(v)
William Henry
He was born on 14 November, 1743, at Leicester House, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 27 May, 1762, and was created Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Earl of Connaught on 19 November, 1764. He died on 25 August, 1805, at Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
William had the following illegitimate issue:
By Lady Almeria Carpenter:
1 Louisa Maria (1762–1835); she married Godfrey Bosville MacDonald, 3rd Baron of Slate, and had issue.
William married, on 6 September, 1766, at her father’s house in Pall Mall, London:
Maria
She was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole by Dorothy, daughter of Hammond Clement of Darlington or Durham, and she was born shortly before 10 July, 1736, at Westminster, London. She married firstly James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave (1714–1763), on 15 May, 1759, at her father’s house in Pall Mall, London, and had issue:
1 Elizabeth Laura (1760–1816), Countess Waldegrave; she married George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave (1751–1789), and had issue.
2 Charlotte Maria (1761–1808); she married George Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton (1760–1844), and had issue.
3 Anne Horatia (1762–1801); she married Admiral Sir Hugh Seymour (1759–1801), and had issue.
Maria died on 22/23 August, 1807, at Oxford Lodge, Brompton, Middlesex, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Issue of marriage:
(a)
Sophia Matilda
She was born on 29 May, 1773, at Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London. She died on 29 November, 1844, at the Ranger’s House, Blackheath, Kent, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
(b)
Caroline Augusta Maria
She was born on 24 June, 1774, at Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London, and died there on 14 March, 1775. She was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
(c)
William Frederick
He was born on 15 January, 1776, at the Tedoli Palace, Rome, Italy. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 16 July, 1794. He succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Earl of Connaught on 25 August,
1805. He died on 30 November, 1834, at Bagshot Park, Surrey, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
William married, on 22 July, 1816, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, London:
Mary
She was the daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, by Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and she was born on 25 April, 1776, at Buckingham Palace. She died on 30 April 1857, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. There was no issue of the marriage.
(vi)
Henry Frederick
He was born on 27 October, 1745, at Leicester House, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. He was created Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 22 October, 1766, and was made a Knight of the Garter on 21 December, 1767. He died on 18 September, 1790, at Cumberland House, Pall Mall, London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Henry is alleged, on circumstantial evidence, to have married privately, either on 4 March (?), 1767, or in 1770:
Olivia
She was the daughter of the Reverend D. James Wilmot. She died on 5 December, 1774.
Alleged issue of marriage:
(a)
Olivia
Known as ‘Princess Olivia of Cumberland’; she was born on 3 April, 1772. She married John Thomas Serres on I September, 1791, and had issue:
1 Lavinia Janetta Horton (1797–1871); she married Antony Thomas Ryves, and had issue.
2 Daughter.
Olivia died before 3 December, 1834 (date of burial), and was buried in St James’s Church, Westminster.
Henry certainly did marry, on 2 October, 1771, at her house in Hertford Street, Mayfair, London (the which marriage was bigamous if Henry had actually married Olivia Wilmot):
Anne
She was the daughter of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton, by Judith Maria, daughter of Sir Nicholas Lawes, and she was born on 24 January, 1742/3, in the Parish of St Marylebone, London. She married firstly Christopher Horton of Catton Hall, Derbyshire, on 4 August, 1765, and had issue:
1 Son (name not known) (
d
. young).
Anne died on 28 December, 1808, or in February, 1809, at Trieste, Italy. There was no issue of her marriage to Henry.
(vii)
Louisa Anne
She was born on 8 March, 1749, at Leicester House, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. She died on 13 May, 1768, at Carlton House, Mayfair, London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
(viii)
Frederick William
He was born on 13 May, 1750, at Leicester House, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. He died there on 29 December, 1765, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
(ix)
Caroline Matilda
She was born on 11 July, 1751, at Leicester House, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. She married Christian VII, King of Denmark (1749–1808), by proxy on 1 October, 1766, at Carlton House, London. and in person on 8 November, 1766, at Schloss Frederiksberg, or at Christianborg, Denmark, and had issue:
1 Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1768–1839); he married Mary Sophia Frederica (1767–1852), daughter of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, and had issue.
2 Louise Augusta (1771–1843); she married Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1765–1814), and had issue. Although recognised as the legitimate daughter of Christian VII, Louise was without doubt the daughter of Queen Caroline by her lover, Count Struensee: her portraits bear this out most strikingly when compared to those of Struensee.
Caroline was crowned Queen Consort of Denmark on 1 May, 1767. She was divorced on 6 April, 1772, on the grounds of her adultery with Count John Frederick Struensee (1737 executed
1772). She died on 10 May, 1775, at Celle Castle, Hanover, and was buried in Celle Church.
2 Anne
She was born on 9 or 22 (O.S.) October or 2 November (N.S.), 1709, at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover. She was styled Princess Royal from c.30 August, 1727. She married William IV (Charles Henry Friso), Prince of Orange (1711–1751) on 14 (O.S.) or 24/25 (N.S.) March, 1734, at the Chapel Royal St James’s Palace, and had issue:
1 Unnamed son ( b.& d.1735).
2 Unnamed daughter ( b.& d.1736).
3 Unnamed daughter ( b.& d.1739).
4 Wilhelmina Caroline (1743–1787); she married Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg (1735–1788), and had issue.
5 Anne Marie ( b.& d.1746).