GEOBGE I. 289 GEORGE merly used by the kings of Ireland and Scotland, and for several centuries un- derlying the coronation chair in West- minster Abbey, about the time of the king's accession, added to the specula- tion. One of the first important acts of George V. was to visit India, where a durbar was held in 1911. During the World War the role played by the king was inconspicuous, and was confined largely to visiting the wounded and appearing in public on patriotic occa- sions. The royal couple have had five sons, and one daughter: Edward, Prince of Wales; Albei't; Mary; Henry; George, and John (d.) In 1919 the Prince of "Wales made a tour of the world, as his father had done previously, and visited the United States. GEORGE I., King of the Hellenes; born in Copenhagen, Dec. 24, 1845. He was second son of the King of Denmark. In 1863 he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly. In 1867 he married the Princess Olga, a niece of the Russian czar. His conduct as a con- stitutional monarch was always correct and regular, and he won the popular sympathies by the efforts he made on be- half of the expansion of Greek nation- ality. His children were bred in the Greek faith. He was assassinated in 1913. See Greece; Balkan Wars. GEORGE, Duke of Clarence, and brother of Edward IV., King of Eng- land. He espoused the cause of Henry VI. and his queen, Margaret of Anjou, against his brother and sovereign. He married a daughter of the Earl of War- wick (the "king-maker") , and joined him in his revolt against the royal au- thority. Being taken prisoner he was condemned to death. The unfortunate prince is said to have drowned himself in a butt of Malmsey wine in 1478. GEORGE, DAVID LLOYD. See Lloyd George, David. GEORGE. GRACE, an American act- ress, born in New York City in 1880. She received a convent education and made her first appearance on the stage in 1894 in "The New Boy." She sub- sequently appeared in "The Girl I Left Behind Me"; "Charley's Aunt"; "Her Majesty"; "The Two Orphans"; "The Truth"; and other plays. In 1915 she established the Playhouse Company, playing repertory, in New York City. In this house were given "Major Brass- bound's Conversion" and other plays. In 1899 she married William A. Brady. GEORGE. HENRY, an American nolitical economist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2, 1839; received a common school education; went to California in 1859; worked as a newspaper compositor for a number of years; became an editor in 1867, and later was connected with several California periodicals; removed to New York City in 1880. He was nom- inated by the Labor Party for mayor of New York in 1886; received 67,000 votes; but was defeated. In 1897 he was again nominated for mayor by sev- eral organizations united under the name of the "Democracy of Thomas Jeff"erson." Though urged to use cau- tion against overwork, he began the campaign with gi'eat enthusiasm. Dur- ing the night of Oct. 28, he made four addresses and retired about midnight, but soon had a stroke of apoplexy and died before morning. His publications include "Progress and Poverty" (1879) ; "The Land Question" (1881) ; "Social Problems" (1883); "Property in Land"; "Protection and Free Trade" (1886) ; etc. GEORGE, HENRY, JUNIOR, an American public official, son of Henry George (g. v.), born in Sacramento, Cal. At an early age he became a printer, then a journalist, and in 1883 acted as his father's secretary during an ex- tended lecture tour in this country and abroad. In 1897, his father having been nominated candidate for Mayor of New York and dying before the election, the son succeeded him in the political cam- paign as candidate, but was defeated. In 1906 he was correspondent for a newspaper syndicate in Japan. In 1909 he was correspondent for Collier's Weekly in London, where he at the same time campaigned during a general elec- tion for the British budget, a political measure based on the land taxation theories of Henry George the elder. Re- turning home, he was elected to the LFnited States Congi-ess from the 17th New York District (1911-1913) and again from the 21st New York District for the 63d Congress (1913-1915). He died in 1916. He was the author of "The Life of Henry George" (1900); "The Men- ace of Privilege" (1905) ; "The Romance of John Bainbridge" (1916). GEORGE, W. L., an English jour- nalist and author, born in Paris, 1882, finished his education in University of Paris and in Germany, and was succes- sively an analytical chemist,^ civil en- gineer, lawyer, soldier, and journalist. During the World War he served in the French Army. In London he be- came known as a clever journalist, capa- ble of discussing a wide range of sub- jects. His novels include; "A Bed of Roses" (1911); "The City of Light" (1912) ; "The Making of an English-
