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Show British Peerages Cancelled by the Order of King LONDON, March 2S The duke of j Albany, the duke of Cumberland, and Viscount Taafe, who adhered to the enemy during the war. havecbcen deprived de-prived of their British peerages bv a king's order In council The duke of Albany, who is a cousin ot King George, and the duke of Cumberland, Cum-berland, a cousin of the late King Edward, Ed-ward, both served with the German forces for a part nt lenst of the late I war. Each man was a royal duke ot I Great Britain. Both were British boni. I The duke of Albany served the kaiser' i under the title of Prince Charles Edward Ed-ward of Saxe-Ooburg and Gotha. and the duke of Cumberland as Duke of, ! Brunswick ;ind Lunebourg. Both; dukes had courtesy commands in the Rhenish army, the duke of Albany being be-ing a full general. Prior to the war the duke of Alb;m took precedence over the duke of Con- naught, the archbishop of Canterbury,! and the lord chancellor. He held three and the duke of Cumberland two, Brit-, ish peerages, each with hereditary' seats In the house of lords Viscount Taafe is a member of an ancient Irish family. He Is living in Sllesiif at the outbreak of the war and fought with the Austrian army as a captain. oo |