English Georgian

Georgian era

1714 – 1830 (1837)
The Georgian architecture of the Circus in the city of Bath, built between 1754 and 1768
Including	Regency era
Preceded by	Restoration
Followed by	Victorian era
Monarch	George I George II George III George IV William IV
Leader(s)	From 1721 Sir Robert Walpole Lord Wilmington Henry Pelham Duke of Newcastle Duke of Devonshire Lord Bute George Grenville Lord Rockingham Lord Chatham Duke of Grafton Lord North Lord Shelburne Duke of Portland William Pitt the Younger Henry Addington Lord Grenville Spencer Perceval Lord Liverpool George Canning Lord Goderich Duke of Wellington Lord Grey Lord Melbourne Sir Robert Peel

The Georgian era of British history is a period which takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain and Ireland and after of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland who were all named George: George I, George II, George III and George IV. The era covers the period from 1714 to 1830, with the sub-period of the Regency defined by the Regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III. The definition of the Georgian era is often extended to include the short reign of William IV, which ended with his death in 1837.

The term Georgian is typically used in the contexts of social and political history and architecture. The term "Augustan literature" is often used for Augustan drama, Augustan poetry and Augustan prose in the period 1700-1740s. The term "Augustan" refers to the acknowledgement of the influence of Latin literature from the ancient Roman Republic.

Georgian society and its preoccupations were well portrayed in the novels of writers such as Henry Fielding, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen, characterised by the architecture of Robert Adam, John Nash and James Wyatt and the emergence of the Gothic Revival style, which hearkened back to a supposed golden age of building design.