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	Prince Alastair of Connaught - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Alastair of Connaught (Alastair Arthur Windsor), (August 9, 1914-April 26, 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of Queen Victoria.
		His mother was Princess Arthur of Connaught (before her marriage Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife), the eldest daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and The Princess Louise, Princess Royal.
		Alastair died at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, where he had been a guest of the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alastair_Arthur_Windsor,_2nd_Duke_of_Connaught (638 words)

	Prince Alastair of Connaught - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Prince Alastair of Connaught (Alastair Arthur Windsor), (August 9 1914-April 26 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of Queen Victoria.
		Alastair was born on August 9, 1914 in London.
		Alastair died at Government House in Ottawa, where he had been a guest of the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Prince_Alastair_of_Connaught (579 words)

	Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd and last Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Sussex (August 9, 1914-April 26, 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family.
		His Highness Prince Alastair Arthur of Connaught was born in London, the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and his wife, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife.
		The Earl of MacDuff served as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, the Earl of Athlone, then the governor-general of Canada.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/al/alastair_arthur_windsor__2nd_duke_of_connaught.html (544 words)

	Prince Arthur of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Prince Arthur of Connaught (January 13, 1883 - September 12, 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family and career army staff officer who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from November 20, 1920 to December 3, 1923.
		He was the only son and the second child of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria, and his wife, the former Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia.
		Due to a special remainder, she succeeded her father's titles, the dukedom of Fife and the earldom of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom, on January 26, 1912.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prince_arthur_of_connaught.html (527 words)

	Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Alastair Arthur Windsor 2nd Duke of Connaught Strathearn Earl of Sussex (August 9 1914 - April 26 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family.
		Prince Alastair lost his title of Prince Great Britain and Ireland under the letters patent of 1917 that changed the Royal Family 's surname to Windsor ; and abolished the entitlement of great-grandchildren a sovereign the title Prince.
		As such Alastair was then known as the Earl Mcduff a courtsey title as his mother Duchess (in her own right) of Fife.
	www.freeglossary.com /Alastair_Arthur_Windsor,_2nd_Duke_of_Connaught (550 words)

	Wikipedia: Duke
		Under the November 20 1917 Letters Patent of King George V, the titular dignity of Prince/Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the sons of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of a Prince of Wales.
		For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be associated with royalty.
		Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), the third son of Queen Victoria, his only male-line grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff (1914-1942), briefly succeeded to his peerages.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/d/du/duke.html (1030 words)

	Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Sussex (August 9, 1914-April 26, 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family.
		Prince Alastair lost his title of Prince of Great Britain and Ireland under the letters patent of 1917 that changed the Royal Family's surname to Windsor; and abolished the entitlement of great-grandchildren of a sovereign the title Prince.
		As such Prince Alastair was then known as the Earl of Mcduff, a courtsey title as his mother was Duchess (in her own right) of Fife.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/a/al/alastair_arthur_windsor__2nd_duke_of_connaught.html (805 words)

	Duke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earl of St. Andrews is now a subsidiary title of the Duke of Kent.
		For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be royal dukedoms, instead the title holders will become ordinary Dukes.
		Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), the third son of Queen Victoria, his only male-line grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff (1914-1943), briefly succeeded to his peerages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_duke (3916 words)

	Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught
		Under settled practice since 1714, all legitimate children and male-line granchildren of a British sovereign were titled Prince or Princess of Great Britain and Ireland with the style Royal Highness, while legitimate great grandchildren in the male line were titled Prince or Princess of Great Britain and Ireland with the style of Highness.
		At that point, the three year-old became known as Alaistar Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff.
		His father, Prince Arthur of Connnaught, died on September 12, 1938.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/al/alastair_arthur_windsor__2nd_duke_of_connaught.html (571 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the United Kingdom, a royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British Royal Family, entitled to the style of Royal Highness.
		For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be royal dukedoms, instead the title holders will become ordinary, 'garden' Dukes.
		The third dukes of Gloucester and Kent will each be styled "His Grace" because as great grandsons of George V, they are not Princes and are not styled HRH.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Duke (1467 words)

	everythingroyalfamilyname
		The House of Windsor, formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, succeeded the House of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria.
		A few months later, King George V issued Letters Patent on 30 October 1917 which limited the title 'Prince' and the style 'Royal Highness' to the children of a sovereign, the children of sons of a sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
		HH Prince Alastair of Connaught (1914-1943), grandson of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (Queen Victoria's fourth son), became the first member of the royal family to use the surname Windsor in lieu of his princely title.
	everythingroyal.com /everythingroyalfamilyname.html (591 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		Prince Arthur undertook state missions on behalf of King Edward VII and King George V to two successive Emperors of Japan in 1906, 1912, and 1918, and represented the King on state occasions in Portugal (1908) and in Russia, Bavaria, and Italy (1911).
		In 1920 Prince Arthur was appointed governor-general of the Union of South Africa in succession to S. Buxton, first Earl Buxton [qv.], and arrived in Cape Town in November.
		Their only child, Alastair Arthur, Earl of Macduff (born 1914), succeeded his grandfather as second Duke of Connaught in 1942, and died 26 April 1943.
	www.thepeerage.com /e173.htm (670 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The 1st Duke of Fife was the husband of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
		Since Princess Alexandra's only son, Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught, had predeceased her, the dukedom passed to her nephew, Lord Carnegie, the son of Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk, and his wife, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk.
		The subsidiary titles held by the present Duke are: Earl of Macduff (created 1900), Earl of Southesk (1633), Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird (1616) and Baron Balinhard (1869).
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Earl_of_Southesk (332 words)

	British Royal Family
		Alexander Duff was 6 th Earl of Fife being created 1 st Duke of Fife on his marriage to Princess Louise.
		Prince Arthur was the notional next heir to the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but declined the honour in favour of his nephew Prince Charles Edward.
		Alastair was styled as Earl of Macduff from 1917 until 1942 when he succeeded as Duke of Connaught
	www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/British_Royal_Family.htm (1963 words)

	Facts about prince arthur of connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Definition of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
		Learn more about Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught in the online encyclopedia.
		Alastair Arthur Windsor 2nd Duke of Connaught - Definition up Erdmond.Com
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/prince_arthur_of_connaught.html (586 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gwendolyn beg MacDuff - Stromgard - Viscountess 92.
		Arthur Greene of Deerhurst - Wastekeep - Baron 174.
		Arthur of Rosshire - Blatha An Oir - Goutte de Sang 930.
	op.badger.cx /op/ranks/processional.txt (26424 words)

	DUKES OF FIFE
		Viscountcy of Macduff and Earldom of Fife 26 April 1759,extinct 29 January 1912.
		Marquessate of Macduff and Dukedom of Fife 29 july 1889,extinct 29 January 1912.
		Created Marquess of MacDuff and Duke of Fife 1889,created Earl of MacDuff and Duke of Fife in favour of his daughters 1900.
	www.freewebs.com /peerage/fife.html (610 words)

	Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain
		Alastair Arthur of Connaught, born in 1914, the first instance of a great-grandchild of a sovereign in male line born in Britain who was not more closely related to a sovereign (the 2nd duke of Gloucester and his sister had an uncle king, the Cumberlands and the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas were born abroad).
		Alastair Arthur, grandson of the 1st duke of Connaught (b.
		Alastair Arthur was born in 1914, the son of Prince Arthur of Connaught (grandson of Queen Victoria) and Princess Alexandra, duchess of Fife (granddaughter of King Edward VII).
	www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/prince_highness.htm (13028 words)

	Duke oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For example, the title Earl of Chesterfield tells about property, while the title Earl Cairns was created for a surname.
		Peers are of five ranks: duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron.
		Marquesses and earls whose titles are based on place names normally use of, while those whose titles are based on surnames normally do not.
	duke.en.oddd.org (11181 words)

	Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Peerage Titles
		- in 1937, as Windsor, Dukedom of (extinct 1972)
		Alastair, Connaught and Strathearn, 2nd Duke of (1914-1943)
		Arthur, Connaught and Strathearn, 1st Duke of (1850-1942)
	users.uniserve.com /~canyon/peerage_titles.htm (3548 words)

	Usenet Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On 11 December 1917, it was further decided by Letters Patent that: the grandchildren of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have the style and title enjoyed by the children of Dukes.
		The Duke of Kent's elder son, George Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews (the father of three next persons in the line), could not presently succeed because of his marriage to Sylvana Tomaselli, a Roman Catholic.
		In the case of the royal family, Princess Margaret's decision not to marry Peter Townsend was not least because she was persuaded that as someone so close to the Throne she had a duty of obedience to royal tradition and to the teachings of the Church of England (as they then stood).
	www.all-usenet-archive.com /File.asp?service=28675 (15263 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Prince Alastair of Connaught
		Science Fair Projects - Prince Alastair of Connaught
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	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Alastair_Windsor,_2nd_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn (656 words)

	Duchy oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Arguments range from Cornwall was obviously part of England by this time requiring no special act of union to this and many other changes were the result of a growing and aggressive English nationalism that suppressed the non English heritage of the Isles.
		That it was held by the Earls of Cornwall with the rights and prerogative of a County Palatine, as far as regarded the Seignory or territorial dominion.
		The Duchy Charters have always been construed and treated, not merely by the Courts of Judicature, but also by the Legislature of the Country, as having vested in the Dukes of Cornwall the whole territorial interest and dominion of the Crown in and over the entire County of Cornwall.
	www.oddd.org /en/Duchy (8640 words)

	alt.talk.royalty FAQ: British royalty and nobility
		In both the cases of the Duchess of Windsor and Princess Margaret, it was not the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 which stood in the way of their marriages.
		The title Duke of Rothesay and those of Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland have been reserved for the eldest son of the king of Scotland since an Act of Parliament made them so in November 1469.
		In the cases of HRH Prince Michael of Kent and his nephew the Earl of St Andrews, both were given permission to marry Roman Catholics under the Royal Marriages Act.
	www.heraldica.org /faqs/britfaq.html (18602 words)

	Scots and Scots Descendants - S
		He was earl of Orkney and the premier noble of Norway.14
		1858) Immigrated in 1875 at 17, inherited the title of Seventh Earl of Caithness in 1891.
		On November 17, 1905, Clan MacDuff and Clan Campbell held a grand ball at the Second Regiment Armory, which had been furnished without charge by the Colonel in regard to the Burns Memorial.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Names-S.htm (11386 words)

	Wettin 9
		EDWARD VIII Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India (20.1.-10.12.1936), he abdicated, cr Duke of Windsor 8.3.1937 and was granted the style Royal Highness for himself only, Gov of Bahama Isl.
		ARTHUR William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, etc, Buckingham Palace 1.5.1850, +Bagshot Park, Surrey 16.1.1942; m.Windsor Castle 13.3.1879 Pss Luise Margarete of Prussia (25.6/7.1860 +14.3.1917)
		Alastair Arthur, Pr of Great Britain, etc, until 1917, after which he was known as Earl of Macduff until he succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, *London 9.8.1914, +Ottawa 26.4.1943
	genealogy.euweb.cz /wettin/wettin9.html (1570 words)

	Frequently asked questions about Queen Elizabeth II
		On 17 July 1917, King George V issued a Proclamation which stated that the male line descendants of the royal family would bear the surname Windsor:
		The Queen reads thousands of letters a year from correspondents all over the world, in addition to her official paperwork.
		This list of kings and queens from Egbert, King of Wessex to Elizabeth II can be found on the official web site of the British Monarchy at http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5.asp.
	www.britischebotschaft.de /statevisit/en/faq (1500 words)

	greatbritain
		The present members of this family bear the title Prince[ss] of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Royal Highness, so long as they are children or grandchildren of a sovereign.
		Untitled members bear the surname Windsor, or Mountbatten-Windsor in the case of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II.
		1h) Alastair Arthur, Pr of Great Britain, etc, until 1917, after which he was known as Earl of Macduff until he succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (London 9 Aug 1914-Ottawa 26 Apr 1943)
	pages.prodigy.net /ptheroff/gotha/greatbritain.html (2867 words)

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