1650, and married, as before observed, his first cousin, the princess Mary, daughter of king James II.

Having been invited over, for the deliverence of this country from the arbitrary sway of king James, his highness first set foot on British ground at Torbay, in the county of Devon, on the evening of the 4th of November, 1688, and on the following day landed his army.

The object having been effected by the departure of king James on the 23rd of December, and all the subsequent arrangements for the future government of the country having been settled by the convention, the declaration of the Lords and Commons, declaring the throne vacant, and requesting that he and the princess of Orange would accept the same, was presented on the 12th of February following, on which day the princess having arrived at Whitehall from Holland, they were pleased to accept the crown proffered, and accordingly, on the 13th of February, 1688-9, they were proclaimed king and queen.

On the 11th of April their majesties were jointly crowned at Westminster, by Henry Compton, bishop of London; Sancroft, archbishop of Canterbury, having refused to take the oaths. On the same day their majesties were proclaimed at Edinburgh with great solemnity.

Queen Mary died of the small-pox in December, 1694. His majesty outlived her somewhat above seven years, and departed this life at Kensington, the 8th of March, 1701-2, in the fifty-second year of his age. They were both interred at Westminster Abbey, where their effigies in wax are preserved.

Previous to his decease, king William, upon the death of the duke of Gloucester, in 1700, (who was the last surviving child of the princess Anne of Denmark,) recommended to the parliament to make a further provision for the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, which was afterwards made good by the act limiting the succession to the Hanover family, passed anno 12 Will. III.

QUEEN ANNE.

This princess having succeeded to the throne under the declaration of the Lords and Commons, anno Ist of William and Mary, was immediately proclaimed queen upon the death of king William, and on the 23rd of April was crowned at Westminster by Dr. Tennison, archbishop of Canterbury.

She was the second daughter of king James, by his first wife, and was born on the 6th of February, 1664. In July, 1683, she was married at St. James's, to prince George of Denmark, second son to Frederick III. of that kingdom, and by him, who died at Kensington, in October, 1708, had two sons and four daughters, hereafter mentioned.

Prince George, though he lived to see his princess queen, yet had no participation in the regal power; but nevertheless was invested with high honours and appointments in this country.

*

On the 6th of April, 1689, (the 1st of William and Mary,) he was created* baron of Oakingham, earl of Kendal, and duke of Cumberland; Dale's and by a special act of parliament and naturalization, had precedence granted to him for life, in and out of parliament, before the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord Chancellor, all the other great officers, and before the dukes and all other peers of the realm.

He was likewise constituted lord high admiral of England, the 20th of May, 1702, after the queen's accession; and, after the union with Scotland, was declared lord high admiral of Great Britain, the 28th of July, 1707. The issue of prince George and queen Anne were

A daughter, still born, the 12th of May, 1684.

Mary, born at Whitehall, the 2nd of June, 1685, but died the February following.

Anne-Sophia, born at Windsor, the 12th of May, 1686, and died in February in the following year.

William, born at Hampton-Court, the 24th of July, 1689, was baptized

Dale's Cat. Nob.

† Ibid.

on the 27th of the same month by the bishop of London, his majesty king William, and Charles, earl of Dorset and Middlesex, lord Chamberlain, being godfathers, and Gertrude, marchioness of Halifax, godmother.*

The young prince, when christened, was immediately declared duke of Gloucester. In 1695 he was invested with the order of the Garter, at a chapter holden at Kensington, in the evening of the 6th of January, the 7 Will. III.; and, on the 24th of July, 1696, he was installed at Windsor, commissioners being appointed by his majesty for that purpose.† But this hopeful prince died of a fever at Windsor, the 30th of July, 1700, and was buried at Westminster.

Mary, youngest daughter, was born at St. James's, in October, 1690, and died soon after she was baptized.

George, the youngest child, was born at Sion-house, near Brentford, 17th April, 1692, and died shortly after baptism.

Queen Anne died at Kensington, on Sunday, the 1st of August, 1714, and was interred in Westminster Abbey, where her effigies in wax at this day may be seen.

Having no surviving issue, the crown, according to the act of settlement, became vested in the house of Hanover, where it now continues.

APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS

TO THE

THREE VOLUMES OF THE

DORMANT AND EXTINCT BARONAGE OF ENGLAND,

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF EACH VOLUME.