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	Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
		The second, in 1890, was Princess Hélène of Orléans, whom he also loved, but the engagement had to be cancelled when Hélène (a great-granddaughter of the last King of the French) declined to give up her Roman Catholic faith.
		In recent times the Duke of Clarence and Avondale has been the centre of rumours that he committed, or was responsible for, the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence (724 words)

	Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Albany (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert) (19 July 1884 – 28 March 1954) was the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Germany from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918.
		The Duke of Edinburgh's only son, Prince Alfred ("Young Alfie"), committed suicide in 1899 and the Duke of Connaught, the Queen's third son, renounced his claims to the duchy on behalf of himself and his son.
		On 11 October 1905, at Glücksburg Castle, Holstein, the Duke married Princess Victoria Adelaide (31 December 1885 – 5 October 1970), the daughter of the Duke Friedrich Ferdinard of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Carl_Eduard_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1179 words)

	Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was awarded by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur.
		The Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn was named after one of Ireland's four provinces, now known by its modern Irish language-based spelling of Connacht.
		It was speculated that in view of the warming of relations between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the 1990s Queen Elizabeth II might award her third son, Prince Edward, the Dukedom of Connaught.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_Connaught (238 words)

	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD, PC, ADC, was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria.
		The Duke withdrew from public life in 1928, and died 14 years later at Bagshot Park in 1942, at the age of 92.
		He was succeeded (briefly) in his dukedom by his grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught, the son of Prince Arthur and his wife, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, a granddaughter of King Edward VII.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught (1530 words)

	Connaught
		Prrincess Louise Margarte of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught
		The Duke and the Duchess of Connaught had three children: Margaret, born in 1882, Arthur, born in 1883 and Patricia, born in 1886.
		The Duke of Connaught was a great suppoorter of Boy Scouts; he opened a camp for 50,000 scouts in Artrowe Park, Birkenhead, England.
	www.geocities.com /jesusib/Connaught.html (743 words)

	DUKE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The term duke is a title_of_nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental_European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy, principe is held to be the highest grade).
		In the 19th century, the sovereign dukes of Parma and Modena in Italy, and of Brunswick-LÃ¼neburg, Anhalt, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in Germany survived Napoleon's reorganization.
		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.
	www.witwib.com /?s=Duke (1427 words)

	H.R.H. Duke of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, was the third son of Queen Victoria, and was the first member of the Royal Family to become Governor General of Canada.
		During the Duke of Connaught's term of office, Sir Robert Borden was Prime Minister and Canada continued to grow and mature as a nation.
		The Duke of Connaught spent a long life in retirement, and died in 1942, at the age of 92.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/politics/dukeofconnaught.htm (848 words)

	Duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British Royal Family, entitled to the style of Royal Highness.
		In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are HRH the Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay; HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip), HRH the Duke of York (Prince Andrew), HRH the Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard), and HRH the Duke of Kent (Prince Edward).
		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.
	www.theezine.net /d/duke.html (969 words)

	Calgary Board of Education - Schools and Areas
		Connaught Community School is located in and serves the southwest inner city community of Connaught, facing 12th Avenue between 10th and 11th Street S.W. Students from Connaught Community School move on to Mount Royal Junior High School and Western Canada High School.
		Connaught Community School is one of the original sandstone buildings in Calgary and presently has the distinction of being the oldest operating school in the system.
		Connaught Community School is an elementary school, kindergarten to grade six, thriving in the heart of the inner city.
	www.cbe.ab.ca /schools/view.asp?id=82 (839 words)

	21ST GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PrincE Arthur Duke of CONNAUGHT was born in 1850 in England - 3rd son of Victoria and Albert.
		He was married to Louise Marguerite of PRUSSIA Duchess of Connaught (daughter of King Frederick William IV of PRUSSIA and Elizabeth of BAVARIA) in 1879.
		Louise Marguerite of PRUSSIA Duchess of Connaught was born in 1860 in Prussia - aka Louischen - dtr Fdk Wm.IV.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7790.htm (96 words)

	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Named Duke of Connaught in 1874 (or more precisely, the 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathern), he married the shy Princess Louise, daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia, in 1879.
		Their son, also Prince Arthur of Connaught, died four years before his father and so never inherited the title, which passed to the Duke's grandson Alistair Arthur, 2nd Duke of Connaught.
		The Duke served as Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916, he performed many civic duties, he clearly had a great affinity for the country and was very popular.
	www.bagshotvillage.org.uk /bpark/duke.htm (880 words)

	Connaught and Strathearn, Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of
		Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was governor general of Canada 1911-16 (b at Buckingham Palace 1 May 1850; d at Bagshot Park, Surrey, Eng 16 January 1942).
		Disappointed by his failure to succeed the duke of Cambridge as commander in chief of the British army in 1895, as governor general of Canada he took his nominal position as commander in chief of the Canadian Militia more seriously than he ought, particularly during WWI.
		His advice, opinions and insistence on being consulted about the details of war administration created considerable tension between him and the minister of militia, Sam HUGHES, and stretched his constitutional position and the patience of Prime Minister Robert L. to the limit.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001852 (225 words)

	Connacht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Connacht (alternative but rarely used old English spelling: "Connaught") is the north-western province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon.
		Duke of Connaught was a British royal title given to a son of the British monarch.
		The last British prince awarded the title was Arthur, Duke of Connaught, (1850-1942), son of Queen Victoria.
	www.theezine.net /c/connacht.html (120 words)

	The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
		Named Duke of Connaught in 1874 (or more precicely, the 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathern), he married the shy Princess Louise, daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia, in 1879.
		Their son, also Prince Arthur of Connaught, died four years before his father and so never inherited the title, which passed to his son Alistair Arthur, 2nd Duke of Connaught.
		The Duke served as Govenor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916, he performed many civic duties, he clearly had a great affinity for the country and was very popular.
	www.army.dnd.ca /BCREGIMENT/duke_of_connaught.htm (627 words)

	Connaught (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Named in 1914 after the Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, and Governor-General of Canada, 1911-1916, the laboratory was largely the result of the efforts of Dr. John FitzGerald, a pioneer in producing serums and anti-toxins.
		In the 1940s Connaught was the first company to develop large scale methods to produce penicillin and a decade later worked closely with Dr. Jonas Salk to be the first mass producer of inactivated polio vaccine.
		Connaught’s connection with the University of Toronto ended in 1972 when it was reorganized as a fully integrated commercial research and manufacturing company by the Canada Development Corp-oration.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume4/387.htm (444 words)

	The History of The Royal Canadian Hussars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In June 1897 'A' Squadron, 6th Duke of Connaughts Royal Canadian Hussars.was detached from the regiment as an Independant Squadron to be known thereafter as the "Montreal Hussars".
		An alliance was approved between the 6th Duke of Connaughts Royal Canadian Hussars and the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars which, like the 13th Hussars, took part in the celebrated charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava.
		In July 1940 the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars were mobilized as the 3rd Canadian Motorcycle Regiment, C.A.S.F. In Febuary 1941 the 3rd Canadian Motorcycle Regiment of the 7th Reconnaissance Regiment(17H) A.F., the reconnaissance element of the 3rd Canadian Division The 7th.
	www.goldtech.com /rch/history.htm (1034 words)

	Duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The heir apparent to the Belgian throne is styled Duke of Brabant.
		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.
		Duke of Brittany (considered a sovereign state until personal union with France, by the marriage of Anne of Brittany with French King Francis I)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Duke.htm (1255 words)

	Articles - Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha also Prince Charles Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Albany (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert) (19 July 1884 – 28 March 1954) was a member of the British Royal Family and the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Germany from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918.
		Carl Eduard was born at Claremont House near Esher, Surrey, the posthumous son and younger child of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck.
		The Duke of Edinburgh's only son, Prince Alfred ("Young Affie"), committed suicide in 1899 and the Duke of Connaught, the Queen's third son, renounced his claims to the duchy.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Carl_Eduard_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1349 words)

	6TH DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S OWN LANCERS
		Their performance so impressed the Duke of Connaught that he asked his royal mother if he might become the Colonel of the 13th.
		Queen Victoria, ever the champion of her Indian soldiers, confirmed the appointment and the Duke's name was added to the regimental title in 1884.
		In the 1903 changes, the 13th became the 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers and, in 1906, 'Watson's Horse' was added as a subsidiary title.
	www.defencejournal.com /may99/6th-duke.htm (1185 words)

	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
		His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was an active freemason.
		Duke of Connaught Lodge No. 64, in North Vancouver was named to commemorate his visit to Vancouver.
		Portrait: H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught K.G. Laurie, sculpt.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /biography/connaught_a/connaught_a.html (61 words)

	B-P Gallery: Duke of Connaught Inspects Canadian Scouts, 1929
		The encouragement that King Edward gave was fully seconded by H. The Duke of Connaught, who, seeing its possibilities, even in those early days, accepted the Presidency of the movement and has wholeheartedly supported it ever since.
		Returning to England, the duke held various military appointments, notably commander in chief in Ireland (1900-04), inspector general to the forces (1904-07), and commander in chief in the Mediterranean (1907-09).
		In 1879 the duke had married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, and their elder daughter, Margaret, married the crown prince of Sweden (later King Gustav VI Adolf) in 1905.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /bp-pix100-d.htm (550 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Connaught was the first company to mass produce insulin during the 1920s and a large scale producer of the first Salk polio vaccine in the 1950s.
		In 1978, Connaught acquired the research and production facilities of the Salk Institute in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, and established its U.S. subsidiary, Connaught Laboratories Inc. In 1989, Connaught was acquired by Pasteur Mérieux serums and vaccins of France, a member of the Rhône—Poulenc global family of companies.
		Connaught has also extended its biological research into the emerging field of biotherapeutics, developing the first approved biological product for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer, now licensed in more than 20 countries.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume5/379.htm (365 words)

	Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In December 1911, while sailing to Egypt, the Princess Royal and her family were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco.
		Although they escaped unharmed, the Duke of Fife fell ill with pleurisy, probably contracted as a result of the shipwreck.
		She adopted the style of her husband a Royal Highness, since he was son of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Princess_Louise,_Princess_Royal_and_Duchess_of_Fife (758 words)

	Duke of Connaught Lodge No. 64
		Duke of Connaught Lodge No. 64 works under a Warrant issued by the Grand Lodge of British Columbia issued in 1912.
		Meeting on the first Tuesday of the month, with the exception of July and August, the Lodge works what is termed the Canadian Work embellished by extracts from the revised English ritual.
		The lodge is named after His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1901 to 1939.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /lodges/064/064.html (103 words)

	NPG P26; The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House (Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Albert of ...
		Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria.
		Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal; son of Queen Victoria.
		The sitters are: Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Albert; Princess Helena; Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse; Queen Victoria, holding Princess Beatrice, later Princess Henry of Battenberg; Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll; Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; and Prince Edward, later Edward VII.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp01001&rNo=5&role=sit (361 words)

	AllRefer.com - Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of[kon´Ot] Pronunciation Key, 1850–1942, English prince; son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, brother of Edward VII.
		His son, Prince Arthur of Connaught, 1883–1938, was (1920–23) governor-general of South Africa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/ConnaughA.html (193 words)

	Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		H.R.H. Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Presentation Book / by St. George's Benevolent Society of Hamilton, Ontario.
		He was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn on 24 May 1874.
		This hand-lettered and illuminated book was presented to the Duke of Connaught to commemorate his visit to Hamilton.
	library.mcmaster.ca /archives/findaids/fonds/a/arthur.htm (102 words)

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