William August von Hannover

1721 - 1765  (44 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William August von Hannover
  Birth	21 Apr 1721	Leicester House, London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Oct 1765	London, Middlesex, England
  Siblings	9 Siblings
  + 1. Kurfürst Friedrich Ludwig von Hannover,   b. 20 Jan 1707, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland d. 20 Mar 1751, Leicester House, London  (Age 44 years) ▻ Augusta von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenau,  m. 8 May 1736 ;   Grace Boyle + 2. Princess Anna von Hannover,   b. 2 Nov 1709, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland d. 12 Jan 1759, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland  (Age 49 years) ▻ Stadhouder Willem van Oranje-Nassau, IV,  m. 25 Mar 1734 ;   Douwe Sirtema van Grovestins   3. Amelia von Hannover,   b. 10 Jun 1711, Herrenhausen d. 31 Oct 1786, Cavendish Square, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 75 years)   4. Caroline von Hannover,   b. 10 Jun 1713, Herrenhausen d. 28 Dec 1757, London, St.James Palace  (Age 44 years)   5. NN von Hannover,   b. 20 Nov 1716, London, Middlesex, England d. 20 Nov 1716, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 0 years)   6. George William von Hannover,   b. 2 Nov 1717, St James Palace d. 6 Feb 1718, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England  (Age 0 years)   7. William August von Hannover,   b. 21 Apr 1721, Leicester House, London, Middlesex, England d. 31 Oct 1765, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 44 years) + 8. Princess Mary von Hannover,   b. 22 Feb 1723, Leicester House, London, Middlesex, England d. 14 Jan 1772, Hanau  (Age 48 years) ▻ Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel,  m. 28 Jun 1740 + 9. Louisa von Hannover,   b. 7 Dec 1724, Leicester House, London, Middlesex, England d. 8 Dec 1751, Christainborg  (Age 27 years) ▻ Konge Frederik V af Danmark,  m. 30 Oct 1743   10. NN von Hannover,   b. 1725   d. 1725  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I5491	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	King Georg II von Hannover,   b. 1683, Herrenhausen b.Hanover d. 25 Oct 1760, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Markgräfin Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline von Brandenburg-Ansbach,   b. 1 Mar 1683, Ansbach d. 20 Nov 1737, St James Palace, London (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1705	Schloss Herrenhausen, Hannover, Deutschland
  Family ID	F2060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  He was created Duke of Cumberland in 1726. A soldier by profession, he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), becoming commander of the allied forces in 1745. He was defeated severely by France's Marshal Maurice de Saxe at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May 1745. Later in 1745 Cumberland was recalled to England to oppose the invasion of England of the Jacobite forces under Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, grandson of the deposed king James II. Cumberland's army defeated the Scots at the Battle of Culloden Moor in Inverness on 16 April 1746, at which about 1,000 Scots died. After the battle he was asked for orders: he wrote, "No quarter", on the back of a playing card (the nine of diamonds - still known as the 'curse of Scotland'). As a result of this action he was given the epithet "Butcher" Cumberland. A flower was named after him to mark his success at Culloden. In England it is known as the Sweet William but in Scotland it is known as the Stinking Billy. He remained in Scotland for three months after the battle, rounding up some 3,500 men and executing about 120. The English soldiers killed everyone they found, regardless of age or gender (see John Prebble's Culloden, Penguin, 1961) Cumberland then returned to the European theatre of war. in July 1747 he lost the Battle of Langfeld to Saxe. During the Seven Years' War (1756-63) he was defeated by the French at the Battle of Hastenbeck in July 1757. Hastenbeck was in Hanover, one of George II's possessions. Because he signed the Convention of Klosterzeven in September 1757, promising to evacuate Hanover, Cumberland was dismissed by his father who repudiated the agreement. Cumberland's refusal to serve as commander in chief unless William Pitt was dismissed as Secretary of State led to Pitt's fall in April 1757. In 1765 the duke was asked by his nephew, King George III, to head a ministry, a rôle that he accepted. Cumberland appointed the second Marquis of Rockingham as First Lord of the Treasury. Cumberland became ill in the summer of 1765 and died of a brain-clot on 31 October of the same year.