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Augusta made a good impression in society life, where she was described as pretty, elegant, and a gracious hostess. [2] On some occasions, the children of Augusta were made to give amateur theatre performances for their guests, notably on 4 January 1749, when George, Augusta, Elizabeth, Edward and some of their playmates acted in the tragedy of ...
Augusta later married her cousin, Lt. Colonel George Leigh (1771–1850), son of General Charles Leigh (1748–1815) and his wife, Frances Byron (1749-1823), her paternal aunt. The couple had seven children: Georgiana Augusta, Augusta Charlotte, George Henry, Elizabeth Medora, Frederick George, Amelia Marianne, and Henry Francis.
Augusta aged 14 in a family portrait of 1751 by George Knapton. Princess Augusta, aged 17, by Liotard. Princess Augusta was born at St. James's Palace on 31 July 1737.. As she was the first born child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the first born grandchild of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, Augusta was second in line for the throne of Great Britain, which changed a year ...
Princess Charles of Hesse-Kassel (wife of her maternal uncle) [citation needed] The Princess spent her earlier years in Hanover, where her father was the viceroy on behalf of his brother, George IV. Princess Augusta had one brother, Prince George, later 2nd Duke of Cambridge; and one sister, Princess Mary Adelaide, later Duchess of
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
A portrait of King George III, Queen Charlotte, and their six eldest children in 1770. Augusta is the baby in her mother's arms. Princess Augusta Sophia was born at Buckingham House, City and Liberty of Westminster, on 8 November 1768. She was the sixth child and second daughter of George III (1738–1820) and his wife Queen Charlotte. Her ...
Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (English: Charles George Augustus; 8 February 1766 – 20 September 1806) was the heir to the Duchy of Brunswick as the eldest son of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Augusta of Great Britain.
George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was an English born builder and self-trained preacher who was employed by the British colonial authorities to conciliate the Indigenous Australians of Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District to the process of British invasion and colonialisation.