George III of Britain: Popular with the People, but not with Parliament

George troika of Britain Popular with the People, but not with ParliamentAlthough chronicle has labeled King George III of Britain primarily as the mad female monarch responsible for the loss of America, a closer look at the 1780s, the nerve center of his reign, proves George III to be a particularly effective monarch sooner than the bungling idiot some scholars have dubbed him. George IIIs effectiveness, during the 1780s, cauline from his immense popularity with the common people, which lay in direct contrast to his overleap of popularity with Parliament. The popularity that George III enjoyed with the masses was largely due to his personal integrity and clean-living character, and his lack of popularity with Parliament was a result of his desire to reclaim the monarchial indicant lost in the reigns of George I and II. The popularity George III held with the masses ought to first be considered in light of his Hanoverian predecessors. Neither George I nor George II held th e British throne in high esteem. In fact George I, the first of the Hanoverian monarchs, viewed his ascension to the British throne as little more than an luck to enhance his prestige amongst the other Electors of the Holy Roman Empire (Clark and Ridley 13). He also saw England as a means, with considerable resources, to ensure the refuge of his beloved Hanover. This attitude of ambivalence resulted in George Is leaving the duties of running enceinte Britain to Parliament while the king acted as little more than a figure-head. George II acted likewise leaving the main governing of Britain to Parliament and flunk to be a truly active monarch, instead indulging his attentions in wine and women rather than the politics of the day. Needless to say George IIIs desire to... ...t for a private funeral. And shops throughout England, Scotland and Wales shut for the occasion which spawned a vast set forth of sermons and homilies on the sainted remains of our dear king (Colley 94). King George III died a beloved and well-respected monarch whose popularity was unequaled in his time.Works CitedBloy, Marjie. The eon of George III. A Web of English History. Jul. 2003. 10 none. 2003 .Brooke, John. King George III. New York McGraw-Hill, 1972.Clarke, John, and Jasper Ridley. The Houses of Hanover & Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Los Angeles Cassell & Co, 2000.Colley, Linda. The rapture of George III Loyalty, Royalty and the British Nation 1760-1820. Past and Present No. (Feb., 1984), 94-129.White, R. J. The Age of George III. New York Walker and Company, 1968.