George III of Britain

George III (George William Frederick) (1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. George was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but the first to be born in Britain and use English as his first language. In fact, he never even visited Germany. During George III's reign, Britain very nearly lost many of its North American colonies when certain entities grew dissatisfied with how the homeland was governing them. However, a last-minute agreement with representatives of the colonies, led by George Washington, eased tensions and allowed North America to remain under British rule.

The agreement was commemorated by a painting featuring King George and Washington. The painting, called "The Two Georges", became a symbol of British unity throughout the empire as a whole.