During George III’s 60 year reign there were 172 of them; 91 resulted in death but only 18 came to trial from which just two were executed. What were they?

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Duels. In writing to Lord Londonderry on the occasion of the duel between the marquess and Ensign Battier in 1824, he had gone so far as to state that he considered the probability of the Hussars having to fight a duel or two a matter of no consequence. In the previous year there had been formed in London the association for the suppression of duelling. It included leading members of both houses of parliament and distinguished officers of both services. The first report, issued in 1844, ... desirous of devising some expedient by which the barbarous practice of duelling should be as much as possible discouraged. In the same debate Mr Turner reckoned the number of duels fought during the reign of George III. at 172, of which 91 had been attended with fatal results; yet in only two of these cases II had the punishment of death been inflicted. But though the affirmed this interpretation of the law. But here as elsewhere proposal of the prince consort to establish courts of honour met with no favour, yet it led to an important amendment of the articles of war (April 1844). The,98th article ordains that " every person who shall fight or promote a duel, or take any steps thereto, or who shall not do his best to prevent duel, shall, if an officer, be cashiered, or suffer such other penalty as a general court-martial may award." These articles, with a few verbal changes, were incorporated in the consolidated Army Act of 1899 (section 38), which is still in force. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/DRO_ECG/DUEL_Ital_duello_Lat_duellumold.html http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/DRO_ECG/DUEL_Ital_duello_Lat_duellumold.html">http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/duellumold.html Jul 31 06, 8:03 PM