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| Born 1660. |
Began to Reign August 1, 1714. | |
| Died June 11, 1727. |
Reigned 12¾ Years. |
Anne was succeeded by George, Elector of Hanover, son of the Princess Sophia, grand-daughter of James I. Immediately after his succession the Whigs were restored to power, and proceedings set afoot against some of the leading members of the late administration: Lord Oxford the chief of them was set at liberty, whilst some of the others went into exile. The Pretender, son of James II., landed in Scotland in 1715, after some attempts were made in his favour; but seeing no prospect of success, soon after returned to France. The king in 1727, being desirous of visiting his electoral dominions, set out for the continent, and upon his landing in Holland, stopt at a little village called Voet, and in two days more arrived at Delden, where he was taken ill, and died in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and thirteenth of his reign.
Eminent men in this reign:—Sir William Windham; Sir Robert Walpole: Bishop Atterbury.
