Duke of Cambridge is a title (named after the city of Cambridge, England) occasionally conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. Prince George Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles 26 March 1819 &ndash 17 March 1904) was a member of the British Royal Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England It was first used as a designation for Charles Stewart (1660-1661), the eldest son of James, Duke of York (later James II), though he was never formally created Duke of Cambridge. James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James
The first officially recognised creation was in the Peerage of England in 1664, when James Stuart, son of the Duke of York by his first wife, was granted the title. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. James, Duke of Cambridge died young and without heirs, and the title became extinct. The title was then again granted to Edgar Stuart, another son of the Duke of York by his first wife. Edgar, too, died young, and the title again became extinct.
The Duke of York's eldest son by his second wife, Charles Stuart (1677-1677), was also styled Duke of Cambridge, but, having died approximately a month old, did not live long enough to be formally created.
The Dukedom was next granted to George Augustus, son of Georg Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who would later become George I of Great Britain. When George Augustus ascended to the throne as George II, the dukedom merged into the crown.
The title was next given, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, to Prince Adolphus, the seventh son of George III. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when Upon the death of his only son without a legitimate heir, the title became extinct.
The first Duke's grandson (through a female line), Adolphus, Duke of Teck, who was the brother of Queen Mary, George V's consort, was created Marquess of Cambridge in 1917 when he gave up his German titles and took the surname "Cambridge". Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Upon the death of the second Marquess without any male heirs, the Marquessate became extinct.
In 1999, with the marriage of Prince Edward younger son of Queen Elizabeth II, experts had suggested the Dukedom of Cambridge or Sussex as the most likely to be granted to Prince Edward, but he was instead created Earl of Wessex. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Duke of Sussex is a peerage title that was conferred to the sixth son of George III. The title Earl of Wessex has been created twice in British history once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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Dukes of Cambridge, first Creation (1664)
- James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1663-1667)
Dukes of Cambridge, second Creation (1667)
- Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1667-1671)
Dukes of Cambridge, third Creation (1706)
- George Augustus, Duke of Cambridge (1683-1760) (became King in 1727)
Dukes of Cambridge, fourth Creation (1801)
Marquesses of Cambridge (1917)
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927)
- George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge (1895-1981)
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