Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was conferred upon a member of the British royal family. It was named after the county of Cumberland in England, and after Strathearn in Scotland.
History The title of Duke of Cumberland had been created thrice in the Peerages of England and Great Britain.Cokayne, Complete Peerage, vol. III, pp. 370–375.
The title of Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn was created on 22 October 1766 in the Peerage of Great Britain.Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, p. 1236. This double dukedom and the Earldom of Dublin in the Peerage of Ireland were bestowed on Prince Henry, the third son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of King George II.Hibbert, George III: A Personal History, pp. 60–62. Since Prince Henry died without legitimate children, the title became extinct.ODNB, "Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn", Oxford University Press.
The title of Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale was later created in the Peerage of Great Britain.Cokayne, vol. III, pp. 371–372.
Cumberland is a historic county of England, while the title Strathearn referred to the strath (valley) of the River Earn in Scotland; the ancient title Earl/Mormaer of Strathearn died out in the 15th century.Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol. II, pp. 50–51.
List of titleholders
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1766)
|Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn also Earl of Dublin (Ireland, 1766) | |7 November 1745Leicester House, London son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |Anne Horton |18 September 1790 London aged 44 |- | colspan=5|Henry had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.
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