AGES OF ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVIII, 10 May 1910, Page 5

AGES OF ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS.

AND DURATION OF REIGN. As the longest reign in British history was that of the late Queen Victoria, so to her son, King Edward VII., belongs the Welsh record, for, prior to his accession to the Throne, His Majesty had borne the distinctioi associated with the Principality longer than any other British Prince, since its creation 600 years ag6. With one exception, William 1V.,; King Edward ascended the Throne at a riper age than any previous Sovereign, of England had attained at tnej time of his or her accession. The aVerage duration of life of the English rulers, since the Norman Conquest, in excluding Cromwell, is a , fraction over 53 years, whilst the duration of tfheir reigns, exclusiye of the Lord Protector and Mary 11., averages slightly- under ■23£ years. The following is a table indicating the ages and., length _of since William the Norman-: — reigns of English Kings and Queens Age at Duration Death of Reign. Name. Years. Years. William I '60 21 William II 43 13 Henry 1 67 35 Stephen 50 19 Henry II 56 35 Richard 1 42 10 John 50 17 Henry 111 65 56 Edward 1 68 35 Edward II 43 20 Edward 111 65 50 Richard II 34 22 Henry IV. 47 13 Henry V 34 9 Henr£ VI 49 39 Edward IV 41 22 Edward V 13 0 Richard 111 35 2 Henry VII 53 24 Henry VIII 56 38 Edward VI 16 6 Mary I : 43 5 . Elizabeth 70 44 James 1 59 22 Charles 1 48 24 Charles II 55 25 James II 65 6 William 111 51 13 Mary II 33 6 Anne 49 12 George 1.. 67 13 George II »77 06 George 111 82 59 George IV 68 10 William IV 72 7 Victoria 82 64 Edward VII 69 9