Duke of Cumberland

Sign at the Duke of Cumberland hotel, Canterbury. The image is of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, victor at Culloden.

Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family, named after the historic county of Cumberland.[1]

  1. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cumberland, Dukes and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 620.