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* 1712 – George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1770 )

" George Grenville, Prime Minister in the 1760s, said it was " an odious title " and never used it.

Prime Ministers of the period included: William Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville, Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Lord Liverpool, George Canning, Lord Goderich, Duke of Wellington, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, and Sir Robert Peel.

Pitt's brother-in-law George Grenville was given a major role in government, angering Pitt who felt Grenville should have resigned with him.

In 1763 he spoke against the unpopular tax on cider, imposed by his brother-in-law, George Grenville, and his opposition, though unsuccessful in the House, helped to keep alive his popularity with the country, which cordially hated the excise and all connected with it.

* October 14 – George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1770 )

The Whigs were opposed by the government of Lord North, which they accused of being a " Tory " administration, although it largely consisted of individuals previously associated with the Whigs — many old Pelhamites, as well as the Whig faction formerly led by the Duke of Bedford, and elements of that which had been led by George Grenville, although it also contained elements of the " Kings ' Men ", the group formerly associated with Lord Bute and which was generally seen as Tory-leaning.

Several young politicians including William Pitt the Elder and George Grenville formed a faction known as the " Patriot Boys " and joined the Prince of Wales in opposition.

His mother, Hester Grenville, was sister to former prime minister George Grenville.

George Grenville — who became prime minister in April 1763 — had to find a way to pay for this large peacetime army.

Prime Minister George Grenville

Bute had by now resigned, but Wilkes was equally opposed to his successor, George Grenville.

Over the next several years, Rockingham gradually became the leader of those of Newcastle's supporters who were unwilling to reconcile themselves to the premierships of Bute and his successor, George Grenville.

George Grenville ( 14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770 ) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Grenville had increasingly strained relations with his colleagues and the King and in 1765 he was dismissed by George III and replaced by Lord Rockingham.

George Grenville was born at Wotton House on 15 October 1712.

It was intended by his parents that George Grenville should become a lawyer.

In particular he enjoyed the patronage of Lord Cobham, the leader of a faction that included George Grenville, his brother Richard, William Pitt and George Lyttelton that became known as Cobham's Cubs.

In May 1762, Grenville was appointed Northern Secretary, where he took an increasingly hard-line in the negotiations with France and Spain designed to bring the Seven Years War to a close .< ref > George Grenville, Smith Rebellion 1765 < span style =" font-size: 8pt "> Retrieved: 28 October 2010 </ span ></ font > Sources: * History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent Volume V. Bancroft, George.

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* George Frideric Handel ( 1685 – 1759 ) served as Kapellmeister from 1710 to 1712 for George, Elector of Hanover.

* Mr. George Grenville ( 1712 – 1741 )

* Johnson, Allen S. A prologue to revolution: the political career of George Grenville ( 1712 – 1770 ).

The result was that Arbuthnot used his leverage as friend and physician to Prince George, whose money was paying for the publication, to force Flamsteed to allow it out, albeit with serious errors, in 1712.

In 1699 legislation was passed to permit the Aire & Calder Navigation which was opened 1703, and the Trent Navigation which was built by George Hayne and opened in 1712.

It was quite popular and was set to music by Reinhard Keiser ( 1712 ), Georg Philipp Telemann ( 1716 ), George Frideric Handel ( 1716 ), Johann Mattheson ( 1718 ), Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel ( 1725 ) and Johann Friedrich Fasch ( 1723 ), among others.

George Anson entered the navy in February 1712, and by rapid steps became lieutenant in 1716, commander in 1722, and post-captain in 1724.

Queen Anne touched the infant ( later Doctor ) Samuel Johnson in 1712, but King George I put an end to the practice as being " too Catholic ".

Rather than considering it as an adjunct to the main body of the building, he constructed it within its west wall, so that it rises above the roof, immediately behind the portico, an arrangement previously used by John James at St George, Hanover Square ( 1712 – 24 ), though James ’ steeple was much less ambitious.

* George Brudenell, later Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan ( 1712 – 1790 ) ( created Duke of Montagu in 1766 )

* George Brudenell, later Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu ( 1712 – 1790 )

* George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu ( 1712 – 1790 ), son-in-law of the late 2nd Duke

From 1720 to 1732 he was in London, where for a time his popularity rivaled George Frideric Handel's, who had arrived in London in 1712.

* George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne ( 1666 – 1735 ) created baron in 1712,

* George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton ( 1712 – 1790 )

* 1712 George Frideric Handel settles in London.

In 1712 George Parker of Boringdon Hall, about 2 miles north of Saltram, purchased the manor and in doing so created the dynasty which would reign over Saltram until its days as a private estate were over.

* George Grenville ( 1712 – 1770 ), British politician who served as Prime Minister between 1763 and 1765

A tenant farmer, George Handes ( or Hannes ), found the villa in 1712 when his plough revealed the remains of a Roman pavement dating from the 3rd or 4th century AD.

E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.

* George Orwell's Animal Farm – MP3 Audio ( web archive )

* 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ( Skenderbeg ).

* 1796 – George N. Briggs, American politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1861 )

* 1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, English politician

* 1738 – Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.

* 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

* 1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

* 1471 – George, Duke of Saxony ( d. 1539 )

* 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia ( d. 1972 )

* 1889 – George Kenney, American general ( d. 1977 )

* 1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug smuggler

* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress

* 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English mathematician and physicist ( d. 1903 )

* 1820 – George Grove, English historian ( d. 1900 )

* 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist ( d. 2011 )

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

* 1872 – George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1946 )

* 1947 – King George II of Greece ( b. 1890 )

* 1856 – George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer ( d. 1883 )

* 1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist and Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1966 )

* 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle.

* 1794 – U. S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.