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So I'm totally jumping on the George Washington bandwagon but who cares! This may not be my best work but here's The American Cincinnatus as he lived in Hail, Britannia:
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George Washington, 1st Marquess of Mount Vernon was a British American soldier and statesman, who was a major figure in the American colonial unrest of the late eighteenth century. Born at his parents' estate in Westmoreland County, Colonial Virginia on 22 February 1732 (Gregorian calendar), Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, and the Washington family were moderately prosperous members of the Virginia gentry.
Spending parts of his early life as a surveyor in western Virginia, Washington is more well known for his military service, which began 1752 when he was commissioned as a Major in the Virginia colonial militia. Washington was involved in some of the early engagements of the French and Indian War, particularly in the sparsely settled Ohio Country. In 1755 Washington was the senior American-born aide to General Edward Braddock on the ill-fated expedition. Although the expedition was an unmitigated disaster, with Braddock's forces suffering devastating casualties, Washington was credited with demonstrating much braery and stamina. It was during this mission that he first met and befriended Daniel Taylor of New York, a friendship that would prove crucial in the coming decades.
Washington served with distinction in the colonial militia before retiring in 1758. In 1759 he marred the wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Cutis, and together raised her two children from her previous marriage; John Parke Custis (later 1st Viscount Abingdon) and Martha Parke Custis, who would marry George Taylor, 2nd Marquess of Valcour, the eldest son of Washington's close friend Daniel Taylor. The couple never had any children together. After their marriage, the pair settled in Mount Vernon near Alexandria.
Washington became involved in politics in 1758, when he was first elected to the Virignia House of Burgesses, and he served in the colonial legislature until 1765. He later became involved in the growing colonial unrest when he opposed the 1765 Stamp Act and the 1767 Townshend Acts, which he regarded as unlawful given the lack of colonial representation in the British Parliament. Washington regarded the passage of the Intolerable Acts in 1774 as "an Invasion of our Rights and Privileges", and in late 1774 he was sent by Virgina as a delegate to the Philadelphia Congress. Washington found the Congress to be split between loyalists and patriots, and it was here that Daniel Taylor used his longstanding friendship with Washington to persuade him to support reconciliation. With Washington's support for the loyalists many other delegates shifted to reconciliation, and he was one of the key individuals behind the Petition to the King. Washington, alongside Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Taylor, accompanied the Petition to London to be presented to King George III, an event commemorated by the painting entitled "The King and The Three Loyal Americans".
For services to the Crown, Washington was granted one of the first American peerages to be created in 1776 as the Marquess of Mount Vernon, and the title remains the Premier Marquess of America as well as retaining an hereditary seat in both the Imperial Council and the Virginia House of Lords. Washington served in the American Colonial Congress as a delegate from Virginia between 1776 and 1785, when he was appointed the 2nd President General (the monarch's viceregal representative), a position he held until his resignation in 1796. In 1785 Washington was also elected as one of the first American Representative Peers, a position he held until his death in 1799 at his plantation home.
A special request by Washington meant that upon his death his titles passed to his closest male relative, in this case his great-nephew John Thornton Augustine Washington. Washington is remembered as an important United Empire Loyalist and one of the Fathers of Imperial Federation, and is regularly ranked as one of the greatest British Americans in history (along with Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Taylor).
The Washington family is a British American political and land-owning family of English and Virginian descent, considered one of the preeminent aristocratic families of Britain-in-America. Descended from Augustine Washington (1694-1763), the most prominent member of the family was George Washington (1732-1799), 1st Marquess of Mount Vernon, who helped prevent the British North American colonies from breaking away from the Empire. In Virginia the family continues to be held in high esteem by the people, and are sometimes described as "Virginia's First Family" or "the unofficial Virginian royal family", and many members have held prominent roles in government in both Virginia, where several Washingtons have served as Viceroy, and the wider United Kingdom.
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George Washington, 1st Marquess of Mount Vernon was a British American soldier and statesman, who was a major figure in the American colonial unrest of the late eighteenth century. Born at his parents' estate in Westmoreland County, Colonial Virginia on 22 February 1732 (Gregorian calendar), Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, and the Washington family were moderately prosperous members of the Virginia gentry.
Spending parts of his early life as a surveyor in western Virginia, Washington is more well known for his military service, which began 1752 when he was commissioned as a Major in the Virginia colonial militia. Washington was involved in some of the early engagements of the French and Indian War, particularly in the sparsely settled Ohio Country. In 1755 Washington was the senior American-born aide to General Edward Braddock on the ill-fated expedition. Although the expedition was an unmitigated disaster, with Braddock's forces suffering devastating casualties, Washington was credited with demonstrating much braery and stamina. It was during this mission that he first met and befriended Daniel Taylor of New York, a friendship that would prove crucial in the coming decades.
Washington served with distinction in the colonial militia before retiring in 1758. In 1759 he marred the wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Cutis, and together raised her two children from her previous marriage; John Parke Custis (later 1st Viscount Abingdon) and Martha Parke Custis, who would marry George Taylor, 2nd Marquess of Valcour, the eldest son of Washington's close friend Daniel Taylor. The couple never had any children together. After their marriage, the pair settled in Mount Vernon near Alexandria.
Washington became involved in politics in 1758, when he was first elected to the Virignia House of Burgesses, and he served in the colonial legislature until 1765. He later became involved in the growing colonial unrest when he opposed the 1765 Stamp Act and the 1767 Townshend Acts, which he regarded as unlawful given the lack of colonial representation in the British Parliament. Washington regarded the passage of the Intolerable Acts in 1774 as "an Invasion of our Rights and Privileges", and in late 1774 he was sent by Virgina as a delegate to the Philadelphia Congress. Washington found the Congress to be split between loyalists and patriots, and it was here that Daniel Taylor used his longstanding friendship with Washington to persuade him to support reconciliation. With Washington's support for the loyalists many other delegates shifted to reconciliation, and he was one of the key individuals behind the Petition to the King. Washington, alongside Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Taylor, accompanied the Petition to London to be presented to King George III, an event commemorated by the painting entitled "The King and The Three Loyal Americans".
For services to the Crown, Washington was granted one of the first American peerages to be created in 1776 as the Marquess of Mount Vernon, and the title remains the Premier Marquess of America as well as retaining an hereditary seat in both the Imperial Council and the Virginia House of Lords. Washington served in the American Colonial Congress as a delegate from Virginia between 1776 and 1785, when he was appointed the 2nd President General (the monarch's viceregal representative), a position he held until his resignation in 1796. In 1785 Washington was also elected as one of the first American Representative Peers, a position he held until his death in 1799 at his plantation home.
A special request by Washington meant that upon his death his titles passed to his closest male relative, in this case his great-nephew John Thornton Augustine Washington. Washington is remembered as an important United Empire Loyalist and one of the Fathers of Imperial Federation, and is regularly ranked as one of the greatest British Americans in history (along with Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Taylor).
The Washington family is a British American political and land-owning family of English and Virginian descent, considered one of the preeminent aristocratic families of Britain-in-America. Descended from Augustine Washington (1694-1763), the most prominent member of the family was George Washington (1732-1799), 1st Marquess of Mount Vernon, who helped prevent the British North American colonies from breaking away from the Empire. In Virginia the family continues to be held in high esteem by the people, and are sometimes described as "Virginia's First Family" or "the unofficial Virginian royal family", and many members have held prominent roles in government in both Virginia, where several Washingtons have served as Viceroy, and the wider United Kingdom.
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