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PRINCE EDWARD, fourth son of his Majesty, was born November 2d, 1767. On April 23d, 1799, he was created Duke of Kent and Strathern, in Great Britain, and Earl of Dublin, in Ireland. He is Knight of the Garter, and of St. Patrick; field-marshal of the forces, governor of Gibralter, colonel of the first regiment of foot, and keeper and ranger of Hampton-court Park.

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PRINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS, fifth son of his Majesty, was born June 5th, 1771. On April 23d, 1799, he was created Duke of Cumberland and Tiviotdale, in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh, in Ireland. He is Knight of the Garter, chancellor of the University of Dublin; a lieutenant-general in the army, and colonel of the fifteenth regiment of light dragoons.

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PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERIC, sixth son of his Majesty, was born January 27th, 1773. On November 7th, 1801, he was created Duke of Sussex and Earl of Inverness, in Great Britain, and Baron of Arklow, in Ireland. The marriage of his Royal Highness to Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of John, Earl of Dunmore, being contrary to the provisions of the statute, 12 Geo. III. c. 11. has been declared null and void. He is a Knight of the Garter.

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PRINCE ADOLPHUS FREDERIC, youngest son of his Majesty, was born Feb. 24th, 1774. On November 27th, 1801, he was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, in Ireland, and Baron of Culloden, in Scotland. He is a Knight of the Garter, a lieutenant general in the army, colonel of the second, or Coldstream regiment of foot guards, and a colonel of the King's German legion.

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WILLIAM HENRY, third son of the late Frederic, Prince of Wales, was born at Leicester-house, on November, 1743. He was baptised eleven days afterwards.

At the marriage of their Majesties, September 8th, 1761, his Royal Highness walked on the Queen's left-hand to and from the chapel; and as he had no right then (as he was not a peer) to form a part in the public procession, at the coronation, on the 22d of that month, he handed his mother, the Princess Dowager of Wales, who with her younger children, &c. made a lesser procession, to and from Westminster Abbey.

On May 27th, 1762, his Royal Highness was, at a chapter of the Garter, held at St. James's, elected a knight of that most noble order; was installed at Windsor on September 25th, following, when the King and Queen honoured the solemnity with their presence: soon after which he was appointed ranger of Hampton-court Park, in Middlesex.

A few days before his Royal Highness was of full age, viz. on November 17th, 1764, his Majesty was pleased to grant to him, and to the heirs male of his Royal Highness, the dignities of a Duke of the kingdom of Great Britain, and of an Earl of the kingdom of Ireland, by the names, stiles, and titles, of Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in the said kingdom of Great Britain, and of Earl of Connaught, in the said kingdom of Ireland.

On Wednesday, December 19th, 1764, his Royal Highness was, by his Majesty's command, introduced into the privycouncil, and took his place at the council-board. His Royal Highness, on Thursday, January 10th, 1765, being the first day

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