XIX. George Auguftus.

Son and heir apparent of King George I.

Prince of Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick
Luneburgh, Duke of Cornwall and Rothfay, Duke and
Marquefs of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven and Car-
rick, Viscount Northallerton, Baron of Tewkesbury and
Renfrew, Lord of the Iles and Steward of Scotland,
K.G.

Created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chefter, 27 Sept.

1714.

[George II.] Ascended the throne as King George II. 11 June, 1727.

XX. Frederick Lewis.

Son and heir apparent of King George II.

Prince of Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick Luneburgh, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquefs of the Ifle of Ely, Earl of Eltham and Carrick, Viscount of Launceston, Baron of Snawdon and Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Steward of Scotland, K.G.

Created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chefter, 8 Jan.

1729.

Married Augufta, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-
Gotha.

XXI. George William Frederick.

Son of Prince Frederick Lewis, and heir apparent on the
death of his father.

Prince of Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick
Luneburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquefs of the Isle of
Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston, and Baron
of Snawdon, 20 March, 1751, when his father died.
Created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester 20 April,

1751.

[George III.] Afcended the throne as King George III. 25 Oct. 1760.

XXII. George Auguftus Frederick.

Son and heir apparent of King George III.

Prince of Great Britain, Electoral Prince of Brunswick
Luneburgh, Duke of Cornwall and Rothfay, Earl of

Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Steward of Scotland, K.G.

Created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chefter 19 Aug. 1762.

[George IV.] Afcended the throne as King George IV. 29 Jan. 1820.

XXIII. Albert Edward.

Son and heir apparent of Queen Victoria.

Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall and Rothfay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Ifles and Steward of Scotland, K.G. &c.

Created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chefter 8 Dec. 1841, to him and his heirs, Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for ever.

Created Earl of Dublin, with like limitation, 17 Jan.
1850.

Married Alexandra, daughter of Christian IX. King of
Denmark.

Earls of Lancaster.

I. Edmund Plantagenet.

A younger fon of King Henry III.

Created Earl of Lancaster, by charter, [30 June, 51 Henry
III. 1267.]

Died, at Bayonne, 4 June, 25 Edw. I. 1297.
By the fame charter he became poffeffed of the honor,
county, castle and town of Lancaster. He had previously
been created Earl of Leicester and High Steward of Eng-
land upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfort, who was
flain at the battle of Evesham, 5th of August, 1265;
and on the 28th of June, 50 Henry III. 1266, he was
made Earl of Derby, with a grant of all the estates of
the last Earl [Robert de Ferrars], who had taken part in
the rebellion of De Montfort.

Earl Edmund left by his fecond wife [Blanche, Queen
of Navarre] three fons; of these the two elder, Thomas
and Henry, fucceffively became Earls of Lancaster.

II. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Derby, was Earl
of Lincoln alfo, and Baron of Halton in right of his wife
Alice, daughter and sole heiress of Henry de Lacy, Earl
of Lincoln and Constable of Chester.

Died without iffue. Beheaded at Pomfret Castle, 22 March, 15 Edw. II. 1321-2.

III. Henry of Lancaster.

Earl of Lancaster, brother of the last Earl, had been fum-
moned to Parliament by writ, as a baron of the realm,
from 6 Feb. 27 Edward I. 1298-9; and in the Parlia-
ment holden in the 1ft of Edward III, having obtained a

reverfal of the judgment against his brother, the last Earl,
he was restored to all the lands and honours, and became
Earl of Lancaster and Leicester. Charter of Liberties,
7 May, 16 Edw. III., granted to him and the heirs of
his body.
Died, 22 Sept. 19 Edw. III. 1345.

Dukes of Lancaster.

I. Henry Plantagenet.

[1351-1360-1].

Son and heir of Henry Plantagenet, late Earl of Lan

cafter.

Created Earl of Derby 16 March, 1336-7.

Earl of Lincoln 20 August, 1349.

Duke of Lancaster 6 March, 1350-1,

with Palatinate jurisdiction for life within the county of

Lancafter; Steward of England.

Died, 24 March, 1360-1.

II. John Plantagenet, surnamed "of Gaunt."

[1362-1398-9].

Earl of Richmond, fourth fon of Edward III.
Created Duke of Lancaster 13 Nov. 1362.

[By charter, 28 Feb. 1377, the County of Lancaster was
erected into a Palatinate for the life of John of Gaunt.]
Created Duke of Aquitaine, for life, 2 March, 1388-9,
which in 1390 was extended to his heirs male.

Became King of Castille and Leon, by marriage with one
of the daughters of Pedro the Cruel, 1371, King of
Caftille.

III. Henry of Bolingbroke.

Son and heir of John of Gaunt.

Became Earl of Derby.

Duke of Hereford, 29 Sept. 1397.

[1399].

[Henry IV.] Ascending the throne as King Henry IV.
on the depofition of Richard II. the title of Duke of
Lancaster was conferred upon his fon Henry on the 10th
November, 1399.

IV, Henry Plantagenet.

Son and heir apparent of King Henry IV.

[1399-1412-13].

Declared Duke of Lancafter 10 Nov. 1 399, in Parliament.
Prince of Wales, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of
Cornwall, Earl of Chester.

Note. Upon the acceffion of Henry the Fifth to the throne [20 March, 1412-13] the above title became one of those belonging to the Crown, but feparate and diftinct, and has fo remained.