Caroline Frederick Scott Britain before the House of Hanover had succeeded to the British throne. Captain Scott’s godmother, who he was named after, was Princess Caroline of Ansbach who as the wife of George II of Great Britain would become Queen Caroline and the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. Scott was commissioned in the Royal North British Dragoons before transferring to the Guise's 6th Regiment in 1741. Scott had seen service in Europe where he had served as a military engineer in Gibraltar. He first came to prominence as the commander of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands and his successful
Caroline of Brunswick Caroline claimed George was so drunk that he "passed the greatest part of his bridal night under the grate, where he fell, and where I left him". Nine months after the wedding, Caroline gave birth to Princess Charlotte, George's only legitimate child, at Carlton House on 7 January 1796. Charlotte was second in the line of succession to the British throne after her father. Just three days after Charlotte's birth, George made out a new will. He left all his property to "Maria Fitzherbert, my wife", while to Caroline he left one shilling. Gossip about Caroline and George's troubled marriage