FREE WILLIAM THE FOURTH PDF Richmal Crompton,Thomas Henry,Lydia Monks | 304 pages | 01 Nov 2015 | Pan MacMillan | 9781447285618 | English | London, United Kingdom William The Fourth Cruises British Broadcasting Corporation Home. He was known both as the 'Sailor King' and as 'Silly Billy'. His reign saw the passing of the Reform Act of William was born at Buckingham Palace in London William the Fourth 21 August At the age of 13 he began a career in the Royal Navy. William the Fourth enjoyed his time at sea, seeing service in America and the West Indies and becoming admiral of the fleet in Inhe was created Duke of Clarence. From the early s untilWilliam lived with his mistress, the actress Dorothy Jordan. They had 10 children who took the surname Fitzclarence. InWilliam's oldest brother George became prince regent later William the Fourth IV when their father was declared insane. The death of the prince regent's only daughter in resulted in a scramble among George's brothers to marry and produce heirs. He was initially very popular. His insistence on a simple coronation contrasted with the extravagance of his brother's reign. William's reign was dominated by the Reform crisis. It began almost immediately when the Duke of Wellington's Tory government, which William supported, lost the general election in August The Whigs, led by Lord Grey, came to power intent on pushing William the Fourth electoral reform against William the Fourth opposition in the Commons and the Lords. Another general election in gave the Whigs a majority in the Commons but the Lords continued to reject the Reform Bill. There was a political crisis during the winter ofwith riots in some parts of the country. The king eventually agreed to create enough new Whig peers to get the bill through the House of Lords, but the Lords, who had opposed it, backed down and William the Fourth was passed. The Reform Act abolished some of the worst abuses of the electoral system and extended the franchise to the middle classes. Search term:. Read more. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider William the Fourth your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. William died on 20 Junewithout surviving children. His niece Victoria succeeded him. World War One Centenary. Settings Sign out. William IV | Biography & Facts | Britannica Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — William the Fourth by Richmal Crompton. There is only one William. The loveable imp and his band of Outlaws have been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, William invents a water race where competitors have to run with a mouth full of water, without swallowing it or spitting it out. It's just a shame William the Fourth doesn't have time to think before speaking to an There is only one William. It's just a shame he doesn't have time to think before speaking to and drenching! Adolphus Crane during the race! Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published November 1st by Macmillan UK first published More Details Original Title. Just William 4. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends William the Fourth of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about William the Fourthplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of William the Fourth Just William, 4. William the Fourth last year I came upon the William the Fourth of the library of a very wealth Swiss family. The dispersal of the expensive chattels of the estate, including the better books, was undertaken by one of those auction houses that specialises in the disposal of rich history. But the dregs of the books, as well as other very minor bits ended up in the stock of one of the sellers I frequent at the open air book markets in Geneva. A few of the items, though valueless, had the emblem of the house upon them, whic Early last year I came upon the dregs of the library of a very wealth Swiss family. A few of the items, though valueless, had the emblem of the house upon them, which is why I could tell what they were. William the Fourth or not, this was a family which had loved reading over hundreds of years and here were items from the s to s William the Fourth thereabouts, reflecting their interest in English William the Fourth for young and old. Some of it I bought out of sheer curiosity, authors like Barbara Pym I'd never read, but perhaps I should. William I bought because I adored these William the Fourth as a kid and haven't read them since the s. They had aged well then - this early one was first published in - and fifty years later again they are still standing up as fresh, fun and elegantly written. Apparently an attempt is being made to rehabilitate Crompton as a writer for adults. I must dip into that: if they are anything like as good as her books for children, they'll be a pleasure to snort over, taking care William the Fourth to spill one's cup of tea while doing that. Most of the stories are strong - I see one or two complaints on GR that they are repetitive from book to book, but children want that. If they are going to reread the same book over and over, why not stories that are the same but different? I particularly love the one where a big company opens a sweet shop in the village, undercutting Mr Moss with William the Fourth they have always shopped. Come Saturday they take their money to the new shop, get served by a girl who doesn't care and thinks having to sell to them in h'penny lots is ridiculous. As they walk along chomping on their lollies, they pass Mr Moss's shop. He is very sad, quite unlike his usual jolly self. He can't put his prices any lower, but, just like Amazon, the new shop has the financial power to sacrifice short term profits for the long term gains of putting William the Fourth Moss out of business with the cooperation William the Fourth the locals. He stresses to the boys that they are doing the right thing, of course they have to go to the cheaper shop, but vague ideas appear in the minds of the boys. William and his gang start realising that it isn't necessarily good to buy cheapest. They want Mr Moss to be happy. They talk about how when they buy from Mr Moss he cares, he is always interested in what they buy. He welcomes their purchasing a h'penny worth at a time. They are sure, now that they think about William the Fourth, that his sweets taste better too. But what to do? William the Fourth a campaign to William the Fourth people buy from Mr Moss, but how can they, they have no weight, why would anybody notice? Ah, but William, as William the Fourth has a plan. And as usual, no matter how many plans go awry, his followers fall into the next without a moment's hesitation. The Duke is going to be in town to open a Sale of Work. When he appears on stage to do that, unbeknownst to him, he has a big sign on his back advertising Mr Moss's shop. As he wanders around the Sale, the locals summon the Vicar to tell the Duke what's on his back, a large crowd following him around due to the unlikely sight. Just as the Vicar explains and takes the sign off to show the Duke, William and his cohorts appear, each wearing placards with creative spelling announcing the various benefits of Mr Moss's sweets. The Duke can recognise a ringleader when he sees one. He asks for William to be brought to him. William in his tripping over his tongue enthusiastic way explains about Mr Moss and the Amazon-like attempt to close him down and how much they want to help and that nobody would notice them unless, he William the Fourth, they could put their sign on an important person who would William the Fourth decent enough to care. Well, the Duke's been to more Sales of Work than he cares to think about and this is William the Fourth first bright moment he's had for many an appearance. He tells William and the others that they must discuss this further over ices. The eager captive audience of lads listens to his tales of adventure like big game hunting and together they discuss Red Indians and pirates. Then the Duke, with boys in hand, goes to visit Mr Moss. He buys a pound of sweets for each boy and he makes a standing order for himself of cokernuts.