Editing George IV (section)

===Arms===
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| image1   = Coat of Arms of the Hanoverian Princes of Wales (1714-1760).svg
| caption1 = As Prince of Wales (1763–1801)
| image2   = Coat of Arms of George, Prince of Wales and Prince Regent (1762-1820).svg
| caption2 = As Prince of Wales and Prince Regent (1801–1820)
| image3   = Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg
| caption3 = As King (1820–1830)
| image4   = Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom in Scotland (1816-1837).svg
| caption4 = As King (in Scotland) (1820–1830)
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George's [[Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales|coat of arms as the Prince of Wales]] was the [[royal arms]] (with an [[inescutcheon]] of [[Gules]] plain in the Hanoverian [[Quartering (heraldry)|quarter]]), [[Cadency labels of the British royal family|differenced by a label]] of three points [[Argent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Velde |first=Francois R. |title=Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family |url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm |access-date=11 May 2013 |website=Heraldica}}</ref> The arms included the royal [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]] and [[supporter]]s but with the single arched [[coronet]] of his rank, all charged on the shoulder with a similar [[Label (heraldry)|label]]. His arms followed the change in the royal arms in 1801, when the Hanoverian quarter became an inescutcheon and the French quarter was dropped altogether.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15324|page=2|date=30 December 1800}}</ref> The 1816 alteration did not affect him as it only applied to the arms of the King.<ref name="pinches">{{Cite book |last1=Pinches |first1=John Harvey |title=The Royal Heraldry of England |last2=Pinches |first2=Rosemary |publisher=Hollen Street Press |year=1974 |isbn=0-900455-25-X |series=Heraldry Today |location=Slough, Buckinghamshire |pages=228–229}}</ref>

As king, George's arms were those of his two kingdoms, the United Kingdom and Hanover, superimposed: Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions [[passant guardant]] in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] ([[Royal Arms of England|for England]]); II Or a lion [[rampant]] within a [[Orle (heraldry)#Tressure|double tressure]] flory-counter-flory Gules ([[Royal coat of arms of Scotland|for Scotland]]); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent ([[Coat of arms of Ireland|for Ireland]]); overall an escutcheon [[Division of the field|tierced in pall reversed]] (for Hanover), I Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), II Or a [[semy]] of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (for Lüneburg), III Gules a horse [[Attitude (heraldry)#Courant|courant]] Argent ([[Coat of arms of Lower Saxony|for Westphalia]]), overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with the crown of Charlemagne Or, the whole escutcheon surmounted by a crown.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17149|page=1237|date=29 June 1816}}</ref>