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George II of Great Britain
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| Born | 10 November 1683 |
| Died | 25 October 1760(1760-10-25) (aged 76) |
| Successor | George III |
George II (George Augustus, 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was a British king. He was born in Germany. He was last British monarch born outside of Great Britain.
He became King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. He was also Elector of Hanover. His son, Frederick, Prince of Wales died before he did.
George II died of heart problems.
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George as a young boy with his mother, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, and his sister, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
Caroline of Ansbach by Godfrey Kneller, 1716
London, c. 1710
Portrait by Kneller, 1716
Portrait by Charles Jervas, c. 1727
Portrait by Enoch Seeman, c. 1730
George II envisioned at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 by John Wootton
Half-Crown of George II, 1746. The inscription reads GEORGIUS II DEI GRATIA (George II by the Grace of God). The word LIMA under the king's head signifies that the coin was struck from silver seized from the Spanish treasure fleet off Lima, Peru, during the War of the Austrian Succession.
Portrait by John Shackleton, in or after 1755
George said his son Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (pictured), had "ruined me and disgraced himself" at the Convention of Klosterzeven, 1757.
Statue by John Van Nost erected in 1753 in Golden Square, London
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