George III. Character, I, ix-xv, Birth, I, 33, 34; education begins when scarcely six years old, 35; placed under Dr. Ayscough, who was the wrong man for the place, 35, 36; George Scott appointed, 36; Lord North becomes governor, 36, 37; household of the young prince, 37; dissension in the tutor's camp, 38-40; Dr. Thomas appointed preceptor, 42; Lord Waldegrave appointed governor, _ibid._; influence of Lord Bute, 49, 50, 53; close vigilance of his mother, I, 51; her strictness, 52; titles bestowed on the death of his father, 55; George II takes some interest in the heir-apparent, 56; question of appointing a regent, 58; Duke of Cumberland proposed and unpopularity thereof, 59; alarm of George II at the tameness of his disposition, 62; marriage proposal, 62, 63; indignation of the Princess Dowager, 63; machinations to prevent marriage, 63, 64; fury of George II, _ibid._; attempt of ministers to withdraw Prince from maternal influence, 68; royal grant given of £40,000, but Prince refuses to leave his mother, 66; ministers nonplussed, 66, 67; desires Lord Bute to be made groom of the stole, 67; dismissal of Lord Waldegrave, 68; reorganisation of the Prince's establishment, 69; succeeds to the throne, 71; poor equipment and education for the high office, and his homely tastes, 71-80; early love for agriculture, 75; very untravelled, 76; ill effects of the isolation of his youth, 77, 78; his good qualities, 80; strong prejudices, 81; astonishing aptitude for King-craft, _ibid._; popular at his accession, 82, 83; alleged connection with Hannah Lightfoot, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96; alleged marriage with her, 97, 98, 99, 100; "Appeal for Royalty" documents a forgery, 101, 102; examination of the Lightfoot claim, 103, 104; infatuation for Lady Sarah Lennox, 105, 106; alarm of the Princess Dowager, 107; connivance of Fox, to whose interest the marriage would be, 108, 109; the King takes Lady Susan Fox Strangways into his confidence, 110; rumour of a Brunswick marriage, 102; alleged proposal at a dance to Lady Sarah Lennox, 112; announcement of marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 113; discussion as to reason for rejecting Lady Sarah, 114, 115; after marriage the King still has an attachment for Lady Sarah, 117, 118; the royal marriage, selection of Princess Charlotte, I, 121; notifies his intention of marriage to the Privy Council, 124; sends Lord Harcourt to demand formally the hand of Princess Charlotte, 126, 127; treaty of marriage signed, 128; arrival of Princess Charlotte at Harwich, 129; the King disappointed at her appearance, 131; speech to the nation, 136, 137, 138; favourable reception of same, 138; popular because English, 129; on Bute's advice cedes prize money and accepts a settled income, 143; ascendency of Lord Bute, 144, 146; dismissal of Pitt, 148;