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 CUMBERLAND. 441 II. 1G89, George, Prince of Denmark, youngest sou of to FitKDKHicK III, KlNO OP Denmark, by Sophia Amelia, da. of George, 1708. Duke ok Luneburo, b. 2( ! >) April 1653 at Copenhagen, Knight of the Elephant of Denmark, having m. 28 July 16S3, at the Royal chapel, St. James, the Princess Anne, niece of Charles II, 2nd da. of 1I.R.II. James (Stuart), Duke of York (afterwards, 16S5, James II) was naturalised, 20 Sep. 1683 ; el. and inv. K.G. 1 Jan. 16S3/4, inst. 8 April 1681 ; was chief mourner at the funeral of Charles II ; P.C., 16So (to James II) and (to Will. Ill) 16S9, and was, on 9 April 1689 cr. BARON OCKINGHAM [i.e. Wokingham], co. Berks, EARL OF KENDAL, co. Westmorland and DUKE OF CUMBERLAND; Ch. Com. of Greenwich Hospital, 1695; chief mourner at the funeral of William III, on whose death, S March 1701/2, his consort became Sovereign as Queen Anne. In 1702 he was made Generalissimo of all the Forces, Lord High Admiral, Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, &c. F.R.S., &G. He d., s.p.s., at Kensington Palace, 2S Oct. and was bur. 13 Nov. 1708 in Westm. Abbey, when all his honours became extinct. The Queen, lu's widow, who was b. 6 Feb. 1664/5, at St James' palace, d. 1 Aug. 1714 and was bur. the 24th, near her husband. III. 172G, HM.H. William Augustus, Prince of Great Britain to and Ireland, also Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, 2nd s. of King nC). George II (then Prince of Wales) by Caroline, da. of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansrach, 6. 15 April 1721 at St. James Palace, was, when 4 years old, uom. KB., 27 May 1725, being the first Knight companion of that, then newly revived, order, and was, next year, or. 27 July 1726, bv his grandfather, BARON OF ALDEUNEY, VISCOUNT TREMATON, co. Cornwall, EARL OF KENNINGTON, co. Surrey, MARQUESS OF I'.EltKlIAMPSTEAD, co. Hertford and DUKE OF CUMBERLAND ;('') el. and inv. K.G. IS May and inst. IS June 1730; CoL Coldstream Guards 1740, when still under age, was wounded at the battle of Dettiugeu in 1743, in which his Father was present ; was Capt.-Gen. of the Army, 1747-57, being chief in command at the bloody but unsuccessful battle of Fontenoy 1745, and at the battle of Culloden, 1746. He resigned all his military commands, after concluding the convention of Closterseven with the French, signed 10 Sep. 1757 (whereby 38,000 Hanoverians laid down their arms), a treaty considered very humiliatiug by the King. P.C., 1746 ; Chancellor of the Univ. of St. Andrews, 1746, of the Univ. of Dublin, 1751 ; Ranger of Windsor Forest and of Cranborne Chase ; F.R.S., &c. From April to Sep. 1755 he was one of the Lords Justices of the Realm. He d. uum. 31 Oct. and was bur. 10 Nov. 1765, aged 44, in Westm. Abbey, when all his honours became extinct. Admon. Nov. 1765. IV. 176G, II.R.II. Henry Frederick, 4th s. of II.R.H. Frederick, to Prince op Wales, by Augusta, da. of Frederick, Duke of Saxe 1790. Gotha, b. 27 Oct. and bap. 19 Nov. 1745 at St. Anne's, Soho, Midx. ; was, 22 Oct. 1766, cr., by his brother, King George III, EARL OF DUBLIN [I,] and DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND STRATH- EARN [QjBJj Ranger of Windsor Park and P.C., 1766 ; el. and inv. K.G. 21 Dec. 1707, inst. 25 July 1771. In 1768 he entered the Navy,(°) of which eventually (1782) he became Admiral of the White. F.RS., 17S9. He m.?) 2 Oct 1771, m (") Coffin plate. His birth is also given as 29 Feb., 11 and 21 April 1653. See Col. Chester's note to "Westm. Abbey Regs." p. 265. ( b ) The Dukedom of York was not extinct till 2 years later, on the death of his great uncle, which accounts for that title not having been conferred on him. See p. 375, note " a," sub. " York." (») See as to his taste for " Freshwater," ante, vol. i, p. 352, note "a." ( d ) This marriage (following that of his br. the Duke of Gloucester, 5 years pre- viously, with the Dow. Countess AValdegrave) was the occasion of the Royal Marriage Act of (12 Goo. Ill) 1772, whereby the consent of the King is required before the age of '25, and the consent of Pari., after that ago, to all marriages o£ the descendants ot Georgall, of English birth. A previous marriage -of the Duke, 4 March 1767, with