HIST 3420 Lecture 8: BRT NOTES 4
20 Feb 2019
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Secretly married first wife, a catholic, maria, without father"s permission. Marriage declared illegal because he couldn"t reign with a catholic wife. Then married his cousin caroline, and had one daughter, charlotte. Bright, witty, but also spoiled and lazy. Described by the duke of wellington--" he was the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feelings; in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities with a great preponderance of good" Younger brother of george iv, and succeeded george as king after he died. Welcomed at first by the public who had become weary of the excesses of. His wife bore him 2 daughters, and his mistress bore him 10 children! Parliamentary reform was main theme of his reign. Group of evangelical christians wgi campaigned for an end to slavery and cruel sports. Prime minister from 1828 to 1830; introduced catholic emancipation act. Expanded rapidly in 19th century and provided a boost to industries such as iron.
