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Our next accession of territory was Florida, which was acquired from Spain by the treaty of February 22, 1819. (The Atlantic)

Notable legacies from his reign include the accession of territory in the shape of Orkney and Shetland via his wife Margaret of Denmark’s dowry debt as well as curbing the Lords of the Isles which, as podcast Rexfactor states, effectively brought about the “end of the Gaelic part of Scotland being a separate powerful entity.” (Discover Britain)