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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II BOYHOOD OF GEORGE III George William Frederick, afterwards George III, was born on June 4, 1738. His advent into the world was so little expected at that time that on the previous day his mother had walked in St. James's Park, had scarcely returned from that exercise when she was taken ill, and between seven and eight o'clock the following morning gave birth to a seven-months' child. Frederick, therefore, could not be held responsible because again no preparation for an accouchement had been made, nor could he be blamed because the King had only a few hours' notice of the event. The baby was so weak that it was thought it would not live, and at eleven o'clock at night it was baptized by the Bishop of Oxford,1 and though it survived, its health was so delicate that it was thought advisable, and indeed imperative, 1 The baptism was repeated publicly on July 3, by the Bishop of Oxford (as Rector of St. James's parish) at Norfolk House, when the infant Prince was given the names of George William Frederick. The sponsors, the King of Sweden, the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and the Queen of Prussia, were represented respectively by Lord Baltimore, the Marquis of Carnarvon, and Lady Charlotte Edwin. Vol. i-4?( ) to abandon the strict court etiquette dictating that a royal infant must be reared by a lady of good family, and instead the fine, healthy, fresh-coloured wife of a gardener was chosen. The woman was proud of her charge, but inclined to independence, and when told that, in accordance with tradition, the baby could not sleep with her, Not sleep with me she exclaimed. Then you may nurse the boy yourselves As she remained firm on this point, tradition was wisely cast to the winds, with the fortunate result that the young Prince throve lustily and ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217835329 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217835325 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.36 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 156 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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