GEORGE

i, ¥. in Hanover, 1660, king « England, 1714-1727; succeeded Quee Anne in accordance with tho terms of th Act of Setvement, married Prince Dorothea of" Zell, from whom he wa divorced; favoured the Whig party, wh were opposed to the restoration of th Stuart dynasty; saw the failure of th rebellion of 1715 in favour of the ** Ol Pretender,” and in the latter half of hi reign entrusted sole power to Sir Rober Walpole. 3 «st [s. 155]