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 CHESTER 177 James Francis Edward (Stuart), Duke of Cornwall, also Duke of Rothesay, &€. [S.], 6th but ist surv. s. and h. ap. of James II, was I?. 10 June 1688, and was, in the Gazette of 4 July, and again at his bap- tism, 15 Oct. 1688, j/)7c<3'Prince of Wales, and (by consequence?) EARL OF CHESTER. On 1 1 Dec. following his father was declared to have '■'■abdicated'" the throne, and in Mar. 1702 the infant Prince himself was attainted^ whereby all his honours h&czmc forfeited. See fuller particulars under "Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1688. XXV. 1 7 14 H.R.H. George Augustus, Prince of Great Britain, to Electoral Prince of Brunswick and LQneburg,(^) Duke of 1727. Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, i^c, also Duke of Rothesay, ^fc. [S.], s. and h. ap. of George I, was b. 30 Oct. 1683, and was, on 27 Sep. 17 14 (about 2 months after his father's accession to the Crown) cr. Prince of Wales and EARL OF CHESTER,('') with rem. to his heirs. Kings of Great Britain. On 11 June 1727 he ascended the throne as George II, when all his honours merged in the Crown. See fuller particulars under "Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1714. (*) The style of Ernst August (father of George I), after 19 Dec. 1692, was " Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, Elector and Arch Standard-Bearer of the Holy Roman Empire." Titles such as "Elector of Hanover," or "Elector of Brunswick and Luneburg," are merely popular designations following the usual custom. Thus, among the other Electors of the Empire, the Duke of Saxony was known as Elector of Saxony: the Margrave of Brandenburg, as Elector of Brandenburg: so with the other lay electors. " Electoral Prince of Brunswick and Luneburg," or " Electoral Prince of Hanover," is therefore merely the short for " that Duke of Brunswick and Lune- burg who is s. and h. ap. of the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg (now reigning at Hanover), an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire." It may be added that, in like manner, such designations as Duke of Brunswick-Celle, of Brunswick-Wolfenbiittel, iffc, or, still more curtly, Duke of Celle, of WolfenbOttel, is'c, were only used to distinguish the various members of a family, each of which was, in formal style, " Duke (or Duchess) of Brunswick and LUneburg." So again, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, of Saxe-Saalfeld, of Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha, were only designations distinguishing the various members of a family, each of which was, in formal style, " Duke (or Duchess) of Saxony, Juliers, Cleve, and Berg." In the latter case, the English custom of translating Sachsen into English when it occurs by itself, and into French when in a compound word, is curious, {ex inform. G. W. Watson). C") "The letters patent of creation declare him to be likewise invested with the said Principality and Counties, and to be confirmed in the same by these ensigns of honour — the girding on of the Sword, the delivery of the Cap, and placing it on his head, with a Ring on his finger and gold Staff" his hand, according to custom." {Courthope, p. 12, note "s"). 23