George III to Victoria

Ill-health meant that George III’s son was acting as Regent when Britain dashed Napoleon Bonaparte’s hopes of European empire in 1815. Now free to prosper, throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901) British global trade and industrial innvoation reached new heights, and Victoria took particular delight in Britain’s partnership with India in the Raj.

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