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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