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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : George II of Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. |
 | | The Prince George Augustus was born at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover. |
 | | George's Prime Minister, Henry Pelham died in 1754, to be succeeded by his brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and thereafter by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire in 1756. |
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