Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was a British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time.
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1765
Philip Stanhope by Roubiliac, 1745, Victoria and Albert Museum
Chesterfield's "Phoenix Monument" (1746) in the Phoenix Park, Dublin
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield by William Hoare.
George I of Great Britain
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George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.
Portrait from studio of Godfrey Kneller, 1714
George in 1680, aged 20, when he was Prince of Hanover. After a painting by Godfrey Kneller.
George in 1706, when he was Elector of Hanover. After Johann Leonhard Hirschmann.
George c. 1714, the year of his succession, as painted by Godfrey Kneller