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CAMBRIDGE 497 CAMBRIDGE. He d. an infant, at Richmond Palace, 8, and was bur. 12 June 1 67 1, in Westm. Abbey, when his honours became extinct. DUKEDOM. I. Charles Stuart, 5th but ist surv. s. and h. ap. of James, Duke of York (afterwards James II), above- IV. 1677. named, being 1st s. by his 2nd wife, Mary BeatriceEleanora, da. of Alphonso (d'Este), Duke of Modena, was b. 7 Nov. 1677, at St. James's Palace, and bap. there the next day. He was designated DIJKE OF CAMBRIDGE, but d. before the patent was passed, 12, and was bur. privately 13 Dec. 1677, in Westm. Abbey, aged 5 weeks. DUKEDOM V. MARQUESSATE. I. I . George Augustus, Electoral Prince OF Brunswick and LCneburg, only s. and h. 1 706 ap. of Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover to (afterwards George I of Great Britain), 1727. was b. 30 Oct./9 Nov. 1683; nom. K.G. 4 Apr., and inv. (at Hanover) 1 5 June 1706, inst. by proxy 22 Dec. 1710. Hewas,9Nov. 1706, cr. BARON OF TEWKESBURY, co. Gloucester, VISCOUNT NORTHALLERTON, co. York, EARL OF MILFORD HAVEN, and MARQUESS AND DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. On the accession of his father to the throne, i Aug. 17 14, he became DUKE OF CORN- WALL, &'c.,and on 27 Sep. following he was cr. EARL OF CHESTER and PRINCE OF WALES. On 11 June 1727 he ascended the throne as George II, when all his honours merged in the Crown. See "Cornwall," Dukedom, 1714-27. DUKEDOM. I. H.R.H. Adolphus Frederick, Prince of Great Britain, dsPc, also Duke of Brunswick and Lilneburg, 7th VI. 1 801. and yst. surv. s. of George III, by Charlotte Sophia, da. of Karl Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was b. 24 Feb. 1774, at Buckingham House, afterwards known as " The Queen's Palace"; ed. first at Kew, and then at the Univ. of Gottingen; became Col. in the Hanoverian army 1793; Lieut. Gen. 1798; in June 1803 he was transferred to the British service; General, Apr. 1808, antedated to Sep. 1803; and subsequently, Nov. 18 13, Field Marshal; being Col. of the Coldstream Foot Guards, 1805, and Col. in Chief of the 60th Foot, 1827, both till his death. When 12 years old he was nom. K.G.(^) 2 June 1786. On 27 Nov. 1 801 he was cr. BARON OF CULLODEN in North Britain,(t') EARL OF TIPPERARY in Ireland,(») and DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. (*) The 4 younger sons of the Sovereign (afterwards the Dukes of Kent, Cumber- land, Sussex, and Cambridge) were all nominated at the same date, in virtue of a statute dat. 31 May 1786, and installed by dispensation 28 May 1 80 1. C") These adjuncts were probably made to give a shadow of a Scottish and an Irish Peerage. The same was done in the case of his next elder br. who, on the same date, was cr. "Baron of Arklow in Ireland, Earl of Inverness in North Britain and Duke of 64