> --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > By the time > > of Englishman George Washington's win over the British Republic's > > rule, the King (King George 4th) was a powerless figurehead.
Well, um, the prince who became king George IV was only 18 in 1781 and not yet ruling. So yes, he wa quite powerless. However, his ruling father, George III, while nowhere close to an absolute monarch, still, it seems, was no simply a figurehead. "For George III, Pitt's appointment was a great victory. The King felt that the scenario proved that he still had the power to appoint Prime Ministers without having to rely on any parliamentary group. Throughout Pitt's ministry, George eagerly supported many of his political aims. To aid Pitt, George created new peers at an unprecedented rate. The new peers flooded the House of Lords and allowed Pitt to maintain a firm majority." "His [George III] chief contributions to the English throne were to regain the royal powers that were lost to the crown by his grandfather, George the Second, and his great-grandfather because of their differences. Because of this regaining of power, he broke the power of the Whig Party."
