Duke Adolphus Hanover Of CambridgeAge: 761774–1850
- Name
- Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge
- Given names
- Adolphus
- Surname
- Hanover
- Name prefix
- Duke
- Name suffix
- Of Cambridge
| Birth | 1774 35 29 |
| Marriage | Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel - View family |
| Birth of a sister | 25 April 1776 (Age 2) Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England
younger sister -
Mary Hanover
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| Birth of a sister | 2 November 1777 (Age 3) Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England
younger sister -
Sophia Hanover
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| Birth of a brother | 23 February 1779 (Age 5) Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England
younger brother -
Octavius Hanover
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| Birth of a brother | 22 September 1780 (Age 6) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
younger brother -
Alfred Hanover
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| Death of a brother | 3 May 1783 (Age 9) Kew Palace, Kew, England
younger brother -
Octavius Hanover
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| Birth of a sister | 7 August 1783 (Age 9) Royal Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England
younger sister -
Amelia Hanover
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| Death of a brother | 20 August 1783 (Age 9) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
younger brother -
Alfred Hanover
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| Marriage of a brother | George Augustus Frederick Hanover - View family 1785 (Age 11)
elder brother -
George Augustus Frederick Hanover
sister-in-law -
Maria Anne Fitzherbert
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| Australian History | 1788 (Age 14) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
| Australian History | 1790 (Age 16) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | 1792 (Age 18) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
| Marriage of a brother | George Augustus Frederick Hanover - View family 8 April 1795 (Age 21) Chapel Royal, St James Palace, England
elder brother -
George Augustus Frederick Hanover
sister-in-law -
Caroline Amelia … Of BruNew South Walesick
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| Marriage of a sister | Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal - View family 18 May 1797 (Age 23) Chapel Royal, St James Palace, England
brother-in-law -
King Frederick I … Of Wurttemberg
elder sister -
Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal
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| Australian History | 1797 (Age 23) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798 (Age 24) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 29) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | 1804 (Age 30) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins. |
| Australian History | 1808 (Age 34) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Death of a sister | 2 November 1810 (Age 36) Augusta Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England
younger sister -
Amelia Hanover
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| Marriage of a brother | Ernest Augustus I Hanover King Of Hanover - View family 29 August 1815 (Age 41) Carlton House, London, England
elder brother -
Ernest Augustus I Hanover King Of Hanover
sister-in-law -
Duchess Frederica … Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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| Australian History | 1817 (Age 43) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Hanover - View family 7 April 1818 (Age 44)
brother-in-law -
Frederick VI … Of Hesse-Homburg
elder sister -
Elizabeth Hanover
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| Marriage of a brother | William Henry Hanover - View family 11 July 1818 (Age 44) Kew Palace, Kew, England
elder brother -
William Henry Hanover
sister-in-law -
Princess Adelaide Louisa Theresa …
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| Marriage of a brother | Edward Augustus Hanover - View family 11 July 1818 (Age 44) Kew Palace, Kew, England
elder brother -
Edward Augustus Hanover
sister-in-law -
Marie Luise Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a mother | 17 November 1818 (Age 44) Kew Palace, Kew, England
mother -
Charlotte …
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| Australian History | 1818 (Age 44) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1819 (Age 45) |
| Death of a brother | 23 January 1820 (Age 46) Sidmouth, Devon, England
elder brother -
Edward Augustus Hanover
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| Death of a father | 29 January 1820 (Age 46) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
father -
George William Frederick Hanover
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1822 (Age 48)
daughter -
Augusta Caroline …
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 50) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 51) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Death of a brother | 5 January 1827 (Age 53) Rutland House, Arlington St., London, England
elder brother -
Frederick Hanover Duke Of York
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| Death of a sister | 6 October 1828 (Age 54) Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
elder sister -
Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal
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| Australian History | 1828 (Age 54) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 55) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Death of a brother | 26 June 1830 (Age 56) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
elder brother -
George Augustus Frederick Hanover
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| Australian History | 1830 (Age 56) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 57) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 58) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1833 (Age 59)
daughter -
Mary Adelaide …
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| Australian History | 1833 (Age 59) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 61) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 62) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a brother | 20 June 1837 (Age 63) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
elder brother -
William Henry Hanover
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| Australian History | 1838 (Age 64) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 65) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Death of a sister | 10 January 1840 (Age 66) Frankfurt, Germany
elder sister -
Elizabeth Hanover
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| Death of a sister | 22 September 1840 (Age 66) Clarence House, St. James, London, England
elder sister -
Augusta Sophia Hanover
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| Australian History | 1840 (Age 66) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 67) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 68) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1843 (Age 69)
grandson -
George Fitzgeorge
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| Death of a brother | 21 April 1843 (Age 69) Kensington Palace, Kensington, London, England
elder brother -
Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 69) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 71) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1846 (Age 72)
grandson -
Adolphus …
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| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1847 (Age 73)
grandson -
Agustus …
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| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1848 (Age 74)
grandson -
Adolphus Frederick V … Grand Duke
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| Death of a sister | 27 May 1848 (Age 74) Vicarage Place, Kensington, London, England
younger sister -
Sophia Hanover
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| Australian History | 1850 (on the date of death) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Death | 1850 (Age 76) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 4 June 1738 37 18 Norfolk-House, St. James Square, London, England Death 29 January 1820 (Age 81) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
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6 years mother |
Charlotte …
Birth 19 May 1744 Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany Death 17 November 1818 (Age 74) Kew Palace, Kew, England |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder brother |
Birth 12 August 1762 24 18 London, England Death 26 June 1830 (Age 67) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Frederick Hanover Duke Of York
Birth 16 August 1763 25 19 St. James Palace, London, England Death 5 January 1827 (Age 63) Rutland House, Arlington St., London, England |
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Birth 21 August 1765 27 21 Buckingham House, London, England Death 20 June 1837 (Age 71) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
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13 months #4 elder sister |
Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal
Birth 29 September 1766 28 22 Buckingham House, St. James Park, London, England Death 6 October 1828 (Age 62) Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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13 months #5 elder brother |
Birth 2 November 1767 29 23 Buckingham House, London, England Death 23 January 1820 (Age 52) Sidmouth, Devon, England |
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1 year #6 elder sister |
Augusta Sophia Hanover
Birth 8 November 1768 30 24 Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England Death 22 September 1840 (Age 71) Clarence House, St. James, London, England |
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18 months #7 elder sister |
Elizabeth Hanover
Birth 22 May 1770 31 26 Death 10 January 1840 (Age 69) Frankfurt, Germany |
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1 year #8 elder brother |
Ernest Augustus I Hanover King Of Hanover
Birth 5 June 1771 33 27 Buckingham House, London, England Death 18 November 1851 (Age 80) Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany |
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20 months #9 elder brother |
Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex
Birth 27 January 1773 34 28 Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England Death 21 April 1843 (Age 70) Kensington Palace, Kensington, London, England |
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11 months #10 himself |
Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge
Birth 1774 35 29 Death 1850 (Age 76) |
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2 years #11 younger sister |
Mary Hanover
Birth 25 April 1776 37 31 Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England Death 30 April 1857 (Age 81) Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London, England |
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18 months #12 younger sister |
Sophia Hanover
Birth 2 November 1777 39 33 Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England Death 27 May 1848 (Age 70) Vicarage Place, Kensington, London, England |
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16 months #13 younger brother |
Octavius Hanover
Birth 23 February 1779 40 34 Buckingham House, Westminster, London, England Death 3 May 1783 (Age 4) Kew Palace, Kew, England |
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19 months #14 younger brother |
Alfred Hanover
Birth 22 September 1780 42 36 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England Death 20 August 1783 (Age 2) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
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3 years #15 younger sister |
Amelia Hanover
Birth 7 August 1783 45 39 Royal Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England Death 2 November 1810 (Age 27) Augusta Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Family with Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel - View family |
| himself |
Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge
Birth 1774 35 29 Death 1850 (Age 76) |
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23 years wife |
Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1797 50 35 Death 1889 (Age 92) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
Duke George … Of Cambridge
Birth 1819 45 22 Death 1904 (Age 85) |
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3 years #2 daughter |
Augusta Caroline …
Birth 1822 48 25 Death 1916 (Age 94) |
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11 years #3 daughter |
Mary Adelaide …
Birth 1833 59 36 Death 1897 (Age 64) |