George III of the United Kingdom experienced the defeat of France early on in his reign and continued pursuing military goals in his career.
 George III said that Britain was confronted by the "most serious crisis the nation ever knew"
George III was dubbed "Farmer George" by satirists, at first to mock his interest in mundane matters rather than politics, but later to portray him as a man of the people, contrasting his homely thrift with his son's grandiosity

