EDENBURGH— EDINBURGH. 233 EDENBURGH, see " Edinburgh." EDENDERRY. i.e., " Blundell of Edenderry, King's County," Barony [I.] {Blundell), cr. 1720 with the Vlscountcy of Blundell [I.], which sec; both ex. 1756. EDGCUMBE OE MOUNT-EDGCUHBE. i.e., "Edgcumbe ok Mount-Eugcumbe, co. Devon," Barony [Edg- cumbe), cr. 1742 ; see under " Moitnt-Educumbe." the 3il Baron being cr., in 1781, Viscount and, iu 1789, Earl o£ Mount Edgcumbe. EDINBURGH or EDENBURGH. Dukedom. 1. H.R.H. Frederick-Lewis, s. and h. ap. of George T 1 Augustus, Prince ok Wales, afterwards (1727) King George II, b. x. ii-u. 2Q Jan ^ 170 ^ wM cr j b hU Kralu lfather) 28 J H ]y 1/26, BARON OF SNAUDON [SuowdonJ, co. Carnarvon, VISCOUNT OF LAUN- CESTON, co. Cornwall, EARL OF ELTHAM, co. Kent, MARQUESS OF THE ISLE OF ELY, and DUKE OF EDENBURGH, (*) Within a year of that date he became (by the accession of his father to the throne) 11 June 1727, DUKE OF CORNWALL, &c, and, on 8 Jany. 1728/9, he was cr. Prince of "Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with (the usual) spec. rem. lie d. v.p. 20 March 1750/1. See fuller account of him sub " Cornwall, Dukedom of, 1727 to 1751. II. 1751, 2. H.R.H. George- William-Frederick, the Prince of to Great Britain and also Electoral Prince of Bruuswick-Luuehurg, 17 GO. Duke of Edenbuuou, Marquess of Ely, Viscount Launceston, and Bakon Snaudon, lsts. audh. of the above, by Augusta, yst. da. of Frederick II. DukkofSaxe Gotha, 4. 24 May 1738, at Norfolk House, St. James square, aud bap. the same day ; el. KG. 22, inv. 23 June 1749, and inst. (by proxy) 12 June 1750. He was, a month after he had sue. his father, cr. 20 April 1751, Prince of Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with (the usual) spec. rem. to his heirs, Kings of Great Britain. ( b ) By the death of his grandfather, King George II., he, on 25 Oct. 1760, ascended the throne as George III. when all his honours merged in the Crown. III. 1764. 1. H.R.H. William Henry, 3d s. of Fre-1 derick, Prince of Wales, was, on 19 Nov. 1764, cr.( c ) by his br. King George III. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND EDIN- BURGH [O.B.] as also EARL OF CONNAUGUT [I.] He d. 25 Aug. 1805, aged 61. IV. 1805, 2. H.R.H.{ d ) William Frederick, Duke of to Gloucester and Edinburoh, &c., only s. and h. He d. 1834. s.p. 30 Nov. 1831, aged 58, when all his honours became extinct. 11*
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( a ) So spelt. ( b ) See a [fudged] certificate of his marriage (when Prince of Wales) 17 April 17o9, with Hannah Lightfoot, iu the "Annual Reg." for 1866, p. 227, quoted iu the trial of " Ryves v. the Attorney General." (°) "No separate Dukedom of Edinburgh was created by this patent [1764] ; one Dukedom only was created [thereby] which was of the two cities of Gloucester and Edinburgh." [Courthope.] C) The style of Royal Uiyhnais was allowed to him 22 July 1816.
