He was born on June 4, 1738 in London. As a young boy he did not get much schooling because of family quarrels and an ignorant, overbearing mother. Later on, his political advisors were his tutors.
At the age of twenty-two he was crowned and forced to take the throne. He was a strong-minded and determined king. He wanted to rule his way, under his terms, so he created the Crown Patronage.
He agreed with the actions of the British in the American war for independence and became popular with the English. His chief contributions to the English throne were to regain the royal powers that were lost to the crown by his grandfather, George the Second, and his great-grandfather because of their differences. Because of this regaining of power, he broke the power of the Whig Party.
Great Britain lost the control over the American colonists because of mistakes the king and his Prime Minister made.
In 1788, he became insane. The madness reoccurred every couple of years until 1808, when he became blind. He died on January 29, 1820. Now we know that the king had a disease called Porphyry.
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