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'George II', (1683-1760), 1830. George II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland and Electorate of Hanover from 1727 until his death. During his reign domestic policy, was largely controlled by Parliament, he was the last British monarch to lead an army into battle at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]