Editing Duke of Edinburgh (section)

==1726 creation==
[[File:Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales by Philip Mercier.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] (1707–1751) was the first Duke of Edinburgh, from 1726 until his death.]]
The title was first created in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] on 26 July 1726 by King [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], who bestowed it on his grandson [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Frederick]], who subsequently became [[Prince of Wales]] in 1728. The [[subsidiary titles]] of the dukedom were Marquess of the Isle of Ely;<ref name=TCP>{{cite book |first = G. E. |last = Cokayne |author-link = George Edward Cokayne |editor1-link = Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) |editor1-first = Vicary |editor1-last = Gibbs |editor2-first = H. A. |editor2-last = Doubleday |title = [[The Complete Peerage]] |edition = 2nd |volume = 5: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat |location = London |publisher = St. Catherine Press |year = 1926 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/page/n7/mode/2up 6–8] }}</ref> [[Earl of Eltham]], in the [[Kent|County of Kent]];<ref name="gazette12july1726">{{London Gazette |issue=6494 |date=12 July 1726 |page=1}}</ref> [[Viscount Launceston|Viscount of Launceston]], in the [[Cornwall|County of Cornwall]]; and Baron of [[Snowdon]], in the [[Caernarfonshire|County of Caernarvon]], all of which were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. The marquessate was [[London Gazette|gazetted]] as Marquess of the [[Isle of Wight]],<ref name="gazette12july1726"/> apparently erroneously. In later editions of the ''[[London Gazette]]'' the Duke is referred to as the Marquess of the [[Isle of Ely]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=6741 |date=4 January 1728 |page=2 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=9050 |date=16 April 1751 |page=1 }}</ref> Upon Frederick's death, the titles were inherited by his son Prince George. When Prince George became [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] in 1760, the titles [[merged in the Crown]] and ceased to exist.<ref name=TCP/>