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    Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain...
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    Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (German: Ernst August; 21 September 1845 – 14 November 1923), was the...
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    III created Prince Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, and Ernest was granted an allowance of £12,000 a year, equivalent...
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  • Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family, named after the historic county of Cumberland...
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    Thyra of Denmark. His great-grandfather, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom, became king of Hanover...
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    David Morier (category Inmates of Fleet Prison)
    H.R.H. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, full length, on horseback, wearing frock uniform of the First Guards with the ribbon and star of the Garter...
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    Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was held by junior members of the British royal family. It was named...
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    Berlin, the only son of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. Ernest Augustus was the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom...
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  • name) Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), son of George II Temple of Augustus (disambiguation) Wars of Augustus This disambiguation...
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    aftermath of the Jacobite rising in 1715, General Wade built a fort (taking from 1729 until 1742) which was named after Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland...
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    Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and...
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    Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, his nearest male-line relative, as his heir, because of the Duke of Cumberland's claim to the throne of Hanover...
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    of Saxony Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772–1822), German duke Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1577–1656), German duke Augustus, Duke of...
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    eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Emperor Wilhelm II, Ernest Augustus's third cousin...
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    Ernest Augustus. Through her 1815 marriage to Ernest, then Duke of Cumberland, Frederica became a British princess and Duchess of Cumberland. Ernest...
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  • Evan Charteris (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    1745, 1746, 1907 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, his early life and times (1721-1748), 1913 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and the seven years'...
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    Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1878–1923) Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1923–1953), son of the previous Ernest Augustus, Prince...
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    1750–1755, by Henry Flitcroft, for Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), younger son of George II and Queen Caroline, and was featured...
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  • William Augustus may refer to: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765) William Augustus (translator), 18th-century weather forecaster and translator...
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    1715 at the southern end of Loch Ness at Kilcumein. It was named Fort Augustus after Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. At its northeastern end...
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    of Cumberland and Strathearn, widow of Henry (1790–1803); George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (until 1822); Augustus Frederick, Duke of...
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    Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. Ernest Augustus was the eldest child and only son of the exiled...
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    third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at Culloden in 1746 and Commander in Chief of the British forces. The Mi'kmaq...
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  • second-eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor...
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    the crown of Hanover went to William's younger brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale under the Salic law requiring the next male heir...
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    seat is Cumberland. Cumberland County was established in 1749 from Goochland County. The county is named for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, third...
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    as "dukes". The title of Duke of Sussex was first conferred on 24 November 1801 upon Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of King George III. He was...
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    Clan Agnew (category Gaelic families of Norse descent)
    retreat to Inverness to meet the advance of Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. See main article: Siege of Blair Castle. Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet...
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    University of Göttingen in Germany, along with his brothers Prince Ernest (created Duke of Cumberland in 1799) and Prince Augustus (created Duke of Sussex...
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  • Andrew Henderson (writer) (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
    account of the Jacobite rising of 1745, The History of the Rebellion, 1745 and 1746. In 1766 he published The life of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, which...
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