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 448 CORNWALL XVIII. 1 7 14 H.R.H. George Augustus, Prince of Great Britain, to Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Lilneburg,(^) ist s. and h. 1727, ap. of George I, by Sophia Dorothea, only da. and h. of Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-LCneburg in Celle, was b. 30 Oct./9 Nov. 1 683, at Hanover; was nom. K.G. 4 Apr., and inv. 13 June 1706, by spec, mission C") at Hanover, being installed (by proxy) 22 Dec. 1 7 10. He was cr., by his cousin. Queen Anne, 9 Nov. 1706, BARON OF TEWKESBURY, VISCOUNT NORTHALLERTON, EARL OF MILFORD HAVEN, and MARQUESS AND DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. On i Aug. 17 14, by the accession of his father to the throne as George I, he became DUKE OF CORNWALL Q as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, ^c. [S.].{^) On 27 Sep. 1714 he was cr. PRINCE OF WALES and EARL OF CHESTER,0 with rem. to his heirs. Kings of Great Britain. F.R.S. 15 May 1727. He m., 22 Aug./2 Sep. 1705, Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline, da. of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, by his 2nd wife, Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise, da. of Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach.Q The Princess of Wales was ^. i/ii Mar. 1683, and was living 11 June 1727, when her husband ascended the throne as George II, whereby all his honours merged in the Crown. XIX, 1727 H.R.H. Frederick Lewis, Prince of Great Britain, to Electoral Prince of Brunswick.-LLineburg,(^) s. and h. ap. 1751. of George II, by Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach, was b. 20/31 Jan. 1706/7, at (") This designation was more usual than that of " Electoral Prince of Hanover," although the latter is used in the docquet of 1 706, creating the Dukedom of Cambridge. See this matter discussed ante, p. 177, note "a." {'') See some account of these special Garter missions in vol. ii, Appendix B. i^) On this allowance Courthope adds the following note. " Until this time the Dukedom of Cornwall had been enjoyed [save in a few instances] by the heirs apparent of the existing heln of the Black Prince, in accordance with the more literal construc- tion of the original limitation adopted by Lord Chancellor EUesmere, or the more ex- tended sense and meaning allowed to it in the later resolution of the Privy Council (see «;7/(', p. 442, note ' c,' under '1502 to 1509'); in such few instances where heir- ship in blood did not exist, or might have been considered doubtful, special Acts of Pari, had been obtained. Upon the accession of the House of Brunswick, all right derived by inheritance from the Black Prince ceased and determined, and it is, difficult to con- ceive by what title George Augustus, s. and h. ap. of King George I, became possessed of the Dukedom of Cornwall, unless we adopt the construction, still more liberal than that of the Privy Council of James I, given to the original statute (1337) in an act (i42i)of Hen. V." See this Act quoted ante, p. 438, note "b." i^) As to the Dukedom of Rothsay [S.] see following p., note " f." (*) As to the mode of this creation, see ante, p. 177, note "b." (') They were, in Feb. 17 17/8, expelled from court by the King (with whom the Prince, his son, was on the worst possible terms), notice being given (in the Gazette) that none visiting them would be received by him. (*) See note "a" above.