7.6.1810 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on D. of Cumbd
Ernest Augustus 1771-1851 fifth son of George III was Duke of Cumberland & Teviotdale from 1799. On 31.5.1810 he was attacked and wounded and his valet Sellis was found with his throat cut. Cumberland was an extreme Tory in the Lords. Francis Place was foreman of the coroners jury which concluded Sellis had cut his own throat but there was much speculative scandal about Cumberland's role in these events