460 HERA 
Great Britain, Earl of Connaught in Ireland, Knight of 
the Garter, Senior Field-Marfhal of his Majefry’s Forces, 
Colonel of the firft Regiment of Foot Guards, Chancel¬ 
lor of the lUniverfity of Dublin, Ranger and Keeper of 
Cranbourne Chace, Ranger of Hampton-.Court Park, 
Lord Warden and Keeper of the New Fired, Hamp- 
fhire. His Royal Highnefs married, Sept;6, 1766, Ma¬ 
ria countefs dowager of Waldegrave^. widow of James 
fecond earl of \Valdegrave, and daughter of fir Edward 
Walpole, Knight of the Bath ; and by her, who died 
Aug. 23, 1807, had ill'll e : 1. Sophia-Matilda, born 
May 29, 1.773;. a. Caroline-AugCifta-Maria, born June 
24, 1774, died March 14, 1775; 3. William-Frederic-, 
born at Rome Jan. 15, 1776, the prefent duke.—His 
Royal Highnefs died Aug. 25, 1805. 
The armorial bearings of his Highnefs the duke of 
Gloucefter, are the fame as thofe of his royal coufit) 
the duke of Cambridge, differenced only by the dif- 
tinftionof a fecond houle, a label throughout the arms, 
of five points argent, the middle point charged with 
a fleur-de-lis azure, the other four with a St. George’s 
crofs each, gules. See defcription of Plate VIII. 
As Knight of the Garter, he bears the infignia and 
motto round his fhield. The creft, coronet, ftippor- 
ters, &c. are the fame as thofe borne by the other 
princes of the blood-royal, diftingpilhed by the label 
of five points, enfigned as in the arms, and placed 1 in a 
’ confpicuous manner upon the bread of the lion in the 
creft, and upon .each of the fupporters. See the He¬ 
raldry Plate XV. but the'coronet is compofed of ftraw- 
berry leaves and'erodes pattee. See page 446, and Plate 
IX. fig. 6. 
PRINCESSES of the BLOOD ROYAL. 
CHARLOTTA AUGUSTA MATILDA, Princefs 
Royal of England, Duchefs of Wirternberg, Lady of the 
Ruffian Imperial Order of St. Catharine, born Sept. 29, 
1766; married May 18, 1797, to Frederic-Charles-Wil- 
liarn, Duke of Wirternberg, brother to the emprefs of 
Rulfia*, and widower of the c-Heft daughter of the late 
duke of Brunfwick, by Atlgufta, his prefent Majefty 
George Ill’s fifter. 
The armorial bearings of the Princefs Royal, of Eng¬ 
land are impaled with thofe of her confort.the duke of 
Wirternberg ; which are thus blazoned : A fhield of 
fix quarterings. 1. Bendy lozengy or and fable, for the 
duchy of Teck. 2. Azure, a banner of the empire, in 
bend or, charged with' an eagle difplayed fable, to de¬ 
note the dignity of ftandard-bearcr of the empire. 3. 
Gules, two trouts endorfed in pale or, for the county of 
Mont Belliard. 4. Azure, a bend embattled, counter- 
embattled, argent. 5. Quarterly, 1 and 4, per fefs, 
indented gules and argent. 2 and 3, gules five trees, 
argent. 6. Per fefs or and gules, in chief a man’s head 
couped below the lhoulders, his cap gules turned er¬ 
mine, in bale a crefcent argent ; and over all an inef- 
cutcheon argent, charged with three flag’s horns in fefs 
fable, for Wirternberg; impaling the arms of the Princefs 
Royal, which are fimilar to thofe above defcribed, with 
the diftinftiom of a label of three points charged with a 
role gules on the centre point between two erodes of 
St. George on the exterior points. See defcription of 
Plate VIII. h. Supporters, two eagles'regardant pro¬ 
per. See Plate XVI. 
Thefe arms are here inferted as they were borne by 
the duke of Wirternberg before the changes and altera¬ 
tions whiclrtopk place in Germany under the influence 
of. the ruler of the French nation. 
Princess AUGUSeTA-SOPHI A, their Majefties’ fe¬ 
cond daughter, born Nov. 8, 1768. 'By thelaws of he¬ 
raldry, which dire ft, that unmarried ladies (hall bear 
their coats armorial oh a lozenge, and without motto, 
mantling, or creft,' the princefs Augufta Sophia bears 
the Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
LDRY. 
Ireland, in right of her illuftrious father, in a lozenge, 
diftinguiftied from,thofe of her royal lifters by a la¬ 
bel of three points argent, enligned on the middle point 
with a rofe gules between two ermine fpots fable on 
the exterior points. See defcription of Plate VIII. i. 
Plate XVI. ! 
Pri n cess ELIZABETH, their Majefties’ third daugh¬ 
ter, born May 22, 1770. The armorial bearings of this 
princefs are the fame with thofe borne by the princefs 
Augufta-Sophia'; differenced only by the label of three 
points enfigned on the centre point with a crofs of St. 
George between two rofes gules., : See defcription o‘f 
Plate VIII. k. and Heraldry Plate XVI. 
Princess MARY, their Majefties’ fourth daughter, 
born April 25, 1776. The armorial bearings of this 
princefs are the fame with thofe borne by the princefs 
Elizabeth, diftinguilhed only by the label of three 
points argent charged on the middle point with a rofe 
between two cantons gules on the exterior points. See. 
defcription of Plate VIII./.and the Heraldry Plate XVI. 
Princess SOPHIA, their Majefties’ fifth daughter, 
born Nov. 3, 1777. The armorial bearings of this 
princefs are the fame with thofe bbrne by the princefs 
Mary, differenced by the label of three points enfigned 
with a heart on the middle point between two rofes 
gules on the exterior points. See defcription of Plate 
VI II. m. and the Heraldry Plate XVI. 
Princess AMELIA, their Majefties’ fixth daugh¬ 
ter, born Aug. 7, 1783. The armorial bearings of this 
princefs are the lame with thofe borne by her royal fif- 
ters, differenced only with the label of three points en¬ 
figned with a rofe in the middle point between two 
hearts gules on the exterior points. See defcription of 
Plate VIII. n. and .the Heraldry Plate XVI. The fup¬ 
porters charged with the refpeftive labels as they are 
in the artfis. 
Princess SOPHIA MATILDA of GLOUCES¬ 
TER, bears in a lozenge the fame arms and libel of 
five points, as the duke of Gloucefter her brother, with 
the fame coronet and fupporters. See Plate VIII. for 
the label. 
NOBILITY of the UNITED KINGDOM of 
GREAT1BRITA1N and IRELAND, 
To thofe who intereft themfelves in the political hif- 
of tory our own country, the Biography of the great 
and difiinguilhed body of . Nobility, cannot fail of 
being highly acceptable, fince it abounds, in a variety 
of refpefts, with moft ivnportant information. Yet, 
while almolf every common-place fcribbler is indulged 
with a place in moft of our biographical compilations, 
fcarcely a trait occurs of the charafteriftic merits or 
hiftory of our nobility.; fume few only excepted, whofe 
clafiical productions have tended to immortalize their 
names. To compenfate for this defeft, ' the ’ follow¬ 
ing feries of correft and genuine, biographical (ketches 
have been with confiderable difficulty obtained,'through 
the medium of a perfotral application to' each noble 
peer,'in order to render the prefent article in ail refpefts 
complete. 
ENGLISH DUKES. 
HOWARD, DUKE OF NORFOLK. 
CHARLES HOWARD, Duke of NORFOLK; 
premier duke, earl; and baron, of England', next the 
blood royal; Earl Marfhal and Hereditary Marlhal of 
England; E.irl of Arundel, Surrey,and Norfolk; Baron 
Fitzalan, Clunn, Ofwaldeftre, and Mairravers ; Baron 
Mowbray, Howard, Legrave, Bfewefe of Gower, War- 
