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One decision the new king did have to make was whether, in his capacity as Duke of Cumberland, to swear allegiance to Victoria in the House of Lords. Shortly after William's death, Ernest heard from Lord Lyndhurst that Lord Cottenham , the Lord Chancellor , had stated that he would refuse to administer the Oath of Allegiance to the King, as a ...
Oct 30, 2017 · A Life of Scandal: Ernest, Duke of Cumberland. Queen Victoria and those closest to her viewed her Uncle Cumberland with deep suspicion. Not just because he openly coveted the British...
Queen Victoria appointed the Duke of Cumberland a colonel in the British Army in 1876 and promoted him to major general in 1886, lieutenant general in 1892 and general in 1898. Although he was a British peer and a prince of Great Britain and Ireland, he continued to consider himself an exiled monarch of a German realm and refused to disclaim ...
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Seven Years' War. Battle of Hastenbeck. 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.
Jul 19, 1998 · Ernest Augustus. Also called: (1799–1837) Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke Of Cumberland, Duke Of Teviotdale, Earl Of Armagh. Born: June 5, 1771, Kew, Surrey, Eng. Died: Nov. 18, 1851, Herrenhausen, Hanover [Germany] (aged 80) Title / Office: king (1837-1851), Hanover. Notable Family Members: father George III. mother Charlotte. son George V.
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Ernest Augustus. On 23 April 1799, Ernest Augustus was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh by his father the king. With a seat in the House of Lords, he took an interest in politics. Ernest held radical Tory views, and soon became a leader of the right of the party, he opposed Catholic emancipation and the Reform Act.
Duke of Cumberland, Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Born: September 21, 1845, Hannover, Hanover [Germany] Died: November 14, 1923, Gmunden, Austria (aged 78)
