Duke of Cambridge
Field marshal
1774-1850
Having studied at the University of Göttingen,
he served in the Hanoverian army and with the British army in
the Low Countries, being severely wounded in 1793. He was created
Earl of Tipperary and Duke of Cambridge in November 1801 and became
a privy councillor in 1802. In 1813 he was promoted field marshal
and in 1816, after the electorate of Hanover had been raised to
the rank of a kingdom, the duke was appointed viceroy. He held
this position until the separation of Great Britain and Hanover
in 1837.
