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	George V of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917.
		King George's paternal grandfather was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; the King and his children bore the titles Prince and Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke and Duchess of Saxony.
		A statue of King George V was unveiled at the Brisbane City Hall in 1938 as a tribute to the King from the citizens of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom (2230 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - King George V
		George V (1865-1936) was born on 3 June 1865, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra.
		George's tenure as monarch - 1910-36 - began in the midst of a constitutional crisis in Britain.
		George V was considered neither well-educated nor well-read, and nor was he a popular wit or raconteur.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/georgev.htm (677 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George V was born June 3, 1865, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra.
		George chose the career of professional naval officer and served competently until Albert died in 1892, upon which George assumed the role of the heir apparent.
		George ascended the throne in the midst of a constitutional crisis: the budget controversy of 1910.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon60.html (532 words)

	George V, King-Emperor
		Many crowns fell into the dust, many kings departed, but when peace came King George stood on his balcony and looked down on vast cheering crowds among whom were many of his soldiers, and he knew that he held the loyalty of his folk.
		of the birth of King George the Fifth.
		Funeral of George V and Abdication of Edward VIII
	www.angelfire.com /ri/georgev (326 words)

	George V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George V of the United Kingdom (reigned 1910–1936).
		King George V Park, an association football stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland.
		A GWR King Class locomotive GWR 6000 King George V.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_George_V (106 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. George
		Still less is St. George to be considered, as suggested by Gibbon, Vetter, and others, a legendary double of the disreputable bishop, George of Cappadocia, the Arian opponent of St. Athanasius.
		The chapel dedicated to St. George in Windsor Caste was built to be the official sanctuary of the order, and a badge or jewel of St. George slaying the dragon was adopted as part of the insignia.
		The king would have given George half his kingdom, but the saint replied that he must ride on, bidding the king meanwhile take good care of God's churches, honour the clergy, and have pity on the poor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06453a.htm (1859 words)

	King George V Gold Sovereigns
		George V took the controversial decision to deny political asylum to the Tsar Nicholas II and his family after the Bolshevik Revolution.
		King George V saw his role as monarch as being to embody those qualities his far-flung subjects saw as their greatest strengths - diligence, dignity and duty.
		George reigned during the height of the Royal Mint's reach, but the tumultuous events of World War I, the collapse of the international monetary system and the demise of the gold standard meant that he would be the last King to grace the sovereign.
	www.users.bigpond.com /cruzi/Coins/sovs/sovk.htm (453 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The House of Windsor > George V
		George V's reign began amid the continuing constitutional crisis over the House of Lords, which refused to pass a Parliament Bill limiting its powers (which would remove its power to veto a Bill from the Commons).
		After the Liberal government obtained the King's promise to create sufficient peers to overcome Conservative opposition in the Lords (and won a second election in 1910), the Parliament Bill was passed by the Lords in 1911 without a mass creation of peers.
		George played a conciliatory role on this, and on other occasions, such as the General Strike of 1926.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page139.asp (423 words)

	King George V Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		he earliest Pictorial notes of George V were issued as a result of crisis in precious metal stock due to the World War I in 1917.
		The 2.5 Rupees note depict the portrait of George V in an indented octagon.
		The new notes showed a coin of 1935 bearing the bust of George V. The notes however, were not issued in 1935, and were actually issued in 1940 when a shortage of precious metals occured during the World War II.
	www.geocities.com /athens/acropolis/6139/kgeorgev.html (410 words)

	King George V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Delays and wartime shortages meant that King George V was the only one commissioned in 1940; Prince of Wales did not join the Fleet until May 1941, Duke of York at the end of that year and the Howe and Anson in 1942.
		The outstanding event in the career of the King George V was the sinking of the Bismarck on 27 May 1941.
		During the final stages of the war the King George V shelled industrial targets near Tokyo, making her the last British battleship to fire her guns in anger.
	www.expage.com /shipsuk5 (354 words)

	KING GEORGE V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George V succeeded his father, EDWARD VII, to the British throne in 1910.
		At the beginning of his reign George was involved in two crises--one over reform of the House of Lords (1910-11) and the other over Irish HOME RULE (1912-14).
		Bibliography: Judd, Denis, The Life and Times of George V (1973); Nicolson, Harold, King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign (1984); Rose, Kenneth, King George V (1984); Wheeler-Bennett, Sir John, King George VI: His Life and Reign (1958).
	users.rcn.com /web-czar/george.htm (220 words)

	George V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, was born at Marlborough House on 3rd June, 1865.
		George was now heir to the throne and it was decided that he could no longer risk his life as a naval commander.
		In 1917 George V took the controversial decision to deny political asylum to the Tsar Nicholas II and his family after the Bolshevik Revolution.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MOgeorgeV.htm (2086 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS King George V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Named for the reigning British monarch, HMS King George V was the first of a five-ship class that was criticized because it was weaker than the most powerful German battleships then afloat or building.
		In late May she was involved in the pursuit of Bismarck, and on the morning of the 27th, she and Rodney poured endless rounds into the doomed battleship.
		Active in northern waters through mid-1943, King George V collided with and sank the destroyer HMS Punjabi while on convoy duty in the spring of 1942.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_052300_hmskinggeorg.htm (337 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: King George V of Great Britain and Ireland
		George Frederick Ernest Albert, better known as King George V, was the king of Britain during World War I. He was born in 1865 as second son of King Edward VII and the grandson of Queen Victoria.
		Together they had five children who held court: King Edward VIII; Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI (upon Edward's abdication); the Duke of Gloucester; the Duke of Kent; and Mary, Countess of Harewood.
		In 1911, George traveled to India for a ceremony to cement ties with that colony.
	www.worldwar1.com /biokingg.htm (255 words)

	KGV Home Page
		KGV is a part of the English Schools Foundation, which educates over 10,000 students across Hong Kong.
		The oldest of the Foundation's schools, KGV aims to blend the best of its tradition with a progressive approach.
		If you left KGV that year, or, if you are an ex-member of staff who was at school then and would like to attend the reunion, please contact kgv_reunion@mail2tickets.com.
	www.kgv.edu.hk (237 words)

	George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		At the age of 12 he commenced a naval career, but this ended with the death (1892) of his elder brother, the duke of Clarence, which made him the eventual heir to the throne.
		While his father was king (1901–10), George visited many parts of the British empire, developing an interest in imperial affairs that he maintained throughout his own reign.
		On his death (Jan. 20, 1936) George was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Georg5GB.html (313 words)

	British Royal Family Commemoratives - King George V
		An unusual beaker to commemorate the Silver Jubilee in 1935 of King George V and Queen Mary.
		An unusual clip to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Measuring 3.5" in length the top is decorated with an enamel shield in red with a profile portrait of King George, "Silver Jubilee" down the side of the shield, surmounted by an enamelled crown in red.
		To commemorate the Silver Jubilee in 1935 of King George V and Queen Mary a pottery mug by J and G Meakin.
	members.aol.com /pswebpage/royalty/gv.htm (662 words)

	King George V's Visits to Scapa Flow
		King George made several visits to the Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow, the first in July 1915, another in July 1916 when he stayed overnight on HMS Iron Duke and visited the flagships of all the squadrons in the Flow (to congratulate them on the Battle of Jutland).
		King George V made another visit to Scapa in June 1917, arriving on HMS Castor during a Force 8 gale and thunderstorm on Thursday 21st.
		On Saturday 23rd the King visited the submarine depot-ship Lucia (formerly the German Spreewald), then lunched with Admiral Sturdee in HMS Hercules, before returning to Queen Elizabeth to sail with her, Barham, Malaya, Warspite and Valiant for firing practice in the Pentland Firth.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/kgvscapa.htm (930 words)

	The Funeral at Windsor of King George V. 1936.
		George V was born on 3rd June 1865 at Marlborough House, London, son of the future Edward VII and Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
		George V acceded to the throne upon the death of his father in 1910.
		It was George V who changed the official name of the monarchy to The House of Windsor in 1917, on July 17th.
	www.thamesweb.co.uk /windsor/windsorhistory/royalfunerals/georgeV/geoV_280136.html (359 words)

	Petition to King George V
		To His Most Excellent Majesty, George V., by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas.
		That there shall not be, in the eye of the law, any distinction or qualification whatever, founded on mere distinction of colour, origin, or language, or creed; but that the protection of the law, in letter and in substance, shall be extended impartially to all alike.
		In that they have for their object the most unjustifiable interference with the rights of races the common subjects of the King, and the common inheritors with the white race of lands of the Union of South Africa.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/early/petition140720.html (1375 words)

	King George V Playing Field
		King George V died on 20th January, 1936, and a National Memorial Fund Committee set about raising funds to assist in the purchase of playing fields in Memory of the late King.
		The close association between the King George's Fields Foundation and the National Playing Fields Association eventually led to the NPFA becoming Trustees of Wivenhoe's King George's Playing Field with Wivenhoe Town Council responsible for its maintenance and upkeep.
		Heraldic panels, being the official emblems of the National Memorial to King George V situated on either side of the official entrance of the King George Playing Field (now the exit to the public car park).
	www.wivenhoe.gov.uk /History/KGV_field.htm (371 words)

	George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James VI and I: Jenny Wormald reviews the career of the man who was King of Scotland for fifty-seven years and King of England for twenty-two, and whose great dream was to create a unified kingdom of Great Britain.
		George III: Steven Parissien considers the reputation of one of the most controversial of British monarchs: the king who lost the American colonies, spent much of his life in psychological distress but whose active interest in the arts and sciences, and his generous patronage, distinguished him from his Hanoverian predecessors.
		Did Royals hide a second lost prince?; After a BBC drama exposed George V's forgotten son, new evidence suggests the Royals harbour another scandal, in the form of a mysteriously well connected Essex tailor...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0820547.html (537 words)

	Philatelic History And Folklore
		It was to become the love of his life...and by the time he became an adult, the future King George V was one of the world's leading philatelists.
		King George's collection---which was maintained for him during his reign by Sir Edward Denny Bacon---became an integral part of the Palace household.
		King George V, like other famous collectors such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, was just like any other stamp collector in that he pursued stamps through many normal channels.
	www.stamps.net /history.htm (488 words)

	King George V docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A ship in the King George V dock, seen from the drawbridge on Woolwich Manorway.
		It could be fun travelling on a 101 bus from North Woolwich to East Ham when these bridges (this one and the one a little further on for the Royal Albert dock) were opening and closing.
		A ship (Cathay) in King George V dock towards the end of their days.
	www.yellins.com /woolwichferry/thames/kgv.html (102 words)

	RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - King George V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		King George was styled as "By the Grace of God, of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India."
		King George was especially fond of a small silver gilt figurine of Lady Godiva, because once near-sighted Queen Olga of the Hellenes had peered at it and said, "Ah, dear Queen Victoria."
		George resembled his cousin Nicholas II of Russia to such an extent that at George's own wedding reception a guest mistook him for the then-tsarevitch, asking if he was in London just for the wedding or whether he had come to transact other business.
	www.royalist.info /execute/biog?person=710 (780 words)

	King George V Jubilee Medal - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The obverse features the conjoined effigies of King George V and Queen Mary, crowned and robed, facing left.
		The reverse displays the Royal Cypher GVR (v is small between G and R) surmounted by an Imperial Crown and on the left is the date MAY 6 / 1910 in two lines, and on the right the date: MAY 6 / 1935.
		A ring attaches to a double scroll claw on the upper edge of the medal.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group10/kgvjm (190 words)

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