Regency era Regency era The Regency in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a period when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son ruled as his proxy as Prince Regent. On the death of George III in 1820, the Prince Regent became George IV. The term Regency (or Regency era) can refer to various stretches of time; some are longer than the decade of the formal Regency which lasted from 1811–1820. The period from 1795 to 1837, which includes the latter part of the reign of George III and the reigns of his sons George
Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796) Citations References Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796) Wheat prices in Britain spiked in 1795, following an almost 40% drop in domestic output per acre. Popular pressure forced the British Government to charter transport vessels to import rice from Bengal. The price of a "Winchester bushel" averaged about 6s 6d in 1794, but peaked at 13s 6d in August 1795. The price did not return 6s 6d until March 1796. During the period of high prices municipal governments in towns such as Oxford and Cambridge seized cargoes of wheat passing through them, something that