The last creation (the form being "Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") was for Ernest Augustus (later King of Hanover), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom.
Ernest, the new king of Hanover, on 8 August 1837 created him KCH; but at his urgent request allowed him to decline the assumption of the ordinary prefix of knighthood.
Ernest Hemingway | Hanover | Augustus | Kingdom of Hanover | Ernest Shackleton | Hanover, New Hampshire | Ernest Borgnine | Ernest Tubb | Ernest Rutherford | House of Hanover | Ernest Renan | Augustus John | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | Ernest Chausson | Ernest Bloch | Ernest Bevin | Ernest | Augustus Pugin | Province of Hanover | Ernest George | Augustus II the Strong | Augustus De Morgan | University of Hanover | Hanover Square, London | Ernest Gruening | Ernest Dowson | Ernest Bai Koroma | New Hanover Island | Ernest Thompson Seton | Ernest Hollings |
Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg (1778–1841) married (1) Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (2) Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (3) Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
Ernest's great-grandfather, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom, became king of Hanover in 1837 because Salic Law barred Queen Victoria from reigning in Germany.