Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom and the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, c. 1764
The Duke of York and Albany, 1763, as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The Duke of York and Albany in the robes of the Order of the Garter, approx. 1764–1765
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover, who, unlike his two predecessors, was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover.
Coronation portrait, 1762
Prince George (right), his brother Prince Edward, and their tutor, Francis Ayscough (later Dean of Bristol), by Richard Wilson, c. 1749
Pastel portrait of George as Prince of Wales by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1754
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762
