English Regency

The Regency era in the United Kingdom is the period between 1811 — when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son the Prince of Wales, later George IV, was instated to be his proxy as Prince Regent — and 1820 — when George IV became King on the death of his father. The term "Regency era" is sometimes used to refer to a more extended timeframe than the decade of the formal Regency. The period between 1795 and 1837 — the latter part of t... more

The Regency era in the United Kingdom is the period between 1811 — when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son the Prince of Wales, later George IV, was instated to be his proxy as Prince Regent — and 1820 — when George IV became King on the death of his father. The term "Regency era" is sometimes used to refer to a more extended timeframe than the decade of the formal Regency. The period between 1795 and 1837 — the latter part of the reign of George III and the reigns of his sons George IV, as Prince Regent and King, and William IV — was characterized by distinctive trends in British architecture, literature, fashions, politics, and culture. If "Regency era" is being used to describe the transition between "Georgian" and "Victorian" eras, the focus is on the "pre-Victorian" period from 1811, when the formal Regency began, through 1837 when Queen Victoria succeeded William IV. If, however, "Regency era" is being contrasted with the "Eighteenth century", then the period... less