George V death of his grandmother in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George V's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected British House of Commons over the unelected House of Lords. As a result of the First World War (1914–1918), the empires of his first cousins Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of
King George V School (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) South Tarawa, where it opened in 1922. For much of its history its headmaster was a New Zealander, F. G. L. Holland. At some point it moved to Abemama. It moved to Bikenibeu, South Tarawa in 1953. By 1955 students from Motufoua Secondary School in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu) were boarding at King George V. In 1965 KGV merged with the girls' school Elaine Bernacchi School (EBS) to form the coeducational King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School. It had 150 students in 1955. King George V School (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) King George V School (KGV)