Gentleman farmer
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In the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, a gentleman farmer is a landowner who owns a farm as part of his estate and who farms as a hobby rather than for profit or sustenance.
West Park Farm, formerly a Gentleman's Farm
George III
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George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. He was
Gentleman farmer
…in a profession, owns a large business elsewhere, or some combination of the three. Some notable British gentlemen farmers include the following: King George III; Thomas Shaw-Hellier, director of the British Army's Royal Military School of Music and a breeder of Jersey cattle; William Strickland, 6th Baron…
Coronation portrait, 1762
George (right), his brother Edward, and their tutor, Francis Ayscough (later Dean of Bristol), by Richard Wilson, c. 1749
Pastel of George as Prince of Wales by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1754
Wedding of George and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, oil sketch by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1761