Proclamation of George I as King of Great Britain and Ireland Finish:Stretched Inscribed: 'His Royal Highness Prince

Inscribed: 'His Royal Highness Prince Frederick

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'Theatrical Christmas'

Proclamation of George I as King of Great Britain and Ireland Finish:Stretched Inscribed: 'His Royal Highness PrinceProclamation of George I as King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1714. George, Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick Luneburg (1660 1727), became heir to the British throne in 1714 under the terms of the Act of Settlement of 1701, which stipulated that the monarch had to be a Protestant. The first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland, George I ruled from 1714 until his death.