Nice article! The "George" approach may have been Herschel's plan to follow in Galileo's footsteps who honored the Medici family who were his patrons. There were pecuniary benefits in doing so for both astronomers. It was another that renamed the moons.
The problem was that the French were less than enthusiastic about a planet named for a British king. Then there were those colonists who weren't that thrilled either with honoring King George, I can imagine.
Surprisingly, it took about 40 years of debating to give us the no. 1 bathroom pun name that we have today, or is it no. 2? [sorry. My wife beats me up with that planet's name.] I prefer the original from Herschel given my name is...
George