4. Elizabeth, born Dec. 30, 1740; died Sept. 4, 1759. 5. William, Duke of Gloucester, born Nov. 14, 1743. 6. Henry, Duke of Cumberland, born Oct. 27, 1745; married in Oct., 1771, to Mrs. Horton, widow, daughter of Lord Irnham, and sister to Col. Luttrell. 7. Louisa, born March 8, 1748; died an infant. 8. Frederick, born May 13, 1750; died Dec. 29, 1765. 9. Caroline, born July 11, 1751; married Nov. 8, 1766, to Christian VII., King of Denmark.] [Footnote 9: "Walpole's Letters," vol. ii., p. 248.] [Footnote 10: "George III., his Court, and Family," vol. iii., p. 134.] [Footnote 11: "Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II." By Horace Walpole. Vol. i. pp. 247-254.] [Footnote 12: "George III., his Court and Family," vol. i. pp. 142-3.] [Footnote 13: "George III., his Court and Family," vol. i. p. 172.] [Footnote 14: How this remark reminds us of the lines in the _New Bath Guide_:-- "But Stephen, no sighing, no tears could recall, So she hallowed the seventh, and went to the ball." ] [Footnote 15: "Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II." By Horace Walpole. Vol. ii. pp. 47-50.] CHAPTER II. MARRIAGE OF CAROLINE MATILDA. THE YOUTH OF CAROLINE MATILDA--MEMOIRS OF AN UNFORTUNATE QUEEN--EDUCATION OF THE PRINCESS--SPECIMENS OF HER CORRESPONDENCE--PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE--CAROLINE MATILDA'S FEELINGS--THE ROYAL ASSENT--DEATH OF THE KING OF DENMARK--PUBLIC OPINION--THE MARRIAGE PORTION--THE MARRIAGE--FAREWELL TO ENGLAND--LANDING IN DENMARK--ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. It is not possible to give any detailed account of the youth of Caroline Matilda, for young princesses are not brought much into evidence. Any one, for instance, who desired to trace the life of the Princess Helena from her birth to the present day, would necessarily be but a small-beer chronicler; how much more is this true in the case of Caroline Matilda; for George III., through a mistaken feeling of brotherly piety, destroyed every scrap of paper that bore her handwriting. Hence, I will not weary my readers by dull quotations from the newspapers as to the appearances in public of the princess, but leave them to the pleasing belief that the first fifteen years of her life glided placidly away.