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 498 CAMBRIDGE P.C. 3 Feb. 1802; Chancellor of the Univ. of St. Andrews, 181 1 to 18 14. From Dec. 18 13 he was his father's resident representative, and from Nov. 18 16 to June 1837 he was Viceroy of Hanover, which kingdom at the latter date ceased to have the same sovereign as England.(=') G.C.B. 2 Jan. 18 15; G.C.H. 12 Aug. 1 8 15; G.C.M.G. and Grand Master of that Order, 20 June 1825; Knight of the Black Eagle of Prussia, and (1844) Knight of St. Andrew of Russia. Ranger of Richmond Park, 1835 till his death; Hon. LL.D. of Cambridge 4 July 1842; Ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, 1843, Warden of the New Forest, 1845, and Royal Trustee of the Brit. Museum 1 847, all till his death. He m.,(^) 7 May 1 8 1 8, at Cassel, and again on i June following at the Queen's Palace, in London, Augusta Wil- helmina Louisa, da. of Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse Cassel Rumpenheim, by Karoline Polyxena, da. of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau Usingen. He d. of cramp in the stomach, or gastric fever, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, Midx., in his 77th year, 8, and was bur. 17 July 1850, at Kew.('=) Will pr. Aug. 1850. His widow, who was b. 2 c, July 1797, at the Castle of Rumpenheim, d. 6 Apr. 1889, aged 91, at St. James's Palace, and was bur. at Kew. Will pr. 31 May 1889, under ;^i 60,000. ('') VIL 1850. 2. H.R.H. George William Frederick. Charles, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary and Baron CuLLODEN, also Duke of Brunswick and LUneburg, only s. and h., b. 26 Mar. 1 8 19, at Hanover; became a Col. in the Army, 1837; Major Gen. 1845; Lieut. Gen. 1854; Gen. (having previously been Gen. in the Hanoverian Army) 1856; Gen. Commanding in Chief, 1856-62; Field Marshal Com- manding in Chief 1862-87; Com. in Chief (by patent) 1887-95; '^^^ Col. of the 17th Lancers, 1842-52; Inspector Gen. of Cavalry, 1852-54; Col. of the Scots Fusiliers, 1852-61; Col. of the Royal Artillery, 1861; Col. of the Grenadier Guards, 1861 till his death; Col. in Chief of the 60th Rifles, 1869 till his death; Gov. of Woolwich Academy, 1862-70, and Pres. thereof, Sussex." The four elder Princes (York, Clarence, Kent and Cumberland) who had been cr. Dukes before the Union [I.], had each of them an actual Irish Peerage, viz. Ulster, Munster, Dublin, and Armagh. Since the accession of George III, the general practice has been to confer a title taken from each of the three kingdoms in all Royal creations. (^) A moderate Tory of conciliatory disposition, he governed Hanover judiciously as Viceroy. V.G. ('') His only two remaining bachelor brothers married at the same time, the unex- pected death of the Princess Charlotte having made it important to provide for the succession. The Royal Princes "displayed a dutiful diligence in dismissing their respective mistresses, as a preliminary to the holy estate of matrimony." (Sir Herbert Maxwell). V.G. (<=) "Not a disagreeable man, though he does chatter, and talk very loud." (Lord Broughton's Diary, 6 Aug. 1846). V.G. C) "Her R.H. appears to be about 5ft. 6 or 7 inches in height, and of a most elegant figure, her countenance prepossessing, with dark eyes and hair." [Gent. Mag.y June I Si's). V.G,