by Albertine Elizabeth, daughter of Ernest Frederic, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen; and their majesties were crowned at Westminster by Dr. Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the 22d of the same month. By his royal consort, his Majesty has had issue,

First, George Augustus Frederic, Prince of Wales.
Second, Frederic, Duke of York.

Third, William Henry, Duke of Clarence.

Fourth, Charlotte Augusta Matilda, born September 29th, 1766, married, May 1st, 1797, Frederic William, Duke of Wirtemberg, to whom she is second wife.

Fifth, Edward, Duke of Kent.

Sixth, Sophia Augusta, born November 8th, 1768.

Seventh, Elizabeth, born June 17th, 1770.

Eighth, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

Ninth, Augustus Frederic, Duke of Sussex.
Tenth, Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Cambridge.
Eleventh, Mary, born April twenty-fifth, 1776.
Twelfth, Sophia, born November 3d, 1777.

Thirteenth, Octavius, born February 23d, 1779, died May 2d,

1783.

Fourteenth, Alfred, born September 22d, 1780, died August 20th, 1782.

Fifteenth, Amelia, born August 7th, 1783.

His Royal Highness George William Frederic, Prince of Wales, was born at St. James's palace, August 12th 1762; was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, by letters patent, August 17th, 1762; was elected K. G. 1765; and installed at Windsor, 1771. He took his seat in the house of peers in November 1783; and on April 8th, 1795, married his first cousin, Carolina Amelia Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Duke of Brunswic Wolfenbuttel, by Augusta, sister to his present Majesty, by whom he has a daughter Charlotte Carolina Augusta, born January 7th, 1796. His Royal Highness is colonel of the tenth regiment of Dragoons, &c &c.

The first creation of a Duke in England was by a charter,

Duke of Mecklenburg, died 1503; and his son, Albert VI. Duke of Mecklenburg, died 1547; whose grandson, Adolph Frederic I. died 1658; and his grandson, Charles Lewis Frederic, was father to the present Queen of England. See Anderson's Genealogies, p. 535.

dated March 13th, 11 Edward III. in favour of his son Edward, surnamed the Black Prince, wherein he was declared Duke of Cornwall, to hold to himself and his heirs, Kings of England, and to their first born sons; by virtue of which charter, the eldest son, of the King of England, is by law acknowledged Duke of Cornwall the instant he is born.

At the same time, by patent, a provision was made for the better support of this dignity and honour; and although some of the lands granted on this occasion lay in other counties, yet they were to be deemed a part of the Duchy of Cornwall. Moreover, a grant was made to him by patent, the same day, of the Stannaries, in Cornwall, together with the coinage of tin, and all the issues and profits that might arise from thence; as also, of the profits and perquisites of the court of Stannaries, except only one thousand marks, payable to William Montague, then Earl of Salisbury, and his heirs, out of the revenue thereof, till a proper compensation was made to the said Earl, by the assignment of fresh lands of the same yearly value. And again, of all the castles, honours, manors, lands, and tenements, belonging to the dukedom, or earldom of Cornwall, which were held in Dover, or for term of life, or years (the reversions of which were in the crown). as they fell in. These several grants were made to this Prince, as Duke of Cornwall, and confirmed to him, and to the eldest sons of him and his heirs, being kings of England.

The Earldom of Chester was a creation of an earlier date, and annexed to the crown for ever, by letters patent, in 31 Henry III. when Prince Edward, his eldest son, was immediately created Earl thereof. This honour was conferred upon Edward the Black Prince, when he was but three years old, previous to his accession to the Duchy of Cornwall.

The title of Prince of Wales, after the reduction of the British Prince Lhewelyn, and the incorporation of that country with England, was first conferred upon Prince Edward, the son of Edward I. to conciliate the minds of the disaffected Britons, who were ready upon all occasions to revolt, and had even the boldness to declare to their conqueror, that they never should be easy and happy till they were again under the government of a Prince of their own. Edward I. to comply with their wishes, without lessening the power of the King of England in that country, sent for his Queen Eleanor, when far advanced in her pregnancy, to Carnarvon-castle in Wales, where she was delivered of a son on April 25, 1281. The King then summoned all the Barons

of Wales to join in a conference upon special affairs, and when they were assembled at Ruthlan, told them, that as they had often expressed a defire that he would appoint them a Prince, and as he was going to depart out of the country, he was ready to comply provided they would acquiesce in his nomination. They unanimously promised obedience, with this restriction, that the appointment should be to one of their own country. The King then declared, that he would name one who was born in Wales, and could not speak a word of English, whose life and conversation no man was able to stain. A general consent ensued on the part of the Barons, and the King named his own son Edward, then but a few days old. Since which, the principality has always been under the government of the English, though the title of Prince of Wales has been several times merged in the crown.

Arms. Quarterly, 1. three lions passant guardant in pale. Or, England. 2. Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory and counterflory, Gules, Scotland. 3. Azure, a harp or, stringed Argent, Ireland. 4. Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale, or, Brunswic; impaling, or, semèe of hearts, proper, a lion rampant, Azure, Lunenburg; having grafted in -base, Gules, a horse current, Argent, for ancient Saxony; in the centre, a shield Gules. In chief a label of three points for distinction.

Crest. Above a helmet, full-faced, on a coronet composed of crosses patee, and fleurs de lis, with one arch surmounted by a mound and cross patee, a lion statant, guardant or, crowned with the coronet, as above described; and charged on the breast with a label, as in the arms.

Supporters. On the dexter side, a lion guardant or, crowned and charged with a label, as the crest. On the sinister side an unicorn Argent, armed, maned, crined, and hoofed, or, gorged with a collar, adorned with crosses patee, and fleurs de lis, with a chain affixed thereto, and reflexed, of the last; and charged on the breast with a label, as the dexter.

Motto. Ich Dien. '

PRINCE FREDERIC, second son of his present Majesty, was born August 16th, 1763. He was elected bishop of Osnaburg, Feb. 27th, 1764. At a chapter of the Bath, held December 30th, 1767, he was invested with the ensigns of that most honourable order, and installed in Henry VII's chapel, as first and principal companion, June 15th, 1772. He was elected a companion of the most noble order of the Garter, June 19th, 1771, and installed at Windsor, the 25th of the next month. On the November 27th, 1784, he was created Duke of York and Albany, in Great Britain, and Earl of Ulster, in Ireland. His Royal Highness is LL. D. F. R. S. a field-marshal, commander in chief of all the King's land forces in the United Kingdom; colonel of the first regiment of foot guards; colonel in chief of the sixtieth, or royal American regiment of foot, and of the royal Dublin regiment of infantry; ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, and warden and keeper of the New Forest, Hampshire.

He married, September 29th, 1791, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, eldest daughter of the late King of Prussia, by his first consort, Elizabeth Ulrica Christiana, Princess of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle, sister to the present Duke.

Arms. The same as the Prince of Wales, with difference of the label, and in the fourth quarter, (instead of a plain scutcheon Gules in the centre), on a scutcheon of pretence, Argent, a wheel of six spokes, Gules, Osnabrug.

Crest, and Supporters. Same as Prince of Wales, with the label differenced as in the arms.

PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY, third son of his Majesty, was born August 21st, 1765, and on May 16th, 1789, was created Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, in Great Britain, and Earl of Munster, in Ireland. He is a Knight of the Garter and Thistle, admiral of the Red, and ranger of Bushy Park.

Arms, Crest, and Supporters. Same as Prince of Wales, with the omission of the scutcheon of pretence, in the fourth quarter, and the label differenced.