George III, King
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGeorge III, KingKing George IIIGeorge III, King /ˌdʒɔːdʒ ðə ˈθɜːd $ ˌdʒɔːrdʒ ðə ˈθɜːrd/ (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.