For whom were the three orchestral suites, in F, D and G Major, together usually known as Water Music, composed in 1717?

Question

For whom were the three orchestral suites, in F, D and G Major, together usually known as the Water Music, composed in 1717?

Answer 1

King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
George Frideric Handel composed the pieces for the relatively new king, recently simply the Prince-Elector of Hanover, to accompany a royal and elaborate excursion up the Thames toward Chelsea.