George III

American  

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1. 1738–1820, king of England 1760–1820 (grandson of George II).

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George III British  

noun

1. 1738–1820, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820) and of Hanover (1814–20). During his reign the American colonies were lost. He became insane in 1811, and his son acted as regent for the rest of the reign

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George III Cultural  

1. The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War. He was known for insisting on royal privilege. The stubbornness of George and of his government officials is often blamed for the loss of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. In Britain itself, however, prosperity increased greatly while he was king, and Canada and India were made British possessions.

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Other exhibits include the Olive Branch Petition to King George III signed by many of the men who would become the nation's founding fathers in a last ditch attempt to avoid war a year earlier.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

George III was, like his descendant Charles III, unusually intellectual for royalty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

It was in this context, from 1769 to 1772, that the monarchy of George III was seriously rattled by the anonymous “Letters of Junius.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Reinforcing this point, Congress then sent its Olive Branch Petition to George III declaring the fidelity of colonists “to your Majesty’s person, family, and government” and asking him to rein in Parliament.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

In 1763 King George III of England declared that no British subjects should settle on Indigenous lands in the Ohio Country west of a “proclamation line.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz