Antique Photo Signed by King George V Given to His Physician Sir Willans 1927

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Fine antique photograph by E.O. Hopps (lower right hand corner), signed and dated 1927 in ink by King George V (1865-1936). Given to his physician Sir Frederic Jeune Willans K.C.V.O. (1884-1949). He was Surgeon-Apothecary to the Royal Household at Sandringham, the successor and son-in-law of Sir Alan Reeve Manby.

"George R.I. 1927"

He was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), and the grandson of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On the death of his grandmother Queen Victoria in 1901, George's father became King-Emperor of the British Empire, and George was made Prince of Wales. He succeeded his father in 1910. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.

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Size: 19.5 x 25 cm approx