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 378 CORNWALL. King's Inn, Dublin ; entered the Army, 1886 ; Capt. 10th Royal Hussars and personal A.D.C. to the Queen, 18S7 ; Grand Cross of the Lion of the Netherlands ; Knight at the Annuuciata of Italy, of Charles III of Spain, of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, &c] Edward IV. and great-great-grandson of Edward III ; (2) Edward Plantagenet, s. and h. ap. of Richard (afterwards, 1483, Richard III), Duke of Gloucester. He became Prince of Wales, &c. 1483. Snawdon i.e. Snowdou]. Barony ; 1726. <r. with the Dukedom of Edinburgh, which see. Somerset, Dukedom ; 1499, Edmund Tudor, 3rd s. of Henry VII. Strathearn, Dukedom; (1) 1766. see under "Cumberland and Strathearn"; (2) 1799, see under "Kent and Strathearn" ; (3) 1874, see under " Connaught and Strathearn." Sussex, Duktdom ■ 1801, 1I.11.H. Augustus Frederick, yr. a. of George III : Earldom, 1874 ; c: with the Dukedom of Connaught, which see. Tewkesbury, Barony ; 1706, ci. with the Dukedom of Cambridge, which see. Tipperary, Earldom ; 1801. cr. with the Dukedom of Cambridge, which see. Tiviotdale, Dukedom ; 1799, see under " Cumberland and Tiviotdale." Trkmaton, Viscountcy ; 1726, cr. with the Dukedom of Cumberland, which see. Ulster, Earldom [I.] ; (1) 1352, acquired, j'iretuxorit, by Lionel Plantagenet (after- wards, 1362, Duke of Clarence), yr. s. of Edward III. In his posterity it remained till in 1461 it became mcrqed in the Crown ; (2) 1659, James (Stuart), Duke of York (afterwards, 1685, Jamas II), 2nd s. of Charles I ; (3) 1716 (4) 1760, and (5) 1784, cr. with the Dukedom of York and Albany, which see : Earldom [U.K.] 1866, cr. with the Earldom of Kent and the Dukedom of Edinburgh. See " Edinburgh." Warren, Earldom ; 1477, cr. with the Dukedom of Norfolk, which see. Warwick, Earldom ; 1472, George (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence, br. of Kdward IV, and great-great-grandson of Edward III. Wokingham, Barony ■ 1689, cr. with the Dukedom of Cumberland, which see. York, Dukedom ; (1) 1385, Edmund (Plantagenet), Earl of Cambridge, yr. s. of Edward III ; (2) 1474, Richard Plantagenet, 2nd s. of Edward IV ; (3) 1491, Henry Tudor (afterwards, 1509, Henry VIII), 2nd s. of Henry VII; (4) 1605, Charles (Stuart), Duke of Albany [S.] (afterwards, 1625, Charles I), 2nd son of James I : (5) 1644, James Stuart (afterwards, 1685, James II), 2nd son of Charles I ; York and Albany, Dukedom ; (1) 1716, Ernest Augustus (of Brunswick-Luneburg), br. of George I and yr. s. of the Electress Sophia, who had been declared heiress presump- tive to the Crown ; (2) 1760, JT.E. B. Edward Augustus, next br. of George III and grandson of George II ; (3) 1784, E. II. II. Frederick, 2nd s. of George III. There are two articles in "the Her. and Gen.," Vol, br, one (pp. 170-176) on "Royal titles of Peerage, 1494-1866," and the other (pp. 270-273) on "Semi Royal titles of Peerage." In the first it is pointed out how, since the accession of the Sonne of York, the Dukedom of York has, for 4 centuries, invariably," when vacant, been bestowed on the tecond son of the Sovereign (a tradition followed by the House of Stuart, even in exile) till 1866, when the second son of the Sovereign waser. Dukk of Edinburgh, two royal titles, however (that of Kent, which, as a Dukedom, had been enjoyed by his grandfather, and the important and historic one of Ulster), being, with a somewhat lavish prodigality, added as Earldomx, by which act both these titles, in a great measure, and one almost entirely must thereby remain, during such then- tenure, in obscurity. The second article (by " N. H. S.") deals with Peerages '* bestowed upon the left handed relatives of our Princes," i.e. the bastards and mistresses of our Kings since the accession of the House of Tudor. The persons thus ennobled (no mention being made of inferior titles) were 1 8, vis. 1 1 bastards and 7 mistresses. As to the former, one peerage, the Dukedom of Richmond and Somerset, 1525, was granted by Henry VIII ; *et>cn, viz. the Dukedoms of (1) Monmouth, 1663 ; (2) Grafton, 1672: (3) Southampton, 1674 ; (4) Northumberland, 1674; (5) Rich- mond, 1675 ; (6) St. Alban's, 1676, and (7) the Earldom of Plymouth, 1675, were granted by Charles II : one, the Dukedom of Berwick, 1687, by James II ; one, the Earldom of Walsingham, 1722, by George I, and one, the Earldom of Munster, 1831, by William IV. Of the seven ladies whose honours were thus rfwhonourably acquired, wo, viz. (1) the Duchess of Cleveland, 1670, and (2) the Duchess of Portsmouth,
 * See also, ante, p. 369, note " c," circa Jinan.