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William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. As his two older brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, he inherited the throne when he was 64 years old. William had served in the Royal Navy in his youth and so was nicknamed the "Sailor King". His reign saw several reforms: the poor law was updated, child labour restricted, slavery abolished in nearly all of the British Empire, and the British electoral system refashioned by the Reform Act 1832. He granted his German kingdom a short-lived liberal constitution. At the time of his death, William had no surviving legitimate children and was succeeded by his niece Victoria in the United Kingdom and his brother Ernest Augustus in Hanover. (Full article...)
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Hi Lord Emsworth and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:01, 14 August 2021 (UTC)