Educated at Oxford, he was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington (1811), was briefly engaged to Princess Charlotte, and succeeded his father in 1840.

REFERENCES TO William II, king of the Netherlands:

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 23 March 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 21 June 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Major Andrew Hamilton to Thomas Creevey, 25 March 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Major Andrew Hamilton to Thomas Creevey, 26 March 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [June? 1816?] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 21 July 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)