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    The statue of George III, Somerset House, formally titled George III and the River Thames, is a Grade I listed outdoor bronze sculptural group depicting...
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    Somerset House is a large building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo...
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    George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820...
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    King George III in the courtyard of Somerset House c. 1778 - c. 1789". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2022. Historic England. "Statue of George...
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    Agostino Carlini (category Keepers of the Royal Academy)
    with fellow Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi at Somerset House, and on statues at Custom House in Dublin. He is particularly noted for various church...
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    contain Dutch maritime power. As a result, George was disliked by his Dutch brother-in-law, William III, Prince of Orange, who was married to Anne's elder...
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  • George III has featured in many examples of popular culture. The 1969 music theatre piece Eight Songs for a Mad King by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies depicts...
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    The Copper Horse (category Cultural depictions of George III)
    The Copper Horse is an 1831 equestrian statue of George III. The monumental bronze statue by Richard Westmacott stands on a stone plinth at Snow Hill in...
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    Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC, (13 August 1662 – 2 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English aristocrat and...
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    Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from...
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    King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William...
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    of these buildings in the City of Westminster. Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster (A–Z) Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster...
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    Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, a purported descendant of Richard's great-great-grandfather Edward III of England. This could be the result of covert...
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    Coade stone (category Lists of coordinates)
    produced by appointment to George III and the Prince Regent for St George's Chapel, Windsor; The Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Carlton House, London; the Royal Naval...
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    The Golden Jubilee of George III, also known as the Grand National Jubilee, on 25 October 1809 marked 49 years of King George III's accession to the British...
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    King's Statue is a tribute statue to King George III in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was installed in 1809, the year which marked the Golden Jubilee of King...
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    The statue was unveiled on 5 February 1906 by the then Prince of Wales, George Frederick Ernest Albert (who later became King George V). The statue was...
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    Jeffry Wyatville (category Fellows of the Royal Society)
    Aur) (1826–31) Ruins at Virginia Water, 'Temple of Augustus' (1826) Statue Base, for the George III statue, Snow Hill, Windsor Great Park (1829) Bridgewater...
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    reign, King George III was responsible for reigniting royal interest in Windsor Castle, which had been much overlooked after the House of Hanover came...
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  • In 1760, George II became the last monarch to be buried in the abbey, and George III's brother Henry Frederick became the last member of the royal family...
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    their Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married the Lutheran Prince George of Denmark in 1683. On Charles's death in 1685...
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  • list includes statues situated in the United Kingdom, in addition to the Channel Islands. Historic England. "Equestrian statue of William III (1218127)"...
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    Grinling Gibbons (category Dutch people of English descent)
    Gibbons to Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (1629–1700). He was buried alongside his ancestors in the Beaufort Chapel in St George's Chapel, Windsor...
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  • demonstrations provoked by the murder of George Floyd, a group of protestors in Bristol pulled down the 1895 statue of Edward Colston that stood in Magpie...
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    civil parish in Somerset, England. The town had a population of 41,276 at the 2021 census. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level...
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    Sheridan and the wife of Lord Seymour, afterwards 12th Duke of Somerset, took part. A list of the challengers with an account of the jousts and the mêlée...
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  • Longacre, in May 1552 at the fall of Protector Somerset. The Russell family already had a house on the south side of the Strand, with land running down to the...
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    Jacob Epstein's reliefs of the Ages of Man for Zimbabwe House (originally the British Medical Association building) are of particular note. These were...
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    made the statues of George I in the Senate House, Cambridge, the Duke of Somerset and Sir Isaac Newton. Trinity College, Cambridge, has a series of busts...
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    also founded Somerset Importers and owned Chicago's Merchandise Mart. In 1914, Joseph Sr. married Rose Fitzgerald, the eldest daughter of John F. "Honey...
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