George III (1738-1820)
Reign: 1760-1820
House: Hanover
- While George I and George II traveled extensively outside England, George III never traveled more than 100 miles from London
- He suffered from mental illness later in life, and posthumous accounts often refer to him as the “Mad King”
- The Great Recoinage of 1816 was enacted to stabilize British currency after the taxing Napoleonic Wars