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King George III, known as the king who lost America, was born in 17381. King George IIIs father, the Prince of Wales died when George III was young. When he was 22, in 1760, his grandfather, George II, died. On September 8th, 1761 he married Princess Charlotte Sophia from Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Germany and on September 22nd, 1761, George III became the King of England. George himself was of partial German ancestry. George and Charlotte had 15 children, one of whom, George IV, would be the next king.
King George III sat upon the throne of England from 1760-1820. ... King George III, after the French and Indian War, had large debts to pay, and thought he could extract the necessary money from the colonies. King George was incensed when the insolent American colonists objected to the taxes being levied, particularly the Stamp Act1. When the Stamp Act was repealed, King George flew into a rage he felt that the colonist should pay their own way or at least be responsible for paying their own soldiers. ... King George thought the colonists should be dealt with harshly for their disobedience and insolence2. ... King George was eventually humbled as the American colonies successfully became the United States of America. Other colonies began to rebel after Americas success and King George remained embroiled in one conflict or another for many years.
George III inherited more than just the throne. ... She passed it to her son, King James I of England. ... George IIIs first attack occurred in 1765, four years after his marriage to Queen Charlotte1. ... The history of porphyria goes back to around the time of King George III. A young doctor, named George Baker, diagnosed the cause of West Country malady as the lead machines used in apple presses3. ... Since, Baker handled the West Country malady he was knighted and placed in charge of King George III’s medical staff. Some of King George III’s symptoms were identical to those that Baker saw in the West Country malady (i. ... So Baker was never able to make the connection that it could have been porphyria effecting King George III.
The thought that King George III may have been porphyric came about in the 1960s when it was hypothesized in a medical journal8. It became a popular idea after the release of the play and film called “The Madness of King George. ...
Searching for DNA evidence for King George III would be more difficult in this case because the authors needed to find a mutation in a single nucleotide. ... This is the type of porphyria the authors hypothesize affected King George III. ...
Frequently the acute attacks disappear with little medical intervention but occasionally the patient has to be hospitalized15. ... The treatment that King George III received was best for the time. ... Today the treatment of people with porphyria has become more humane, and does not require that the person be locked up, and sequestered from the public.
Approximate Word count = 2384
Approximate Pages = 9.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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