37. George V

George V's reign (1910-36) stretched across perhaps the most tumultuous period in world history. It saw the bloodiest war to date, the financial markets melt and the rise of fascism and communism His calm, dutiful leadership would be put to the test, the British monarchy faced perhaps its biggest existential threat as Europe faced unparalleled political and social change.  Characters George V - King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions, Emperor of India (1910-36) Mary of Teck - Queen of the United Kingdom and the British dominions, Empress of India (1910-36) Edward VII - Father of George, King (1901-10) Alexandra of Denmark - mother of George, Queen consort (1901-10) Albert ‘Eddy’ - brother of George Victoria - Grandmother of George, Queen (1837-01) Albert - Grandfather of George, Prince consort (1837-61) David - eldest son of George and future Edward VIII Bertie - younger son of George and future George VII John Neale Dalton - tutor Emmeline Pankhurst - leader of the Suffragette movement Emily Davison - Suffragette killed during the 1913 Derby Edward Carson - Irish Unionist politician Bertrand Edward Dawson - George’s physician Winston Churchill - Minister of Munitions, First Lord of the Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer Field Marshal John French - Commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force Field Marshal Douglas Haig - Commander of the Expeditionary Force on the Western Front Lord Kitchener - Secretary of State for War Tsar Alexander III - Emperor of Russia (1881-94) Tsar Nicholas II - Emperor of Russia (1894-1917), cousin of George  Kaiser Wilhelm II - Emperor of Germany (1888-1918), cousin of George Archduke Franz Ferdinand - heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary Gavrilo Princip - Serbian nationalist and Franz Ferdinand’s assassin Prime Ministers Herbert Asquith - 1908-16 David Lloyd George - 1916-22 Andrew Bonar Law - 1922-23 Stanley Baldwin - 1923-24, 24-29, 35-37 Ramsey MacDonald - 1924, 1929-35 Pomp and Circumstance no. 4 The Last Post Wo alle Straßen enden bbc_world-war-_07008092 Bbc_pottery-fa_07025138 Bbc_crowds--ex_07058139 154792__supermatt1896__titanic-collision Bbc_factories-_07072111 27809__dobroide__20061224partridges 445614__cllari__owi_scrubbing-on-a-wooden-deck-or-floor