Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge

(1774-1850)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, Duke of, 1774-1850 NRA: Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick (1774-1850) 1st Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal DNB: Adolphus Frederick, Prince, first duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), viceroy of Hanover, army officer, and son of George III LBT ID: DuCambr VIAF ID: 51929589 LOC ID: n2002047654	B/BAP: 1774-02-24 DIED: 1850-07-08
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The son of George III; during the French Revolutionary wars he fought in the Hanoverian army, where he remained for much of his life as viceroy of Hanover.
REFERENCES TO Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge: George Canning to William Jerdan, 26 June 1826 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ 3 John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 9 October 1847 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 9: Mr. Canning Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXVIII Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 21: 1842-50