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 572 CUMBERLAND and Norway,"(') cr. BARON OCKINGHAM [i.e. Wokingham], co. Berks, EARL OF KENDAL, co. Westmorland, and DUKE OF CUMBER- LAND jC") Ch. Com. of Greenwich Hospital, 1695; chief mourner at the funeral of William III, on whose death, 8 Mar. 170 1/2, his wife became Sovereign as Queen Anne. Generalissimo of all the Forces, Constable of Windsor Castle, Lord High Admiral, Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, and Capt. Gen. of the Hon. Artillery Co., all from 1702 till his death; F.R.S. 30 Nov. 1704. He m., 28 July 1683, at the Royal Chapel, St. James's, the Princess Anne, 2nd da. of James (Stuart), Duke of York, (afterwards, 1685, James II). He d. s.p.s., at Kensington Palace, 28 Oct., and was i>ur. 13 Nov. 1708, aged 55, in Westm. Abbey, when all his honours became exnnct.i^) The Queen, his widow, who was b. 6 Feb. 1664/5, ^^ St. James's Palace, d. I, and was bur. 24 Aug. 17 14, near her husband. III. 1726 //./?.//. William Augustus, Prince OF Great Britain to AND Ireland, also Duke of Brunswick-LUneburg, 2nd s. 1765. of King George II (then Prince of Wales), by Caroline, da. of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, b. 15 Apr. 1 72 1, at St. James's Palace, was, when 4 years old, nom. K.B., 27 May, inst. 17 June 1725, being the first Knight companion of that, then newly revived, order. Next year he was cr., 27 July 1726, by his grand- father, BARON OF ALDERNEY, VISCOUNT TREMATON, co. Cornwall, EARL OF KENNINGTON, co. Surrey, MARQUESS OF BERKHAMPSTEAD, co. Hertford, and DUKE OF CUMBER- LAND ;('^) nom. and inv. K.G. 18 May and inst. 18 June 1730; Col. Coldstream Guards 23 Apr. 1740 to 1742, when still under age, of the ist Foot Guards 1742-57, and of the 15th Dragoons 1746-49; Major Gen. 26 Feb. 1742/3 (antedated 31 Dec. 1739); Lieut. Gen. 16 July (antedated 28 June) 1743; was wounded at Dettingen 16 June I743;(^) was Capt. (^) Patent Rolls, I Will, and Mary, part 2. V.G. C") The first of nine Dukedoms cr. by William III in the short space of six years. See note sub Clare. ^) A quite exceptionally stupid man, his favourite reply to all statements was "est il possible ?" When he deserted his father-in-law to join the Prince of Orange, James remarked, "Is 'est il possible' gone too?" Charles II said of him "I have tried George drunk and I have tried him sober, and drunk or sober, there is nothing in him." While nominal head of the Admiralty the administration of that depart- ment was so feeble and inefFective as to lead to a committee of inquiry being appointed by the Lords in 1704, which reported adversely. Before her marriage Queen Victoria expressed the hope that her consort would never fill the "subordinate part played by the very stupid and insignificant husband of Queen Anne." V.G. {^) The Dukedom of York was not extinct till 2 years later, on the death of his great-uncle; this accounts for that title not having been conferred on him. (') The King made the following Knights Bannerets on the field of Dettingen. (i) The Duke of Cumberland (2) the Duke of Marlborough (3) the Earl of Stair (4) the Earl of Dunmore (5) the Earl of Crawfurd (6) the Earl of Rothes (7) the