Papers dating from the reign of King George I

Papers relating to a judgement concerning responsibility for the education and care of George II's grandchildren (f 53017 - f 53038). With further papers concerning a proposed Act of Settlement regarding the Crown of Great Britain and the Dominions in Germany on heirs male in preferance to heirs female (f 53039 - f 53074). Folios 53039 - 53061 are a copy of GEO/MAIN/52795-52803. With covering letter from Thomas Astley, dated at Whitehall 10 December 1771, presenting the volume to George III (f 53014) and list of contents (f 53015 - f 53016)The official State Papers of George I can be found at The National Archives. This collection comprises George I documents found in Apsley House basement (GEO/MAIN/52704-53074 - not inclusive). These records were arranged chronologically during cataloguing in 2017.
GEO/MAIN/53039-53074 for further papers on a proposed Act of Parliament concerning the succession of the Crowns of Great Britain and the Dominions in Germany and preferance of heirs male to heirs female

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Born in Hanover in 1660, George was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his wife, Sophia of the Palatinate. It was through his mother's line -as granddaughter to James I and as a Protestant - that George would later come to inherit the throne of Great Britain as George I. In 1682, George married Sophia Dorothea of Celle who bore him two children: George Augustus and Sophia Dorothea. However, the marriage was not happy and both partners took other lovers. On the grounds of desertion, the marriage was dissolved and Sophia Dorothea was made a virtual prisoner at Ahlden with no access to her children; George I's mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg (later Duchess of Kendal) followed him to England on his accession in 1714. From this point on, George primarily lived in England - his grandson Frederick remained in Hanover to represent the dynasty. George I's reign saw a failed Jacobite rebellion; the strengthening of the power of Parliament; the South Sea Bubble; and a deterioration in relations with his son, the Prince of Wales, which could be seen as a portent of the Georgian period. George I died in June 1727 on a trip to Hanover and was succeeded by his son, George II.