“ After his grandfather, George I., became king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1714, Frederick was known as duke of Gloucester [1] and made a knight of the Garter, having previously been betrothed to Wilhelmina Sophia Dorothea (1709–1758) , daughter of Frederick William I., king of Prussia, and sister of Frederick the Great. Although he was anxious to marry this lady, the match was rendered impossible by the dislike of George II. and Frederick William for each other. Soon after his father became king in 1727 Frederick took up his residence in England and in 1729 was created prince of Wales ”

“ After the birth of his first child, Augusta, in 1737, Frederick was ordered by the king to quit St James’ Palace, and the foreign ambassadors were requested to refrain from visiting him. The relations between the two were now worse than before. In 1745 George II. refused to allow his son to command the British army against the Jacobites. ”