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George was active in British foreign policy in the early years of his reign.
His shrewd diplomatic judgment enabled him to help forge an anti-Spanish alliance with France in - In the South Sea Company, with heavy government, royal and aristocratic investment, collapsed. The resulting economic crisis made the king and his ministers extremely unpopular. Robert Walpole was left as the most important figure in the administration and in April was appointed first lord of the Treasury and in effect, 'prime minister'.
His ascendancy coincided with the decline of the political power of the monarchy and George became less and less involved in government. George remained unpopular in England throughout his life, partly because of his inability to speak English but also because of the perceived greed of his mistresses and rumours concerning his treatment of his wife. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled.
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