George III, King /ˌdʒɔːdʒ ðə ˈθɜːd $ ˌdʒɔːrdʒ ðə ˈθɜːrd/ BrE AmE
(1738–1820) the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death. He is remembered in the US as the British king at the time of the ↑ American Revolutionary War , when the US fought to become independent of Britain. He suffered at times from a serious mental illness, and this is described in the film The Madness of King George .