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House Of Hanover: HANOVER, han'6-var, the royal family that reigned in Britain from 1714 to 1901. The Han-overs belonged to the German princely family of Welf (Guelph), who had acquired the city of Hannover in 1235. Duke Ernest Augustus (1629-1698), first elector of the new duchy of Hannover, married Sophia of the Palatinate (1630-1714), granddaughter of James I of England, and by the Act of Settlement of 1701 the British succession went to the house of Hanover. Their son, George Louis, ruler of Hannover, became George I of England as well, succeeding the Stuart Queen Anne.
John R. Cooke, who had about 4,000 men. General Foster, who was in command of Getty's advance, destroyed some o railroad track, and during the night was rec to Hanover Court House. The depot and t at Ashland Station was destroyed, and on 5th Getty took up the return march to V House, which was reached on the 7th, his being 16 killed, wounded and missing. Dis turned to Fort Monroe and sent part of command to the Army of the Potomac.
^QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE, kwod-roo'p'l a-li'ans, a union of four sovereigns or states to forward their common policies. Notable among such unions was the alliance between Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Austria in 1718; its objects were to secure to the house of Hanover the succession to the British crown, to secure France to the house of Bourbon, and to prevent the union of France and Spain under one crown.
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