He was the king of the United Kingdom; Signed the Declaration of Independence; Lived up to 81 years old; and got married to Lady Sarah Lennox, a royal woman.
He made an important contribution to the Agricultural Revolution, which transformed England in the 18th century. In 'Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows' Harry Pearson writes.
Farmer George, as he was nicknamed, imported merino sheep to Brtiain from Spain, formed the Board of Agriculture and put royal land at Windsor, Kew, Mortlake and Old Deer Park to work. For, as he observed in an article in The Quarterly Review "The ground, like man, was neer meant to be idle: if it does not produce something useful it will be overrun with weeds." It is a philosophy embraced whole-heartedly by his descendents to this day.'
He made an important contribution to the Agricultural Revolution, which transformed England in the 18th century. In 'Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows' Harry Pearson writes.
Farmer George, as he was nicknamed, imported merino sheep to Brtiain from Spain, formed the Board of Agriculture and put royal land at Windsor, Kew, Mortlake and Old Deer Park to work. For, as he observed in an article in The Quarterly Review "The ground, like man, was neer meant to be idle: if it does not produce something useful it will be overrun with weeds." It is a philosophy embraced whole-heartedly by his descendents to this day.'