Editing Greenwich (section)

=== Hanoverian ===

[[George I of Great Britain|George I]] landed at Greenwich from Hanover on his accession in 1714. His successor [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] granted the Royal Hospital for Seamen the forfeited estates of the [[Jacobite rising of 1715|Jacobite]] [[James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater|Earl of Derwentwater]], which allowed the building to be completed by 1751.

In 1805, [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] granted the Queen's House to the [[Royal Naval Asylum]] (an orphanage school), which amalgamated in 1821–1825 with the Greenwich Hospital School. Extended with the buildings that now house the National Maritime Museum, it was renamed the [[Royal Hospital School]] by [[Queen Victoria]] in 1892.

[[George IV]] donated nearly 40 paintings to the hospital in 1824, at a stroke creating a gallery in the [[Painted Hall]]. These now form the Greenwich Hospital Collection at the National Maritime Museum. Subsequently, [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] and [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]] were both regular donors and visitors to the gallery.