Duke of Cambridge

Duke of Cambridge is a title frequently conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. It was first used as a designation for the eldest son of James, Duke of York, later James II, James Stewart (1660-1661), who was never actually formally created Duke of Cambridge. The first of York's sons by his second wife, Charles Stewart (1677-1677), was also styled Duke of Cambridge, but never officially created as such.

The actual creations of the Dukedom of Cambridge are as follows:

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1 Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 1st Creation, 1664) 2 Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 2nd Creation, 1667) 3 Duke (and Marquess) of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 3rd Creation, 1706) 4 Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801) 5 Marquess of Cambridge (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1917)

Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 1st Creation, 1664)

1. James Stewart, son of the Duke and Duchess of York (1663-1667)

Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 2nd Creation, 1667)

1. Edgar Stewart, son of the Duke and Duchess of York (1667-1671)

Duke (and Marquess) of Cambridge (Peerage of England, 3rd Creation, 1706)

1. George Augustus, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ascended throne as George II in 1727. (1683-1760)

Duke of Cambridge (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801)

1. Prince Adolphus, seventh son of King George III (1774-1850)
2. Prince George, only son of the first duke (1819-1904)

The first Duke's grandson, Adolphus, Duke of Teck, who was the brother of Queen Mary, George V's consort, was created Marquess of Cambridge in 1917 when he gave up his German titles and took the surname "Cambridge".

Marquess of Cambridge (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1917)

1. Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge (1868-1927)
2. George Francis Hugh Cambridge (1895-1981)