Who was the last king to lead the
British Army into battle in 1743?
CORRECT
George II
1727 - 1760
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King George II became the second of the Hanoverian monarchs of Great Britain, and like his father George I,
he faced a Jacobite rebellion to restore the Stuart line.
At the age of 60, he became the last reigning monarch
to lead the British Army into battle against the French
at Dettingen in 1743.