Duke of Cumberland

The dukedom was created in the Peerage of England in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I.

When he died without male heirs, the title was created again in the Peerage of England in 1689 for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, younger daughter of King James II.

The third creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was for Prince William, the third son of King George II.

Other titles granted to Prince William were Marquess of Berkhampstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney.

Includes dukes of: Albany, Albemarle, Bedford, Cambridge, Clarence, Connaught and Strathearn, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Gloucester and Edinburgh, Hereford, Kent, Kintyre and Lorne, Norfolk, Ross, Somerset, Sussex, Windsor, and York, but only when royally.

Sign at the Duke of Cumberland hotel, Canterbury . The image is of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland , victor at Culloden .