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George I (1660-1727) was a King of Great Britain and Ireland, and ruler of the House of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire. In 1714, he succeeded Queen Anne (1665-1714) to the British throne because more closely-related Catholics were denied the monarchy by the 1701 "Act of Settlement". George I was succeeded by his son, George II. Under George I, Britain began the formal exercise of power by a cabinet and Parliament, under First Minister Robert Walpole (1676-1745).

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