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Captain George C. Stouffer: July 26, 1866: 14 Stat. 365–366: For rescuing "about 500" Americans from the wreck of the steamship San Francisco: Cyrus West Field: March 2, 1867: 14 Stat. 574: For establishing the first Transatlantic telegraph cable: George Peabody: March 16, 1867: 15 Stat. 20
6 May 1910 – 3 June 1920: His Royal Highness The Prince Albert [1] 3 June 1920 – 11 December 1936: His Royal Highness The Duke of York. Subsidiary titles: Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney. 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952: His Majesty The King.
Recorded 8 May 1945. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head ...
Signature. 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. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector ...
Obviously, the king, George Lord Germain and all the British troops stationed throughout the Atlantic seaboard thought otherwise. That is why it ultimately took a six-year war to determine the ...
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. It is Britain's most prestigious open-age flat race, and its roll of ...
The Royal Family Order of George VI is an honour that was bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI. Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy is the last surviving member after the death of Elizabeth II in 2022.
On 6 February 1952, George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died at the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took place on 15 February 1952. A period of national mourning commenced and his eldest daughter and successor, [a] Queen Elizabeth II, was proclaimed the new monarch by the Accession Council.