NAME George Augustus Frederick, later King George IV
WHAT FAMOUS FOR George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 1820 until 1830. He is remembered for his extravagant lifestyle, his troubled marriage, and for overseeing a period of great artistic, cultural, and architectural advancement known as the Regency era.
BIRTH George IV was born George Augustus Frederick on August 12, 1762 at St James's Palace, London. He was the eldest child of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. At birth, he automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, and was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester a few days later.
FAMILY BACKGROUND George IV belonged to the House of Hanover. His father was King George III (ruled 1760-1820), known for his madness and porphyria. His mother was Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a German princess.
George was the eldest of fifteen children. His notable siblings included Prince Frederick, Duke of York; William IV (his successor); Charlotte, Princess Royal; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (father of Queen Victoria); and Prince Ernest Augustus, who became King of Hanover.
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| George (left) with his mother, Queen Charlotte, and brother, Frederick by Allan Ramsay, 1764 |
CHILDHOOD George was raised in a strict and suffocating royal household. From an early age, he and his brothers endured long days of study—eight hours daily with tutors—and were drilled in riding and fencing. Lessons began promptly at seven in the morning and continued until dinner at 3 p.m., with little room for play or freedom. Even as a small child, George had a knack for irritating his stern father, George III, whose approach to parenting left no margin for mischief. Any lapse in conduct was swiftly corrected with beatings—sometimes delivered by the king himself.
EDUCATION George proved to be an exceptionally gifted student, mastering French, German, and Italian alongside his native English. He was educated within the palace under close and constant supervision. At thirteen, his father ordered an even more demanding academic regimen, determined to shape him into a model heir. But as George entered his teenage years, the rigid structure began to chafe. Despite the intensified schooling, he grew increasingly rebellious, pushing back against the confines of his formal education.
CAREER RECORD 1762 When he was just 7 days old, George was created Earl of Chester.
1811 George served as Prince Regent from February 5, 1811 to 29 January 1820 during his father's mental illness.
1820 He became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover on January 29, 1820 following his father's death.
APPEARANCE As a young man, George was described as attractive and handsome, but his excessive lifestyle took its toll. By his thirties, he had become obese and by the end of his life weighed approximately 280 pounds. His appearance became a subject of ridicule, with one contemporary describing him as "enormous, like a feather bed". He had swollen, oedematous legs that were "hard as stone" due to fluid retention from heart failure. He was England's fattest king.
"By his bulk and his size
By his oily qualities
This (or else my eyesight fails)
This should be the Prince of Wales"
Charles Lamb "The Triumph of the Whale"
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| Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1821 |
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| Portrait depicting George during his 1822 trip to Scotland by Sir David Wilkie |
CHARACTER George IV was a man of contradictions, possessing both admirable qualities and deep flaws. On the positive side, he was charming and affable, with an easy manner that put others at ease. He could be intensely passionate in his relationships, though his interest often faded as quickly as it flared. Sensitive by nature, he was notably kind to children and animals, showing genuine compassion and generosity. He abhorred cruelty, especially toward animals, and disliked capital punishment, often advocating for clemency in criminal cases. George's cleverness and gracious manners earned him the name of "first gentleman of Europe".
Yet beneath the surface, George was also viewed by many—including his own ministers—as selfish, unreliable, and easily swayed by personal favorites. His indulgent habits and erratic behavior often undermined his reputation. The Duke of Wellington famously summed him up as “the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling”—a fitting portrait of a monarch whose personality defied simple definition.
SPEAKING VOICE He spoke with a refined, aristocratic English accent and was fluent in several European languages.
SENSE OF HUMOUR George IV was known to be a witty conversationalist, drunk or sober. He possessed remarkable talent as a mimic and could imitate actors and other public figures with "the most powerful similitude". One account describes how he successfully mimicked the famous actor John Kemble, demonstrating both his vocal abilities and his talent for entertainment. (2)
RELATIONSHIPS George IV’s love life was a tangled web of scandal, obsession, and heartbreak, leaving behind a trail of mistresses, illegitimate children, secret marriages, and public humiliation.
He had a lifelong fixation with collecting mementos from his lovers—every woman he slept with was asked for a lock of her hair, which he carefully stored in labeled envelopes. The Duke of Wellington reportedly noted that among George IV's possessions at his death was “a prodigious quantity of hair—women's hair—all colours and lengths, some locks with powder and pomatum still sticking to them
His most enduring attachment was to Maria Fitzherbert, a twice-widowed Catholic whom he secretly married on December 15, 1785, at her home in Hampshire. Though deeply devoted to her, their union was considered legally void under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772—George was underage, had no royal consent, and Maria’s Catholicism disqualified her. Nonetheless, their bond endured, despite periods of estrangement and public denial.
After the marriage was declared invalid, George resumed the relationship—with the Pope’s unofficial blessing—even after marrying another. Maria remained out of the public eye, living in Brighton on a £6,000 yearly allowance. The Prince famously had a tunnel dug between the Royal Pavilion and her residence across the road so they could meet in secret. She died in 1837, still wearing all three of her wedding rings from three marriages, reportedly from “exhaustion caused by a fit of laughter.”
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| Portrait of Maria Fitzherbert by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1788 |
George’s list of mistresses was long and varied. Among them was Mary Robinson, a glamorous actress known as "Perdita," who later sold his love letters to the press after being discarded. He was also involved with Grace Elliott, a striking Scottish beauty married to a fashionable London physician, and Frances, Lady Jersey, who exerted a powerful influence over his life for years. Before long, he had fathered multiple illegitimate children.
In 1795, facing overwhelming debt, George agreed to marry his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick, in exchange for a bailout from Parliament. They tied the knot on April 8, 1795 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace
The match was doomed from the start. Upon meeting her the day before the wedding, George recoiled at her appearance and reportedly said, “Harris, I am not well: pray get me a glass of brandy.” Caroline, equally unimpressed, told an aide in French, “I think he’s very fat and nothing like as handsome as his portrait.” On their wedding night, George was so drunk he had to be carried to the altar, then passed out in front of the fireplace, refusing to share a bed with her.
Their union produced one child, Princess Charlotte Augusta, in 1796, but little else. Soon after Charlotte’s birth, George and Caroline separated. He returned to Mrs. Fitzherbert; Caroline, meanwhile, rode around with a pumpkin on her head to cool off and scandalized society with her eccentricities.
When George was told of Napoleon’s death and someone remarked, “Sir, your bitterest enemy is dead,” he famously replied—thinking of Caroline—“Is she, by God?”
Their animosity became a national spectacle. In 1820, when Caroline returned to claim her rights as queen consort, George ordered her name omitted from the Church of England’s state prayers and pushed for a bill to dissolve the marriage on the grounds of her adultery. The trial dragged on for months, but Caroline’s popularity with the public—boosted by her theatrical appearances in short white skirts and pink top boots—meant the bill was abandoned. She was even barred from attending George’s coronation in 1821. Nineteen days later, she fell ill and died, reportedly from constipation despite being force-fed so much castor oil “it would have turned the stomach of a horse.”
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| Caroline, Princess of Wales by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1798 |
Princess Charlotte, George’s only legitimate child and heir, was raised away from him under the care of Lady Elgin. Tragically, she died in 1817 at age 21, after giving birth to a stillborn son. Her death devastated the nation—and extinguished the direct line of succession, paving the way for George’s brother, William IV, to succeed him.
George’s loose-living ways and his intimate association with libertine Whigs like Charles James Fox led his father, George III, to view him with thinly veiled contempt. Despite being heir to the throne, the Prince of Wales lived a life more fitting for a scandal sheet than a sovereign.
MONEY AND FAME When he turned 21 in 1783, George received a £60,000 lump sum from Parliament and a £50,000 annual allowance from his father, George III. But his relentless spending on fashion, gambling, women, and luxury quickly outpaced his income. His father refused to bail him out, forcing the Prince to vacate Carlton House and move in with Mrs Fitzherbert. By 1787, his political allies were pleading his case in Parliament, seeking debt relief. Though the government publicly denied his secret marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert—outraging her in the process—George smoothed things over by having Whig statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan soften Charles James Fox’s blunt rejection of the union.
Parliament eventually relented, awarding him £161,000 to settle debts and another £20,000 to refurbish Carlton House. The King also increased his son’s annual income by £10,000. Still, George’s debts only ballooned further—reaching a staggering £660,000 by 1796. Unwilling to simply pay them off again, Parliament instead boosted his annual income by £65,000. In 1803, another £60,000 was added, and only then were his outstanding debts fully cleared.
To access these funds, George agreed to have Parliament declare his marriage to Maria Fitzherbert null and void—something it legally was under the Royal Marriages Act, but which he had previously tried to conceal.
Even as Prince Regent, his extravagance didn’t wane. Upon his death, £10,000 in cash was discovered stuffed into the pockets of his hundreds of suits.
His coronation on July 19, 1821 was one of the most lavish and expensive in British history, costing £243,000 (around £19 million today). Despite his personal unpopularity—he had to be guarded constantly due to mobs and public anger—the coronation was a public spectacle. Souvenirs bearing his portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence were snapped up across the country, feeding a brief wave of national enthusiasm for a king who lived like no other.
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| George IV's coronation, |
FOOD AND DRINK George IV was legendary for his extravagant appetite and indulgent drinking habits. His typical breakfast was a feast fit for a dozen men: two pigeons, three beefsteaks, most of a bottle of white wine, a glass of dry champagne, two glasses of port, and a final glass of brandy—all before noon. Unlike his father, George III, who preferred a plain and frugal diet, George embraced the sophistication and richness of French cuisine.
To satisfy his culinary tastes, he hired the renowned chef Marie-Antoine Carême—the first true celebrity chef—whose elaborate dishes brought Continental flair to the British court.
Between 1788 and 1813, royal household records show that over 43,000 individual dishes were served to the Prince. He developed a fondness for heavy, luxurious foods, including deep-fried cream, potatoes with chicken, and exotic fare such as Turkish kebabs. While sumptuous, these meals left George with near-constant indigestion and contributed to his ballooning weight and poor health.
George was also an enthusiastic drinker. He particularly enjoyed cherry brandy, which he sipped late into the night. His alcohol consumption was so notorious that the phrase “drunk as a lord” is believed to have originated in reference to him. (3)
MUSIC AND ARTS George IV had a deep and lifelong appreciation for music and the arts. As a child, he took cello lessons and studied keyboard under the celebrated composer Johann Christian Bach. His passion for music continued into adulthood—he welcomed composer Joseph Haydn to court during his London visits in the early 1790s and even commissioned the artist John Hoppner to paint Haydn’s portrait.
As Prince Regent and later king, George was a generous and discerning patron of the arts. He championed new styles, tastes, and forms of leisure, helping shape the cultural landscape of the Regency era. He enriched the Royal Collection with significant acquisitions and offered his support to leading British artists of the time, including George Stubbs, J.M.W. Turner, and Thomas Lawrence. His commitment to culture extended beyond the visual arts; he founded the Royal Society of Literature and regularly purchased musical instruments, sheet music, opera glasses, and even telescopes—an indication of both his refined interests and eclectic curiosity
LITERATURE George IV had wide-ranging literary interests and was an avid collector of books and prints. He maintained an extensive personal library, where he read Classical authors and indulged a strong fascination with French history. His shelves also included contemporary works, including novels by Jane Austen, whose writing he admired.
He donated many valuable volumes to the British Library, further reflecting his commitment to literature and scholarship. His literary enthusiasm extended to personal connections as well—after reading Sir Walter Scott’s best-selling novel Waverley, George invited the author to dine with him in 1815, marking the beginning of a warm friendship. His patronage and appreciation of literature played a quiet but meaningful role in the cultural life of his era.
NATURE George IV's relationship with nature was primarily through his country estates and gardens. The Royal Pavilion featured surrounding gardens, and his various residences included elaborate outdoor spaces. .
PETS George IV loved animals and detested animal cruelty and made friends with some of the first people to actively oppose animal cruelty in law.
HOBBIES AND SPORTS George IV led a life filled with leisure and high-society pastimes. He was an avid gambler and frequented the racecourse, with records showing payments for events like the "Conway Races." The theatre was another of his great passions, and he was a regular attendee of London’s best productions.
He took an interest in fishing—his household bills include purchases for fishing tackle—and he owned a personal set of billiard cues. A known patron of boxing, George supported the sport during its rise in popularity among the aristocracy.
His recreational life was as indulgent as his appetite, often marked by heavy drinking and flamboyant escapades. The Georgian Papers reveal a steady stream of expenses tied to his sporting and entertainment pursuits, painting a picture of a monarch who fully embraced the pleasures of his class and era.
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| 1792 caricature by James Gillray from George's time as Prince of Wales |
SCIENCE AND MATHS Though not a scientific mind, George valued the intellectual climate of the Enlightenment and supported innovation during the early Industrial Revolution
George IV's bills show a payment to Robert Brettell Bate, mathematical instrument maker in 1825. His purchases included telescopes and other scientific instruments.
PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY Raised in the Anglican faith, George IV was nominally devoted to the Church of England, but his personal choices often clashed with religious expectations. His secret marriage to the Catholic Maria Fitzherbert in 1785 was a bold defiance of both Church and law, suggesting his religious convictions were shaped more by personal desire than doctrine.
As king, he fulfilled his role as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and took the coronation oath to uphold the Protestant faith. He later used this oath as justification for opposing Catholic emancipation, despite his earlier union with a Catholic. Unlike his deeply pious father, George was not known for religious devotion; his lavish lifestyle, moral inconsistencies, and personal indulgences often stood in sharp contrast to the teachings of the faith he publicly represented.
REIGN George IV became king on January 29, 1820, though in truth he'd been warming up for the role for nine years already, having acted as Prince Regent ever since his father, George III, went mad and started conversing earnestly with oak trees. By the time he officially took the crown, George was 57 years old, hugely overweight, and so seasoned in ceremonial lounging that his coronation in 1821 was less an inauguration than a lavish self-congratulation. It cost the equivalent of £19 million today and was so wildly opulent that one might have expected the Holy Roman Emperor to appear just to ask him to tone it down a bit.
George's reign, such as it was, occurred during a time of major political stability—but mostly because he didn’t interfere. Governance was handled by the steady and somewhat less flamboyant Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, whose idea of a good time was probably a quiet evening with ledgers. George, meanwhile, preferred cherry brandy and loose morals. He retained many of his father’s Tory ministers, not necessarily out of loyalty, but because he couldn't be bothered to reshuffle them.
Though he was famously unreliable and frequently swayed by favourites, George’s reign did see some big developments—mostly thanks to other people. He oversaw Britain’s post-Napoleonic glow-up and reluctantly allowed the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829, after being thoroughly badgered into it by the Duke of Wellington. George had solemnly promised to uphold the Protestant faith, but his understanding of religious doctrine was somewhere between vague and wine-stained.
George’s marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick was a disaster so spectacular it would have broken Netflix’s servers. The couple loathed each other on sight. He famously needed brandy after their first meeting; she referred to him as fat and unrecognizable from his portrait. After giving birth to their daughter, Princess Charlotte, in 1796, they separated with palpable relief.
Things got so bad that when George tried to divorce her via the Pains and Penalties Bill in Parliament, public support swung behind the wronged (and wonderfully eccentric) Caroline. She was barred from his coronation in 1821 and died shortly after, never officially recognized as queen. The public, sensing a villain, took George to task in ballads, pamphlets, and caricatures. He became a national joke—a bloated symbol of excess in a time of tightening belts.
While his politics and personal life were less than luminous, George IV’s contributions to the arts and architecture were, quite frankly, dazzling. He transformed Windsor Castle, gave Buckingham Palace its modern grandeur, and conjured the opulent fantasy that is the Brighton Pavilion—a building that looks like what might happen if the Taj Mahal ate too much plum pudding.
He championed the likes of Turner and Lawrence, enriched the Royal Collection with masterworks, and founded the Royal Society of Literature, perhaps as a gesture of guilt for not writing anything himself.
He also knew a thing or two about spectacle. Royal pageantry as we know it today—the sashes, the gilding, the over-the-top flair—owes much to George’s taste for theatrical monarchy. He understood that if he couldn’t be loved, he could at least be admired at a safe distance, preferably from behind velvet ropes.
As monarch, George made royal visits to Ireland, Hanover, and most famously to Scotland in 1822—the first reigning monarch to set foot there since Charles II. Dressed in a wildly over-the-top Highland outfit, he managed to look like Bonnie Prince Charlie’s overstuffed cousin. The visit, staged by novelist Sir Walter Scott, helped romanticize tartan and revive Scottish national pride, though locals may have felt slightly confused by the monarch in tartan trousers and pink flesh bulging over a sporran.
On the diplomatic front, Britain officially recognized Latin American independence movements during his reign—though George needed some prodding from his Foreign Secretary, George Canning. Left to his own devices, he would probably have been more concerned with the wine list.
By the late 1820s, George’s health was collapsing under the weight of a lifetime of indulgence. He suffered from obesity, gout, and likely opiate dependence. Increasingly reclusive, he withdrew to Windsor Castle where he saw few people and ate most of them. He died at 3:30 a.m. on 26 June 1830, reportedly gasping, “Good God, what is this?” and then, more poetically, “My boy, this is death.”
With no surviving legitimate heirs—his daughter Charlotte having tragically died in childbirth in 1817—George was succeeded by his brother, William IV. While historians tend to rate George IV low on effective governance, few deny his lasting impact on royal ceremony, the arts, and the architectural landscape of Britain.
In short, George IV was a king who ruled not with statesmanship but with sequins, scandal, and a spoon full of syllabub. A flawed monarch, certainly—but never, ever a boring one.
POLITICS George IV’s political engagement was, at best, uneven and driven more by personal whim than principle. In his youth, he flirted with the Whigs—largely to irritate his father, George III—only to shift increasingly toward Tory sympathies as he aged and calcified into the establishment he once needled.
During his time as Prince Regent (1811–1820), George largely withdrew from governance, leaving his ministers to run the country. This passive approach marked a turning point in constitutional history: the idea that the prime minister should be the choice of the House of Commons—not the monarch—became firmly entrenched. George's own role was so minimal that some historians have described his reign as an accidental endorsement of parliamentary supremacy.
He occasionally meddled behind the scenes, especially in efforts to undermine Lord Liverpool, who served as prime minister for most of his reign. But after Liverpool’s resignation in 1827, George lost what little political influence he had. His greatest political humiliation came in 1829 when, despite his loud objections, he was forced to approve Catholic Emancipation—a reform pushed through by his own prime minister, the Duke of Wellington.
To his ministers, George was a maddening figure: selfish, capricious, unreliable, and all too easily swayed by favourites. While he technically held the throne during a momentous period in British political life, his contribution was largely ornamental—and often obstructive.
SCANDAL George's life was marked by scandal, including his gambling debts, his unhappy and arranged marriage to Caroline of Brunswick, his numerous mistresses, his heavy drinking, and his addiction to liquid opium. His public behavior and personal excesses were often a source of public criticism.
His numerous affairs and debts made him an object of contempt and ridicule in satirical cartoons and pamphlets.
MILITARY RECORD George IV had no real military service or battlefield experience, though he certainly looked the part. He was appointed Colonel in the British Army in 1782 and later made Colonel of the 10th Light Dragoons in 1796—but these titles were entirely ceremonial. Despite never leading troops into combat, he adored the pomp of military life and enthusiastically wore every imaginable uniform.
His beloved 10th Light Dragoons were famously the most extravagantly dressed regiment in the British Army. One of their uniforms reportedly cost more than eight times a working man’s annual wage—a sartorial triumph, if not a strategic one. George’s military appointments were honorary in every sense: he preferred sabres for show, not for service.
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| Portrait of George, Prince of Wales in his 10th Light Dragoons uniform by Sir William Beechey, 1798 |
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS George IV's health was a slow-motion disaster, largely of his own making. By his early thirties, he was already obese—his weight recorded at 17 stone 7 pounds by 1797—and things only worsened from there. His indulgent lifestyle, rich diet, and fondness for alcohol led to a cascade of health issues including gout, dropsy (edema), and severe digestive troubles. His waist measured 50 inches by 1824, necessitating an enormous custom corset to hold him in.
Desperate for remedies, George tried everything from bathing in the sea at Brighton (a fashionable Georgian cure-all) to covering himself in leeches, which he believed gave his skin a fashionable pallor. He also became dependent on liquid opium, taking over 100 drops of laudanum to steady his nerves before public appearances.
By the time he became king in 1820, he was visibly ailing—grossly overweight, in chronic pain, and possibly addicted to laudanum. In 1828, his health took a sharp downturn with severe episodes of breathlessness. He could no longer lie flat and was forced to sleep sitting up. By 1830, he was largely confined to his bedchambers, blind in one eye following unsuccessful cataract surgery.
Despite his frequent hypochondria—he often told his doctors he was dying—his fears became reality. When he died in June 1830, his autopsy revealed a grim medical portrait: an enlarged heart, calcified valves, advanced aortic stenosis, and a large tumor in his bladder. It was a fittingly excessive end to an excessively lived life.
HOMES George IV was born at St James’s Palace in London, but it was Carlton House that became the true symbol of his early grandeur. As Prince of Wales and later Prince Regent, he transformed it into a residence of extravagant taste, filled with luxury and fashionably appointed with Chinese wallpaper, gilt furniture, and objets d’art. When he became king, he had Carlton House demolished and commissioned the elegant Carlton House Terrace (1827–32) in its place.
Among his other residences, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton was by far the most flamboyant. Originally a modest seaside lodging, George turned it into a fantastical Indo-Saracenic palace complete with onion domes, minarets, and dragon chandeliers—a seaside Versailles with a splash of the Arabian Nights. He poured enormous sums into its exotic interiors, making it the ultimate retreat for decadent leisure.
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| Royal Pavilion Brighton and reflective pool by Fenliokao |
As king, George also undertook the transformation of Buckingham Palace, commissioning architect John Nash to expand and embellish it into the principal royal residence. He spent his final years at Windsor Castle, where he died in 1830.
Across all his homes, George displayed a taste for theatrical opulence. Whether it was the Chinese Room at Carlton House or the fantastical banquet hall at the Brighton Pavilion, he spared no expense in creating personal worlds of fantasy and splendour.
TRAVEL George IV made several significant royal visits during his reign. His 1822 trip to Edinburgh in Highland dress—choreographed by Sir Walter Scott—was a public relations triumph and helped popularize tartan and kilts.
DEATH King George IV died on June 26, 1830 at Windsor Castle. His final illness involved congestive cardiac failure and severe breathing difficulties. Around 3 a.m. on his final day, he experienced a bowel movement with substantial blood. His reported last words were "My dear boy! This is death!" addressed to Sir Wathen Waller. He died at 3:15 a.m..
The autopsy revealed he died from upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by rupture of a blood vessel in his stomach. An extensive tumor the size of an orange was found attached to his bladder.
He was buried on July 15, 1830 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
APPEARANCES IN MEDIA George IV has long been a favourite subject in film, television, and literature—usually portrayed with a generous dose of satire. His extravagant tastes and scandalous behaviour make him an irresistible figure for dramatists and comedians alike.
One of the most memorable portrayals is Hugh Laurie’s hilariously dim and foppish Prince Regent in the BBC comedy Blackadder the Third (1987), which helped cement George’s image as the embodiment of indulgent absurdity. He has also featured in a range of period dramas and films, from early silent cinema to modern productions exploring the intrigues of the Regency court.
In literature, George appears in works by Arthur Conan Doyle and Bernard Cornwell, among others, often cast as a flawed figure of comic excess or aristocratic detachment. He regularly turns up in television documentaries and historical series that explore the Regency era, where his life of lavishness and political irrelevance serves as a vivid backdrop to the changing role of monarchy.
Whether in high drama or farce, George IV’s outsized personality continues to inspire portrayals that swing between the ridiculous and the richly human.
ACHIEVEMENTS Despite his personal flaws, George IV helped usher in a vibrant cultural era. He supported the construction of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, expanded Buckingham Palace, and cultivated the architectural style and artistic tastes that defined the early 19th century.
Sources: (1) Encyclopaedia of Trivia (2) Two Nerdy History Girls (3) Brighton & Hove Museums
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