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WILLIAM IV(1765-1837), King of England (1830-1837)

King of England (1830-1837).

The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother, George IV, in 1830.

William entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman when aged 14. He was at the battle of cape St Vincent in 1780 and became captain in the West Indies station in 1786. In 1827 he was made Lord High Admiral.

His marriage to actress Miss Jordan with whome he lived for 20 years was morganatic and in 1817, when he came into the succession on the death of Princess Charlotte, George IV's daughter, he married Adelaide of saxe-Meiningen.

Wiliam's reign covered a period of great political and social unrest which resulted from the long years of the Napoleonic Wars ending with the decisive British victory at the Battle of waterloo in 1815. his statesmanship was not equal to the task bringing the monarch into conflict with his ministers and the parliamentary majority.

It was due to William IV, however, that the Reform Bill crisis of 1831/2 passed without danger to Britain. The King's consent to create sufficient Whig peers to overcome the opposition of the House of Lords to electoral reform allowed Lord Grey to carry the Reform Bill (and established the dominant position of the House of Commons over the Lords).

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1817		Death of Princess Charlotte, George IV\'s daughter Her death placed the King\'s brother, Prince William into the succession and he marriedAdelaide of saxe-Meiningen

1827		Prince William made Lord High Admiral

1830.Jun		Accession of William IV
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1831		Parliament dissolved by William IV in person A majority in favour of electoral reform returned
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1832.May.07		Hostile ammendment to the third Reform Bill carried in Committee of the House of Lords PM Earl Grey requested William IV to make a majority of Whig peers and resigned on the King\'s refusal
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1832.May.15		Wellington fails to form a ministry, Earl Grey returns to office as PM William IV promises to create enough Whig peers to carry the Reform Bill if necessary
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1832.Jun.04		William IV asks Wellington to withdraw his opposition to the Reform Bill. Wellington and 100 supporters retire from the House, remaining peers passing the Bill
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1837		Death of King William IV of England (1830-), accession of Queen Victoria (-1901), aged 18
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