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 CUMBERLAND 571 of a regt. of Horse, 1667; Constable of Windsor Castle 1668; Lord Lieut, of Berks, 1670, of Surrey, 1675, both till his death. Gov. of the Hudson's Bay Co., 1670, and Vice Adm. of England 1672, both till his death. Adm. of the Fleet and First Lord of the Admiralty, July 1673 to Feb. 1678/9, distinguishing himself in several engagements against the Dutch. He d. unm., at his house in Spring Gardens, 29 Nov., and was hur. 6 Dec. 1682, in Westm. Abbey, aged nearly 63, when all his honours became extinct.(^) Willdat. 27 Nov., pr. i Dec. 1682. C") IL 1689 George, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig- tO HOLSTEIN AND CoUNT OF OlDENBURG, ySt. S. of FrEDERIK 1708. Ill, King of Denmark, by Sophie Amalie, da. of Georg, Duke of Brunswick-LOneburg, was b. 2 (") Apr. 1653, at Copenhagen; Knight of the Elephant of Denmark; was naturalised, 20 Sep. 1683; nom. andinv. K.G. i Jan. 1683/4, inst. 8 Apr. 1684; was chief mourner at the funeral of Charles II; P.C. 9 Feb. 1684/5 to (James II) and (to William 111)14 Feb. 1688/9. He was, on 6 Apr. 1689, as "George Prince of Denmark (*) " He was brave and courageous even to rashness; but cross-grained and in- corrigibly obstinate: his genius was fertile in mathematical experiments, and he pos- sessed some knowledge of chemistry: he was polite even to excess unseasonably, but haughty and even brutal when he ought to have been gentle and courteous: he was tall, and his manners were ungracious; he had a dry, hard favoured visage, and a stern look even when he wished to please." (Gramont, Memoirs, cap. x). In ibdj^js he was suffering from tertiaries, which had broken out to "a horrible degree" in his head; for this he was successfully trepanned. He was one of the earliest masters of work in mezzotint. There is a fine portrait of him, by Vandyke, in Warwick Castle, and another by the same artist at Hinchingbrooke. His fiery temper, insubordination and rashness on several occasions, and notably at Marston Moor, were most damaging to the Royal cause, but it was not till his surrender of Bristol, II Sep. 1645, that his uncle the King ceased to favour him. V.G. C) By Frances, da. of Henry (Ba'rd), Viscount Bellomont [I.], he left an illegit. son, called "Dudley Bard," who was slain at the siege of Buda, 13 July 1686, aged about 20. The chief of his property he left to another illegit. child, Ruperta, b. 1 67 1, and to the child's mother, Mrs. Margaret Hughes, the celebrated actress. Ruperta m. Gen. Emanuel Scrope Howe, br. of the 1st Viscount Howe [I.]. G.E.C. A document purporting to be the marriage certificate of Frances Bard, as to the genuineness of which the Editor can express no opinion, was (i9o6)/^«« Mrs. Deeds, of Saltwood Castle, Hythe, Kent. "July ye 30 1664 These are to certifie whom it may concern that Prince Rupert and the Lady Frances Bard were lawfully married at Petersham in Surrey by me Henry Bignell, Minister." See also vol. ii, p. 106, note "c." V.G. ("=) Coffin plate. His birth is also given as 29 Feb., 11 and 21 Apr. 1653. See Col. Chester's note to If^estm. Abbey Regs., p. 265.