Excerpt from The History of Great Britain, From the Death of George II: To the Coronation of George IV
Few princes ever died at a moment more favourable to their popularity than George II. All the spots and blemishes in his character seemed to vanish in the blaze of glory -which had been reflected on it by the late successes of his fleets and armies in every quarter of the globe. But these borrowed splendors could not long conceal the fatal effects of his partiality to his native dominions, - a partiality, to which not only the blood and treasure, but the valour, the virtue and public spirit of the British nation had been repeatedly sacrificed. The aggrandizement of his darling electorate, and the support of all his schemes for preserving an imaginary balance between the continental powers, whatever might be the expense to England, were the only conditions, on which any ministry could obtain his favour, or secure their own continuance in office. As none were admitted into his confidence but on these terms, so none were dismissed but from their inability to fulfil such engagements. Every change of his servants was therefore a fresh wound inflicted on the real interests of his country. The frequent shifting of power through such a variety of hands, and from motives so inconsistent with liberal policy, was productive of another evil: it scattered the seeds of disunion, jealousy, and hatred among all the great families of the kingdom; and prepared for the succeeding prince a series of struggles with the intrigues of party, and the turbulence of domestic factions, a thousand times more vexatious than any combination of foreign enemies.
Accession Of George III
The death of the late king having been notified in form to the heir apparent, who was then at Kew, he immediately repaired to Carleton House, to meet the privy-council, on the twenty-second of October.
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