| Authorised form of name | George I (1660 - 1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Other forms of name | George Louis |
| George Lewis |
| Other forms of surname | George Ludwig |
| Dates | 1660 - 1727 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Hanover, Germany |
| Date of birth | 28 May 1660 |
| Place of death | Osnabruck, Germany |
| Date of death | 12 June 1727 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The palace vaults at Hanover, Germany |
| Activity | Career:
Served in the Imperial Army (1675-1693); travelled to England (1680-1682); started to take part in the government of the Electorate owing to the ill health of his father (1694), succeeded him (1698); took on British nationality (1705); became a member of the College of Electors of the Imperial Diet (1708); Arch-Treasurer of the Empire (1710); inherited the throne of Great Britain and Ireland on the death of Queen Anne (1714)
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| Membership category | Patron |
| Date of election | 09/05/1727 |
| Relationships | Son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and his wife, Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England; married his cousin, Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George William, Duke of Luneberg-Celle, from whom he was divorced in 1694 after her affair with Count Konigsmark; father of George II (FRS 1727) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA7357 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CMO/2/336 | Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society | 27 April 1727 |
| IM/001630 | George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland | 1746 |