House of Hanover

Throughout the war, Louis "Dickie" Mountbatten, his mother's interfering brother, was constantly making plans for his penniless nephew: urging him to become a British subject though it turned out that Philip already was one by virtue of his descent from the House of Hanover and conspiring for him to see as much as possible of the young Princess Elizabeth.

The Long Route To Windsor Ferdinand Mount 2011

America had revolted against George III and the House of Hanover, but the dynastic temptation lingered on.

The Father of American Politics 2010

As previously noted on Burke's Corner, the end of the Jacobite threat to the House of Hanover after the defeat of the '45 radically changed the situation.

A Non-Juror at Orangefest Burke's Corner 2009

As previously noted on Burke's Corner, the end of the Jacobite threat to the House of Hanover after the defeat of the '45 radically changed the situation.

Archive 2009-07-01 Burke's Corner 2009

Ms. Gill's account of Victoria's family, and Albert's too -- they were first cousins, she belonging to the House of Hanover and he to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha -- makes for hair-raising reading.

Victoria and Albert, Allies in Love 2009

My friends in Alaska are having all the fun: Shannyn Moore and AKMuckraker, legends both, squires of free speech, calling up the spirits of Lexington and Concord on the Fourth of July, no less, and challenging the wannabe Queen of Alaska, "the deranged frostvixen quitterface" (to borrow a phrase from HuffPo's Jason Linkins), and her duplicitous court jester of an attorney, Tommy Van Flein, who apparently fancies himself barrister for the House of Hanover.

Geoffrey Dunn: The Iquitarod!: Sarah Palin's Latest Arctic Sport 2009

I am not a man for that — I keep the kirk, and I abhor Popery — I have stood up for the House of Hanover, and for liberty and property — I carried arms, sir, against the

Redgauntlet 2008

Long before the Act of Union, this aspect of our island history was visible in the eclecticism with which its people sought their rulers: the Tudors from Wales, the Stuarts from Scotland, William of Orange from Holland, and the House of Hanover from Germany.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

Long before the Act of Union, this aspect of our island history was visible in the eclecticism with which its people sought their rulers: the Tudors from Wales, the Stuarts from Scotland, William of Orange from Holland, and the House of Hanover from Germany.

Britain, my Britain 2007

Hanover Square -- Named for the House of Hanover, the German dynasty that came to the throne in England when they succeeded the Stuarts in 1714.

Lower Manhattan--What's In a Name? 2006