On This Day in Masonic History

June 26, 1830 George IV (George Augustus Frederick) passes away in Windsor Castle, Berkshire at age 67. He was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover following the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

George IV was Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England from 1792 to 1812. He was also the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1806 to 1820.