CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF

1721–65, British general; third son of George II. Entering the army shortly before the outbreak (1740) of the War of the Austrian Succession, he was defeated by the French at Fontenoy (1745). Returning to England to put down the 1745 rising of the Jacobites, he defeated Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden Moor (1746) and earned the nickname "the Butcher" by his ruthless punishment of the rebels. Once more on the Continent, he averted the fall of Maastricht but was again defeated by the French in 1747. In the Seven Years War he signed (1757) a capitulation to the French (the Convention of Kloster-Zeven) for which he was dismissed.

See two biographical studies by E. Charteris (1913, 1925).

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The Radical Duke: Career and Correspondence of Charles Lennox, Third Duke of Richmond
Book by Alison Gilbert Olson; Oxford University Press, 1961
Subjects: Richmond And Lennox, Charles Lennox--Duke Of--1735-1806
...50 , 141 , 150 , 155 , 176 . Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, 143 ; and Rockingham ministry...46 , 73 , 178 Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of career...Alliance of 1788, 221 ; see also William V, Stadtholder. Dyson, Jeremiah...
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William Pitt and National Revival
Book by J. Holland Rose; George Bell & Sons, 1911
Subjects: Great Britain--History--George Iii, 1760-1820, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820, Pitt, William--1759-1806
...of power of, 148 , 149 . Cumberland, Henry Frederick Duke of, his influence on the Prince of Wales, 393 . Cumberland, William Augustus Duke of, his death, 24...446 n. Delancey, Sir William 446 n. Del Campo, Marquis...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 5
Book by Alan G. Hill, Ernest De Selincourt; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Brothers And Sisters--England, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...338 , 339 . Crewdson, William Dillworth, 262 , 263 and...Louisa, 63 and n., 76 . Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, Duke of, 45 and n. Cumberland, 51 , 52 ; election 1831...to : 643 ; The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden...
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A Narrative of the Changes in the Ministry, 1765-1767: Told by the Duke of Newcastle in a Series of Letters to John White, M.P
Book by Mary Bateson, Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle; Longmans Green and Co., 1898
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1789
...John Campbell , Duke of, 74 BAKER, Sir William, M.P., 37 Barre...96 Barrington, William Wildman Barrington...41 Beckford, William, M.P., 58 Bedford...Humphrey, 98 Cumberland, William Augustus, Prince, Duke...
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William the First: His Life and Times
Book by Paul Wiegler, Constance Vesey; Houghton Mifflin, 1929
Subjects: Germany--History--1789-1900, William--I--German Emperor--1797-1888
...On the 10th Ernest Augustus of Hanover writes from...He calls himself Duke of Cumberland and Duke of Brunswick and Lauenburg...Hanover, where Frederick William has come, writes...seriously about the Duke of Cumberland and the foolish letters...
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The Last Days of Lord Peterborough: The Earl, the Opera Singer, and a New Letter by Pope
Journal article by Pat Rogers; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Earl of Peterborough--Family, Earls--Family, Marriage, Opera singers--Family, Pope, Alexander--Records and correspondence, Robinson, Anastasia--Family
...preceptor to prince William, afterwards Duke of Cumberland. Lord P. also appointed...while Prince William had been created Duke of Cumberland in 1726, almost a decade...Earls eldest son married a daughter of the Duke of Bolton in 1705, an alliance which linked...
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Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Joseph W. Childers; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998
Subjects: Nineteenth century--Bibliography
...read. On a completely different note, William F. Shuter constructs a lean theory of...preoccupations expressed in the poetry of William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra...writers that include Dorothy Wordsworth, William Jones, Amelia Opie, Byron, Lamb, Mary...
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"Justice with Courage": Considerations on the Weakness of British Imperial Power
Journal article by Adam Norman Lynde; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, 2007
...British fielded a force of 23,000 under the Duke of Cumberland at the battle of Fontenoy...available to meet them. In May 1799, the Duke of York, the Captain General, advised...That in reporting these shortages the Duke of York was not merely reflecting the armys...
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Southern History in Periodicals, 2009: A Selected Bibliography
Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010
Subjects: Periodicals--Bibliography, United States history--Bibliography
...OSBORN, RICHARD. William Preston and the...Chickasaws Saved the Cumberland Settlement in the...Atlantic Context? William and Mary Quar...JIM. Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar...283-311. KING, WILLIAM E. The Discovery of an Architect: Duke University and Julian...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
...Melissa A. Johnson, William R. Kingston, Jason...Craig M. Zimmer. Cumberland College (Upsilon...Sarah Schultz. Duke University (Alpha...M. Williamson, William Watts Yavinsky...Dixon, Brandon W. Duke, Travis J. Dunlap...Severn, III, William C. Thornell. Texas...
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Band of Brothers: Stephen Brumwell Examines How the Death of a Charismatic Young British Officer 250 Years Ago This Month-And the Involvement of His Two Younger Brothers in Subsequent Military Operations in North America-Had a Lasting Impact on Anglo-American History
Magazine article by Stephen Brumwell; History Today, Vol. 58, June 2008
Subjects: British history, 1714-1815, Howe, George Augustus--History, Howe, Richard--History, Howe, William--History, United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial period), United States history--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
...hopes were dashed. George Augustus, 3rd Viscount Howe (17247...blow: the outpost of Fort William Henry, at the head of Lake...George IIs favourite son William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65). Given his pedigree...
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'Charlie Will Come Again': Jacqueline Riding Examines How a 19th-Century Painting, Created Almost 150 Years after the Jacobite Defeat at Culloden, Has Come to Dominate the Iconography of That Event
Magazine article by Jacqueline Riding; History Today, Vol. 61, April 2011
Subjects: Battle of Culloden, 1746--Portrayals, Charles Edward, Prince of England--Portrayals, Painters (Artists)--Works, Painters--Works, Pettie, John--Works, Princes--Portrayals
...the command of George IIs son, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland) Charles Edward resolved against...and violently stamped out. The Duke of Cumberlands enthusiastic involvement...foreign chevalier than the heir to William Wallace and the Bruce. In spite...
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Wolfe's Men: Two Hundred and Fifty Years Ago This Month a British Army under General James Wolfe Won a Momentous Battle at Quebec. the Outcome Has Been Seen as a Fortuitous Springboard to Empire, the Result of Luck More Than Leadership. but, as Stephen Brumwell Argues, a Crucial-And Neglected-Ingredient in Wolfe's Dramatic Victory Was the Professionalism of the Army He Bad Helped to Create
Magazine article by Stephen Brumwell; History Today, Vol. 59, September 2009
Subjects: Armies--Evaluation, Canada--History, Canada--Military aspects, Canada--Political aspects, Leadership--Military aspects, Military leaders--Evaluation, Military strategy--Evaluation, Wolfe, James--Evaluation
...assured Britains war leader William Pitt (the eider), not only...the armys Captain-General, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who railed against such flouting...regiment, commanded by Colonel William Howe, who had served as a captain...


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Flashback: Down Your Way: Duke's Rich History; the Story of a Road like Yours with Terry Jones
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 19, 2005
...Down Your Way: Dukes Rich History...The answer is Duke Street, in central...current premises on William Brown Street...switched location but Duke Street has been...was named after William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and third son...
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Finding Peace in Prince William: River Views, History There and in Stafford
Newspaper article by Stacie Zoe Berg; The Washington Times, May 16, 1997
...Established in 1731, Prince William County was named in honor of Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the youngest son of King George...incorporated towns in Prince William: Dumphries, Quantico, Haymarket...
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Thriving Local Economy Boosts Building
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 27, 2006
...into the present day, Prince William has grown from a primarily rural...local economy. While Prince William was once considered a distant...that the county was named for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a son of King George II of...
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Caley Hoping This English Butcher Can Still Cut It; Bloody Marvel: Butcher Was Never One to Back Down from a Challenge
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 31, 2009
...The said Butcher was Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, whose Hanoverian army routed...at nearby Culloden in 1746. Cumberland ordered that no quarter be...IIs younger son, the Butcher Cumberland, died 19 years later, he...
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Letters from a Little Princess
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), June 3, 2006
...the military papers of King George IIs son, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; and the papers of the exiled Stuarts " King James...basement of Apsley House, the London residence of the Duke of Wellington. Private papers of earlier sovereigns...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cumberland William Augustus Duke Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF 1721 65, British general; third son of George II. Entering the army shortly before the outbreak (1740) of the War of the...
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Brunswick , Former State, Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Henry the Lion, the duke of Saxony, to whom...1807 and recovered by Duke Frederick William (1771 1815) in 1813...until 1913, when Ernest Augustus of Cumberland, grandson of King George...of Hanover, was made duke. A member of the North...


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