Note 2 — Chapter X · THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS.
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The following list of Virginia counties bearing royal names, founded between 1689 and 1765, is interesting:—
King and Queen, 1691, after William and Mary.
Princess Anne, 1691, the princess who was afterwards Queen Anne.
King William, 1701, William III.
Prince George, 1702, the Prince Consort.
King George, 1720, George I.
Hanover, 1720, one of the king’s foreign dominions.
Brunswick, 1720, do.do.
Caroline, 1727, the queen of George II.
Prince William, 1730, William, Duke of Cumberland.
Orange, 1734, the Prince of Orange, who in that year married Anne, daughter of George II.
Amelia, 1734, a daughter of George II.
Frederick, 1738, Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Augusta, 1738, the Princess of Wales.
Louisa, 1742, a daughter of George II.
Lunenburg, 1746, one of the king’s foreign dominions.
Prince Edward, 1753, a son of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Charlotte, 1764, the queen of George III.
Mecklenburg, 1764, her father, Duke of Mecklenburg.