The death of the Duke of Cambridge, brother of the late William IV.,
occurred the 8th of July, and was quite sudden. He was the seventh
son of George III., was born in 1774, received his earliest education
at Kew, and finished his studies at Gottingen. He entered the army,
and experiencing much active service, was promoted, until in 1813 he
attained the distinction of Field Marshal. He soon afterward became
Governor-General of Hanover, and continued to fill that post until
the accession of the Duke of Cumberland, in 1839. His subsequent life
presented few features of much interest. His name was to be found as
a patron and a contributor to many most valuable institutions, and
he took delight in presiding at benevolent festivals and anniversary
dinners, when, though without the slightest pretension to eloquence,
the frankness and _bonhommie_ of his manners, and his simple
straight-forward earnestness of speech, used to make him an universal
favorite. He took but little part in the active strife of parties. He
died in his seventy-seventh year, leaving one son, Prince George of
Cambridge, and two daughters.
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