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By George. (Letters).(George III) (book review)
History Today, August, 2002 by Wardroper, John
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Steven Parissien, in his jubilee assessment of George III (June 2002) makes some surprising statements. An example: `He was more miserly with rifles than any sovereign since Edward I'. When he came to the throne in 1760 there were 174 British peers; by the early 1800s the total was almost doubled. In the period 17761801 he also created 95 Irish peers. Baronets and knights proliferated too.
Lewis Namier and his students, Parissien says, saw George III `as the lynchpin of corruption'. This will astonish historians who know how Namier and Narttierities laboured artfully to present ...
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