher J. Green
Family and Intimate relationships Mary Boyle
King William IV bestowed on MB 's father the Guelph and Hanoverian Order.
Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray, 1902.
106
Occupation Queen Victoria
Princess Alexandrina Victoria received the news that she was Queen, on the death of William IV of Britain .
Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row, 1964.
56, 60
Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996.
xiii
Textual Production Mary Julia Young
The schoolboy addressed here shares his birthday with George III's son the Duke of Clarence (who much later reigned as William IV), and seems likely from the poem to have shared his Christian name, William...
Textual Production Jean Plaidy
The first-named is George I 's rejected queen (accused of adultery and imprisoned for life before her husband came to the English throne, while her alleged lover was assassinated). The protagonist of the second novel...

Timeline

26 June 1830: King George IV died, leaving William IV to...

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26 June 1830

King George IV died, leaving William IV to assume the throne.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
47
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606

1 August 1831: Old London Bridge was replaced by a new construction...

Building item

1 August 1831

Old London Bridge was replaced by a new construction of the same name, allowing easier traffic and river flow.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
85
Pudney, John. Crossing London’s River: The Bridges, Ferries and Tunnels Crossing the Thames Tideway in London. Dent, 1972.
77-8

17 November 1834: The Duke of Wellington was appointed First...

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17 November 1834

The Duke of Wellington was appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Secretary of State after the dismissal of the Whig Party by King William IV .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

18 February 1835: Following a general election, Irish O'Connellites,...

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18 February 1835

Following a general election, Irish O'Connell ites, Whigs and Radicals formed an Opposition alliance at Lichfield House in London.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
407, 857
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
260
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606

20 June 1837: William IV of Britain was succeeded as the...

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20 June 1837

William IV of Britain was succeeded as the King of Hanover by the Duke of Cumberland , who then suppressed the Hanoverian constitution.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
118
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
II: 937
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
262

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