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 374 CORNWALL. XXI. 1762, JJ.R.U. Geokge Augustus Frederick, the Prince of to Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Luueburg,( n ) DUKE OK 1820. CORNWALL, as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &c. [S.], was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being 1st s. and h. ap. of King George Ill,( b ) by Charlotte Sophia, da. of Charles ham, Gband Duke ov Mecklenbubg-Stbelitji. He was b. 12 Aug. 1762, at St James' Palace, and bap. there 8 Sep. his grandmcther, the Dow. Princess of Wales, and his great uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Duke of Mecklcnburg-Strelitz being sponsors. He had, previously, when 7 days old, been cr. 19 Aug. 1762, Prince of "Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to bis heirs, Kings of Great Britain. EL and iuv. KG., 26 Dec. 1765, inst. 25 July 1771 ; Col. in the Army, 1782 ; Col. of the 10th Light Dragoons, 1796. D.C.L. of Oxford (by diploma), 2 May 1810. Regent of the Kingdom, 6 Feb. 1811. Knight of St. Andrew of Russia, 25 Nov. 1813 ; of St. Alexander Newski of Russia ; of the Saint Esprit of France. 20 April 1814 ; and of the Golden Fleece of Austria, July 1815. He m. 8 April 1795, at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace, his first cousin, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, 2nd da. of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke or Bbunswick-Woli enbcttkll, by Augusta, rldest sister to King Geokge III. She, who was b. 17 May 1768, was living when her husband, on 29 Jan. 1820, ascended the throne as George IV, whereby all his honours mcnjcd in the Crcncn. XXII. 1841. H.R.H. Alrert Edward, the Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DUKE OF CORNWALL, also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, EARL UF CARRICK, BARON OF RENFREW [S.], Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland, also DuKJS ov Saxonii, was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being 1st s. and h. ap. of ftueen Victoria, by U.JIM. Albert, Pbince Consort, Prince of Saxe Coburgh and Gotha, and Duke of Saxony. He was 4. 9 Nov. 1841, at Buckingham Palace, Midx., and was bap. (in state) 25 Jan. following, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, the King of Prussia (who was himself present) being one of the sponsors. He had 'previously (like his great uncle, King George IV), when less than a month old, been cr., 8 Dec. 1841, Prince of "Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of the United Kingdom,^) by which creation he became K.G., though not installed till Nov. 1858, on his birthday of l7.( d ) On 17 Jan. 1850 he was c? EARL OF DUBLIN " to hold to him and his heirs Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for ever."(°) Knight of the Golden Fleece, May 1852 ; Col. in th Army, ( a ) See p. 372, note " b." ( b ) George III, not being fdius Regis, ill consequently not Duke of Cornwall, and was the only instance, since the creation of that Dukedom in 1337, of the heir apparent not possessing that dignity. In the parallel case of a grandson and heir ap . (that of Richard, afterwards King Richard II) the Dukedom was in Nov. 1376, conferred by creation, as it was also, when Richard (Plantagenet), Duke of York was declared " lieir apparent," by act of Pari, in 1460. There are six instances, however, where the Dukes of Cornwall never obtained the| Principality of Wales and Earldom of Chester. See p. 231, note " b," circa finem. (•) A copy of this patent is in the Annual Reg. for 1841. ( d ) In the statute, 10 Jan. 1805, it was recited that " the Prince of Wales is a con- stituent part of the original institution " of the order. The effect of this was " to restore the Prince of Wales to his former position within that number" (i.e. the original number of 25 Knights) of which he had been deprived by the statute of 1786 whereby " all the sons of the Sovereign " were excepted from forming part of the original number of 20. See Beltz's " Order of the Garter," pp. exxxii and exxxv, at which last page (note "i ") " the fallacy of the reasoning " in the Btatuteof 1805 is made "apparent." It is to be observed also that [long before 1786] George, Prince of Wales (1762), was not elected K.G. till 1765, vice the Duke of Devonshire, while Edward, Prince of Wales (1471) appears not to have been elected till 1475. ( e ) His grandfather, the Duke of Kent, had, in 1799, been cr. Earl of Dublin (ex. 1820), and a like title 'ex. 1790) had previously been conferred in 1766 on the Duke of Cumberland, br. to King George III, but both of these Peerages were of the king- dom of Ireland only, whereas this Earldom 6f Dublin is one of the United Kingdom.