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25: The Georgians
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How did the German House of Hanover ever end up on the British throne?
This episode explores how it happened and the ensuing fight with the supporters of a rival dynastic claim - The Jacobites.
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For 100 years, four Hanoverian kings named George sat on the throne.
They were to oversee the last major land battle ever fought on British soil, the conquest of India and Canada, the loss of the American colonies, victory over Napoleonic France, the birth of the industrial (& agricultural) revolutions, the arrival of Britain’s canal system and first steam…
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