Born in Germany, he would retain a heavy accent all his life even though, in 1701 when his grandmother had been declared heir to the British throne, he had been given English tutors. Having lost his mother at a young age, it was their grandmother who brought him up together with his sister Sophia Dorothea. 
In 1705 he became a British subject and married. In 1706 he received English titles, the main one being Duke of Cambridge. When his father became king in 1714, he first became Duke of Cornwall and 
Rothesay; later the same year he was created Prince of Wales. Until 1717, the relationship between father and son had been good, but the trivial disagreement about god-parents for a shortlived son sparked a quarrel that would last the rest of his father's life. 

In 1727 he became king and in 1729 peace was made with Spain. In 1743, George II, partaking in the battle of Dettingen, was the last British monarch to be involved personally in war. 1745 saw another 
Jacobite uprising which was repressed by George II's son, the Duke of Cumberland who, from then onwards was known as "Butcher Cumberland". War ended on the continent in 1748, but war with France again broke out in 1755. In 1759 the British defeated the French then conquered Canada, Guadeloupe and Senegal, thus forming the beginning of the British Empire. 
His marriage had been happy and successful although he, too, had his share of mistresses. He also repeated the arguments between father and son with his own son, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, who died nine years before him, thus making his grandson, George (III), the next king when he himself died suddenly in 1760. 
 

Source: Leo van de Pas