WILLIAM III., as an elected Sovereign, charged his paternal shield of NASSAU, No. 424--_Az., billettée, a lion rampt. or_,--in pretence upon the Royal Shield: also, during the life of his Consort, till Dec. 28, 1694, he bore the _Stuart_ shield with _Nassau_ in pretence on the dexter half of his Shield, and thus impaled in the sinister half of his Shield the same Stuart arms, as in the Diagram, No. 425, to denote their joint Sovereignty: the Shield represented in this Diagram, No. 425, bears the whole of No. 423 on its dexter half, with No. 424 in pretence; and on its sinister half it also bears the whole of No. 423. When he reigned alone, WILLIAM III. bore his own dexter half of the impaled Shield alone, as in the Diagram, No. 426: the Shield represented in this Diagram being the dexter half of No. 425. Queen ANNE, from May 1, 1707, till 1714, bore the Royal Arms marshalled as in the Diagram, No. 427:--1 and 2, _England_ impaling _Scotland_; 3, _France Modern_ (No. 253); 4, _Ireland_ (the Harp, as in the third quarter of No. 423). [Illustration: No. 427.--Diagram of the Second Royal Shield of Queen Anne.] [Illustration: No. 428.--Arms of Hanover.] [Illustration: No. 429.--Diagram of the Royal Shield from A.D. 1714 to 1801.] The Arms of HANOVER, on the accession of GEORGE I., August 1, 1714, were added to the Shield of the United Kingdom. This was accomplished by removing the charges (_England and Scotland impaled_) from the fourth quarter of the Shield, No. 427, and charging that quarter with the arms of _Hanover_ as they appear on the Shield, No. 428:--_Per pale and per chevron_, 1, _Gu., two lions passant guardant or_, for _Brunswick_: 2, _Or, Semée of hearts, a lion rampt. az._, for _Lunenburgh_: 3, _Gu., a horse courant arg._, for _Westphalia_: 4, _Over all, on an inescutcheon gules, the golden crown of Charlemagne_. This marshalling is shown in the Diagram, No. 429, which represents a Shield bearing,--1 and 2, _England_ impaling _Scotland_; 3, _France Modern_; 4, _Ireland_; 5, _Hanover_ (as in No. 428, without the Crown). On January 1, 1801, the Fleurs de Lys of France were removed from the Royal Shield of Great Britain, which then was marshalled as in the diagram, No. 430, _quarterly_, 1 _and_ 4, _England_; 2, _Scotland_; 3, _Ireland_; 5, _Hanover_--the shield of Hanover being ensigned with the _Electoral Bonnet_, No. 240, till 1816, but, after Hanover became a kingdom, with a _Royal Crown_ in place of the Electoral Bonnet from 1816 till 1837, as it appears in No. 428. [Illustration: No. 430.--Diagram of the Royal Shield from A.D. 1801 to 1837.] GEORGE I.: GEORGE II.: GEORGE III., till Jan. 1, 1801:--The arms indicated in the diagram, No. 429. GEORGE III., till 1816:--The arms indicated in the diagram, No. 430, the inescutcheon ensigned with an electoral bonnet. GEORGE III., after 1816: GEORGE IV.: WILLIAM IV.:--The same arms as No. 430, but the inescutcheon ensigned with a Royal Crown.