George II (1683-11-10 â" 1760-10-25) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727. Born and raised in Germany, he spoke such poor English as almost to disable him from taking part in British politics.
Sourced
- Non, j'aurai des maîtresses.
- No, I'll have mistresses.
- William M. White Emmanuel Swedenborg ([1856] 1867) vol. 2, p. 308.
- Tearfully answering his wife, Queen Caroline, who as she lay dying had urged him to marry again.
- I hate bainting, and boetry too! Neither the one nor the other ever did any good.
- John Ireland Hogarth Illustrated (1791); cited from John Ireland and John Nichols Hogarth's Works (1883) p. 122.
- Later sources usually quote this as "I hate all bainters and boets!", or as "Damn the bainters and the boets too!" The saying is often misattributed to George I.
- If he is mad, so much the better; and if he is mad, I hope to God heâll bite some of my generals.
- The New-York Magazine (November 1791) p. 662.
- On being warned by the Duke of Newcastle, in 1758, against promoting James Wolfe. Often quoted as "Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals."
About George II
- He had the haughtiness of Henry the Eighth, without his spirit; the avarice of Henry the Seventh, without his exactions; the indignities of Charles the First, without his bigotry for his prerogative; the vexations of King William, with as little skill in the management of parties; and the gross gallantry of his father, without his goodnature or his honesty:â" he might, perhaps, have been honest, if he had never hated his father, or had ever loved his son.
- Horace Walpole Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second (1847) vol. 1, p. 180
External links
Wikipedia has an article about:
George II of Great Britain
