Produced by Cathy Maxam, Heather Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) FARMER GEORGE [Illustration: _From a caricature (circa 1810) in the British Museum_ GEORGE THE THIRD] FARMER GEORGE BY LEWIS MELVILLE _Author of "The First Gentleman of Europe," "The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray," &c., &c._ WITH FIFTY-THREE PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN AND SONS, LTD. NO. 1 AMEN CORNER, E. C. 1907 PRINTED BY SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD BATH. (2002) CONTENTS VOL. II CHAP. PAGE XIII. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. I. THE STAMP ACT 1 XIV. THE KING _versus_ ROCKINGHAM AND THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT 26 XV. THE "KING'S FRIENDS" 46 XVI. THE KING'S RULE 65 XVII. THE ROYAL FAMILY 98 XVIII. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. II. THE KING'S WAR 126 XIX. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. III. THE LOSS OF AMERICA 155 XX. CHARLES JAMES FOX AND WILLIAM PITT 173 XXI. THE KING'S MALADY 202 XXII. THE KING'S RECOVERY 222 XXIII. THE KING'S CHILDREN 237 XXIV. 1789-1806 251 XXV. LAST YEARS 263 AUTHORITIES 293 ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. II PAGE GEORGE III _frontispiece_ CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, SECOND MARQUESS OF ROCKINGHAM _facing_ 26 WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM " 46 AUGUSTUS HENRY, DUKE OF GRAFTON " 61 FREDERICK NORTH, SECOND EARL OF GUILFORD " 72 ADMIRAL THE HON. AUGUSTUS KEPPEL " 94 HENRY FREDERICK, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND " 102 WILLIAM HENRY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER " 102 MARIA, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER " 104 ANNE, DUCHESS OF CUMBERLAND " 109 AUGUSTA, DUCHESS OF BRUNSWICK " 120 CAROLINA MATILDA, QUEEN OF DENMARK " 120 CHARLES JAMES FOX " 180 "THE UNFORTUNATE ASS" " 183 "THE CAPTIVE PRINCE, OR, LIBERTY GONE MAD" " 186 EDMUND BURKE " 187 WILLIAM PETTY, EARL OF SHELBURNE " 189 WILLIAM PITT " 192 GEORGE III " 202 GEORGE III " 222 THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND IN 1787 " 237