<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> George II </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Portrait by Thomas Hudson , 1744 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> King of Great Britain and Ireland Elector of Hanover ( more ... ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reign </Th> <Td> 11 / 22 June 1727 -- 25 October 1760 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coronation </Th> <Td> 11 / 22 October 1727 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Predecessor </Th> <Td> George I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Successor </Th> <Td> George III </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Ministers </Th> <Td> See list ( show ) <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Robert Walpole </Li> <Li> Lord Wilmington </Li> <Li> Henry Pelham </Li> <Li> The Duke of Newcastle </Li> <Li> The Duke of Devonshire </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 30 October / 9 November 1683 Herrenhausen Palace , or Leine Palace , Hanover </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 25 October 1760 ( 1760 - 10 - 25 ) ( aged 76 ) Kensington Palace , London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Burial </Th> <Td> 11 November 1760 Westminster Abbey , London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse </Th> <Td> Caroline of Ansbach ( m . 1705 ; d . 1737 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Issue Detail </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Frederick , Prince of Wales </Li> <Li> Anne , Princess of Orange </Li> <Li> Princess Amelia </Li> <Li> Princess Caroline </Li> <Li> Prince George William </Li> <Li> William , Duke of Cumberland </Li> <Li> Mary , Landgravine of Hesse - Kassel </Li> <Li> Louisa , Queen of Denmark and Norway </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Full name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> George Augustus German : Georg August </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> House </Th> <Td> Hanover </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Father </Th> <Td> George I of Great Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mother </Th> <Td> Sophia Dorothea of Celle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> Protestant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the king of england in 1756
George II