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created 1 June 2003. Corrected and updated
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H.R.H.
Prince William Augustus
Duke of Cumberland
1721-1765
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full name: |
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William Augustus |
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birth: |
1721.04.26 |
at Leicester House, St Martin's,
London |
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father: |
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King
George II |
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mother: |
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Queen
Wilhelmina-Caroline |
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marriage: |
[none] |
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alleged to have had three
illegitimate children by a Scottish woman |
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death: |
1765.10.31 |
at Upper Grosvenor Street,
London
(buried: Westminster Abbey, London) |
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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naval training |
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1742 |
Major-General |
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1743.06.27 |
fought at Dettingen |
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1745 |
Captain General of the Army
[to 1757] |
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1745 |
Commander of allied (British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian)
forces in Flanders |
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1745 |
Commander of British forces against Jacobite
Rebellion, and subsequent ruthless oppression of the clans, for
which he was nicknamed "Bloody Butcher" |
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1757 |
Commander of Hanoverian Army in Seven
Years War, defeated at Hastenbeck and signed Convention of Klosterzeven;
resigned all his offices |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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