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Great Britain, William IV, 26 June 1830 - 20 June 1837
William IV was the third son of George III and younger brother and successor to George IV, he was the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. He was nicknamed the "Sailor King" because he served in the Royal Navy in his youth. He served in North America and the Caribbean. Since his two older brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, he inherited the throne at 64 years old. His reign saw reforms: the poor law was updated, child labor restricted, slavery abolished in nearly all the Empire, and the electoral system was reformed. Although William did not engage in politics as much as his brother or his father, he was the last monarch to appoint a prime minister contrary to the will of Parliament. He granted his German kingdom a short-lived liberal constitution. At the time of his death, William had no surviving legitimate children, but he was survived by eight of the ten illegitimate children he had by the actress Dorothea Jordan, with whom he cohabited for twenty years. William was succeeded in the United Kingdom by his niece, Victoria, and in Hanover by his brother, Ernest Augustus.UK94089. Silver half crown, SCBC 3834, gVF, light marks, reeded edge, London mint, weight 13.915g, maximum diameter 32.1mm, die axis 180o, 1836; obverse GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: (William IV, by the grace of God, King of the British territories, Defender of the Faith), bare head right, W.W. script (William Wyon, engraver) on base of neck truncation; reverse quartered shield of arms (harp and lions) with an escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at center, Order of the Garter draped below, all on a crowned ermine mantle, small figure of St. George slaying the dragon between ANNO and 1836 below; SOLD
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