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The Death of George II & the Fall of Pitt
In India anarchy ruled. In 1761 after a trip to England Clive was made Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Bengal by the East India Company. He had to establish order. His reforms were drastic but their success led the Mogul Emperor to invite him to extend a British protectorate to Delhi and all Northern India. Clive refused. He understood the danger of the Company taking on the responsibilities of Empire. The Indian rulers should administer justice, the Company revenues.

In America in 1760 the British captured Quebec and then Montreal. Canada was won.

The future George III had been brought up by his mother and her adviser the Earl of Bute. In 1760 George II died. George III became king. A year later Pitt resigned and Bute became prime minister.

George III
George III
GEORGE III (1738-1820)

  • King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820
  • Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian monarch to be born and bred in Britain
  • Grandson of George II (his father Frederick was dead)
  • Married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz in 1761 and they had 15 children
  • Ruled over war with France, the loss of the American colonies, violent unrest in Ireland and India
  • In the early 1780s he considered abdicating
  • Suffered recurrent outbreaks of madness
  • In 1811 his son became regent

did you know?
The East India Company sold the throne of Bengal at auction.

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Chronology
1727George I dies
George II becomes king
1751 Death of Frederick Prince of Wales
1754 Tom Pelham, Duke of Newcastle becomes Prime Minister
1756Pitt the Elder becomes Secretary at War
Seven Years' War starts
Black Hole of Calcutta
1757Militia Act
Calcutta recaptured
1760 George II dies
George III becomes king
Wolfe dies at Quebec
1761 Pitt the Elder falls from power

EARLY 18TH CENTURY BATTLES
Blenheim 1704
Ramilles 1706
Malplaquet 1709
Cape Passaro 1718
Dettingen 1743
Culloden 1746


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