GEORGE AUGUSTUS (GEORG AUGUST), Prince (1683-1760)

Family and Education

b. 10 Nov. 1683 [NS], o.s. of Georg Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, prince of Calenberg (later elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. educ. privately (Johann Hilmar Holsten, Phillip Adam von Eltz). m. 2 Sept. 1705 [NS] Wilhemine Caroline von Ansbach-Bayreuth (als. Brandenburg-Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth) (d.1737), da. of Johann Friederich, margrave of Ansbach, and Eleonore von Sachsen-Eisenach, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (3 d.v.p.); ?1da. illegit. with Henrietta Howard, countess of Suffolk; 1s. illegit. with Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, countess of Yarmouth. KG 4 Apr. 1706. d. 25 Oct. 1760.

Offices Held

PC 1714; British Mercury, 22–29 Sept. 1714. guardian of the kingdom 1716–17. London Gazette, 3–7 July 1716.

Capt.-gen. Artillery co. of the City of London 1715. London Gazette, 7–10 May 1715.

High steward of Scotland, 1714 – 27; freeman Glasgow 1714; NAS, Campbell of Shawfield corresp. (microfilm), NLS 15526, f. 688. high steward, Exeter 1715. London Gazette, 12–15 Nov. 1715.

Gov. S. Sea Co. 1715 – 18, 1727–60. J. Carswell, The South Sea Bubble, 278; Weekly Packet, 29 Jan.-5 Feb. 1715.

FRS 15 May 1727.

Parlimentarian

GEORGE AUGUSTUS (GEORG AUGUST), Prince (1683-1760)

Associated with: Hanover; Richmond Lodge, Surr.; Leicester House, Westminster; St James’ Palace, Westminster; Kensington Palace; Hampton Court, Surr.

Likenesses

(as prince of Wales) enamel, by Christian Friedrich Zinke, 1717, Royal Collection, RCIN 421777; (as prince of Hanover) mezzotint, by William Faithorne jr after Georg Wilhelm Lafontaine, c.1700-10, NPG D 7906.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion