Weymouth, Dorset
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Weymouth is a seaside town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, 7 miles south of the county
Weymouth harbour and bay
The ruins of the 16th-century Sandsfoot Castle
George III bathing at Weymouth by John Colley Nixon, 1789
The White Horse at Osmington shows King George III on a horse
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
Weymouth, Dorset
…hands for the remainder of the war, despite enduring a protracted siege. The resort is among the first modern tourist destinations, after one of King George III's brothers, the Duke of Gloucester, built a country house named Gloucester Lodge there; the Duke spent the winter of 1780 at the house. George III made…
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