Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family.
The creations of the Dukedom of Cumberland are as follows:
Duke of Cumberland (in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1726)
- Prince William Augustus (1721-1765), third son of King George II of Great Britain; created Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhampstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon, and Baron Alderney, 27 July 1726; died unmarried.
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1766)
- Prince Henry Frederick (1745-1790), younger son of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales and grandson of King George II of Great Britain; created Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (in the peerage of Great Britain), Earl of Dublin (in the peerage of Ireland), 22 October 1766; died without legitimate children.
Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1799)
- Prince Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom; created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh (in the peerage of Ireland), 24 April 1799; succeeded his brother William IV of the United Kingdom as King of Hanover, 1837.
- George V of Hanover (1819-1878), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Crown Prince of Hanover (1837-1851), only son of Ernest I of Hanover; succeeded his father as King of Hanover (deposed by Prussian forces, 1866) and as 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, 1851.
- Prince Ernst August (1845-1923), Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Crown Prince of Hanover, later de jure Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (in 1884), but never allowed to reign, only son and heir apparent of George V of Hanover; succeeded as 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, 1878; all British peerages suspended, 1919.
Note
The name of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale was "was removed from the roll of Peers of Great Britain and of Ireland by Order of the King in Council, 28 March 1919" for bearing arms against the United Kingdom in World War I. Under the 1917 Titles Deprivation Act, the lineal male heirs of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale have the right to petition the British Crown for the restoration of his peerages. To date, none have done so. The present heir is Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 26 February 1954), great grandson of the 3rd Duke and current head of the House of Hanover. He is the senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom.
Related Terms
Duke, Duke of Albany, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Connaught, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Kent, Duke of Sussex, Duke of York, Prince of Wales
