sailor king william

noun

( "the Sailor-King" ) 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).

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William IV

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	known as the Sailor King. 1765--1837, king of the United Kingdom and of Hanover (1830--37), succeeding his brother George IV; the third son of George III

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"When Prince William [later King William IV] was at Cork in 1787, an old officer ... dined with him, and happened to say he had been forty years in the service. The Prince with a sneer asked what he had learnt in those forty years. The old gentleman justly offended, said, "Sir, I have learnt, when I am no longer fit to fight, to make as good a retreat as I can" —and walked out of the room."

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