orig. George Frederick Ernest Albert
born June 3, 1865, London, Eng.
died Jan. 20, 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk
King of the United Kingdom (1910–36).
The second son of the future Edward VII , he succeeded his father in 1910. Early in his reign, he faced problems resulting from the constitutional struggle to restrict the power of the House of Bonar Law , who was replaced by Stanley Baldwin . After the collapse of the pound sterling and the subsequent financial crisis in 1931, he persuaded James Ramsay MacDonald to remain in office and form a national coalition government. He was succeeded successively by his sons {{link=Edward">Edward VIII and George VI .
George V.
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