Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
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Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which made him immensely popular throughout parts of Britain.[1][2] He is often referred to by the nickname given to him by his Tory opponents: 'Butcher' Cumberland.[3][4]
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Duke of Cumberland (more) | |||||
Born | (1721-04-15)15 April 1721 (New Style) Leicester House, London, England | ||||
Died | 31 October 1765(1765-10-31) (aged 44) Mayfair, London, England | ||||
Burial | 10 November 1765 Westminster Abbey, London | ||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | George II of Great Britain | ||||
Mother | Caroline of Ansbach | ||||
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Nickname(s) | The Butcher Sweet William Martial boy | ||||
Allegiance | Great Britain (1740–1757) Hanover (1757) | ||||
Service/ | Royal Navy British Army | ||||
Years of service | 1740–1757 | ||||
Rank | General | ||||
Unit | Grenadier Guards | ||||
Commands held | Pragmatic Army Government Army Hanoverian Army of Observation Commander-in-Chief of the Forces | ||||
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For much of the War of the Austrian Succession, with the assistance of John Ligonier, Cumberland commanded the main allied field army in Flanders acting in defence of the Austrian Netherlands and the Dutch Republic. At the head of the largest deployment of British troops on the continent since the days of Marlborough and opposed to the experienced French Marshal Maurice de Saxe, Cumberland's campaigning could not prevent the fall of the Dutch Barrier Forts. Between 1748 and 1755 he attempted to enact a series of army reforms that were resisted by the opposition and by the army itself.[5] Following the Convention of Klosterzeven in 1757, he never again held active military command and switched his attentions to politics and horse racing.