List of German Britons
Encyclopedia
Aristocracy
- George I of Great BritainGeorge I of Great BritainGeorge I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
, born in Hanover - George II of Great BritainGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
, born in Hanover - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAdmiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, the son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse
Entertainment
- Julian ClaryJulian ClaryJulian Peter McDonald Clary is an English comedian and novelist, known for his deliberately stereotypical camp style, with a heavy reliance on innuendo and double entendre.-Early life and education:...
, comedian whose great-grandfather and great-grandmother were born in Germany
Politics
- Andrew BronsAndrew BronsAndrew Henry William Brons is a British politician. Long active in far right politics in Britain, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the British National Party at the 2009 European Parliament election...
, British National Party politician, whose great-grandfather was German - Joseph JonasJoseph JonasJoseph Jonas was the German-born Lord Mayor of Sheffield, England in 1904–05.Jonas was born in Bingen am Rhein, Prussia in 1845, and became a naturalized British citizen in 1876. The same year he married Lucy Ann Earle; they had 5 sons and one daughter. After Jonas' death his widow remarried, to...
, former Mayor of Sheffield and Imperial German Consul to the city