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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 and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 ...
Butcher Cumberland. Son of King George II, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland is also known by his nickname ‘Butcher Cumberland’, following the Battle of Culloden and his harsh suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion. He remains a controversial British military figure…. The son of King George II and his wife Caroline of Anspach ...
Apr 11, 2024 · William Augustus, duke of Cumberland was a British general, nicknamed “Butcher Cumberland” for his harsh suppression of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. His subsequent military failures led to his estrangement from his father, King George II (reigned 1727–60).
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Feb 19, 2023 · There is one name, however, whose reputation is worse even than that of the Mannie – the Duke of Cumberland. We known him as the Butcher who ordered the slaughter of wounded Jacobites at the battle of Culloden in 1746, and who was the originator of the attempted genocide of Highlanders whose redcoat army killed innocent men, women and ...
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The Earldom of Cumberland, created in 1525, became extinct in 1643. The dukedom was created in the Peerage of England in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I. When he died without male heirs, the title was created again in the Peerage of England in 1689 for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, younger ...
May 24, 2018 · Updated on May 24, 2018. Born April 21, 1721 in London, Prince William Augustus was the third son of future King George II and Caroline of Ansbach. At the age of four, he was conferred with the titles Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount of Trematon, and Baron of the Isle of Alderney, as well as was made a ...
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For about a year in 1745/6 his brave and forlorn adventure occupied the fascinated attention of Europe. He emerged from the wings into a blaze of glory and retired, disillusioned, from the world stage to a life of slow dissolution. His equally youthful opponent, the so-called ‘Butcher of Culloden’, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ...
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