George V, (1865-1936), King of Great Britain and Ireland

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Surname:	George V
Gender:	Male
Date:	1865-1936
Title:	King of Great Britain and Ireland
History:	Second son of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Became heir in Jan 1892 on death of elder brother Albert, Duke of Clarence, and created Duke of York in 1892. In July 1893 he married Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, formerly engaged to his brother. During 1901 he became Duke of Cornwall (Jan) and was created Prince of Wales (Nov). Succeeded to the throne in May 1910; crowned 22 June 1911. During World War I, he abandoned all German titles for himself and his family, and by Royal Proclamation, 1917, changed the British royal family's name from the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the English Windsor. Died 20 Jan 1936 and succeeded by eldest son, Edward VIII.
Biography:	ODNB link for George, V (1865-1936) King of Great Britain and Ireland
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275307 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P136065 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for V George

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1836-1973: Loraine Papers	The National Archives, Kew	FO 1011
2	1935: 1935 Jubilee Medal Rolls	The National Archives, Kew	QLIB 4
3	corresp with Herbert Asquith	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Asquith	NRA 12685
4	1934-36: corresp with Lord Brabourne	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 97	NRA 27521
5	1900-28: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49686 Passim
6	1893-99: corresp with Lord Cadogan	Parliamentary Archives	CAD	NRA 17340
7	1921-22: letters from Austen Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AC/33	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
8	1903-21: letters to Lord Curzon	British Library: Asian and African Studies	no1146	NRA 20536
9	1879-1936: corresp with Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury	Lambeth Palace Library		NRA 37975 Davidson
10	1914-36: corresp with Lord Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
11	1891-1921: letters (15) to Lady Derby	Cambridge University: Parker Library, Corpus Christi College		NRA 11916 Stanley
12	corresp with Lord Durham	Durham University Library and Collections	JGL (boxes 3, 6)	NRA 11184 Lambton
13	corresp with Lord Esher	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	ESHR	NRA 13626 Brett
14	1902-18: letters to Lord Fisher	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	FISR	NRA 16615 Fisher
15	1892-96: letters (10) to Lady Galway	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ga 9201-Ga2I	NRA 6741
16	1890-1925: letters to Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	BGGF	NRA 23857
17	1924-29: corresp with Lord Goschen	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur D 595	NRA 27452
18	1910-25: corresp with Lord Haldane	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 5909-6082 passim
19	1926-31: corresp with Lord Halifax	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur C 152	NRA 27436
20	1905-19: corresp with Lord Hardinge	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Hardinge	NRA 3853
21	1920-22: corresp with Lord Hardinge	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		NRA 8909 Hardinge
22	1913-44: corresp of him and other members of the royal family with JH Hertz	University of Southampton Library	MS 175	NRA 36651
23	1885-1902: letters to Lily Langtry	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS915	NRA 17692
24	1912-23: corresp with Andrew Bonar Law	Parliamentary Archives	BL	NRA 19286
25	1911-35: corresp with David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
26	1922-26: corresp with Lord Lytton	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 160	NRA 25554
27	1924-36: corresp with James Ramsay Macdonald	The National Archives	PRO 30/69/197
28	1924-36: corresp with James Ramsay Macdonald	The National Archives	PRO 30/69/627
29	1910-11: corresp with Reginald McKenna	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	MCKN	NRA 12034 McKenna
30	letters to Sir Robert Meade	Swansea University: Richard Burton Archives		See Library Association survey 1967
31	1902-04: letters (11) to Lord Minto	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 12561, 12727-28	NRA 10476 Minto
32	c1914-20: corresp with Lord Novar	National Library of Australia	MS 696	NRA 22805 Munro-Ferguson
33	letters to Earls of Pembroke	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
34	1920-32: letters from Sir Horace Rumbold	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Rumbold	NRA 22147
35	1900-16: corresp with Lord Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Selborne	NRA 17810
36	1893-1927: misc corresp incl Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 10091-10593 Passim