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  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria.
The Prince was baptised in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace on 22 June 1850 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr John Bird Sumner and his godparents were: the Crown Prince of Prussia, Princess Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Duke of Wellington (with whom he shared his birthday and whom he was named after).
On 13 March 1879, Arthur married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daughter of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
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 Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was granted 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.
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 Prince Arthur of Connaught - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prince Arthur of Connaught, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, CB (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria.
The Prince was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 16 February 1833 and his godparents were: Queen Victoria, the Empress of Germany, Princess Henry of the Netherlands, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia.
On 12 October 1913, Prince Arthur married Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (7 May 1891 - 26 February 1959), the elder daughter of Arthur's cousin, Princess Louise, the Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Edward VII and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife.
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 ipedia.com: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Duke of Connaught had a long and distinguished career in the British Army that included service in South Africa, Canada, during the Red River Rebellion of 1870, Ireland, Egypt in 1882 and in India from 1886 to 1890.
On 13 March 1879, the Duke of Connaught married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daguther of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
In 1899, the Duke of Connaught came into direct line of succession to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Germany, upon the death of his nephew, the only son of his elder brother, the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
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 Encyclopedia: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On 13 March 1879, Arthur married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daughterr of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Prince Albert Victor and his brother George served as Naval cadets on the HMS Bacchante until 1883, after which he was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge.
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.
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 Encyclopedia article: Port Arthur, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Port Arthur, Ontario, was a city in Northern Ontario (additional info and facts about Northern Ontario) which amalgamated with Fort William, Ontario (additional info and facts about Fort William, Ontario) and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the City of Thunder Bay (A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior) in January 1970.
The inhabitants of Prince Arthur's Landing were the driving force behind the creation of Thunder Bay District's first municipality, the Municipality of Shuniah in March 1873, an early form of regional government which stretched from Sibley Peninsula to the American border.
Port Arthur thrived as a transhipment and grain handling port for the CNR after the railway line was opened to Winnipeg in December 1901.
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 Prince Arthur of Connaught: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family (additional info and facts about British Royal Family), a grandson of Queen Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)).
Prince Arthur was born on January 13, 1883 at Windsor Castle (additional info and facts about Windsor Castle).
Prince Arthur was the first royal Prince to be educated at Eton College (A public school for boys founded in 1440; located in Berkshire).
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 Encyclopedia: Prince Alastair of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 - May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Although second in line to the dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn as well as earldom of Sussex at the time of his birth, heir of his father who was the heir apparent, he was the heir apparent to his mother's dukedom of Fife.
In Letters Patent dated November 20, 1917, King George V restricted the titles of Prince or Princess and the style of Royal Highness to the children of the sovereign, the children of the sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
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 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).
The third and favourite son of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur was educated privately before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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.
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 Encyclopedia: Duke of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
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 Prince Arthur of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught (13 January 1883 - 12 September 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 20 November 1920 to 3 December 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, Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia.
The couple, who were first cousins once-removed, were styled "TRH Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught." They had one son, His Highness Prince Alastair Arthur of Connaught, later Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught, (9 August 1914 - 26 April 1942).
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 PRINCE ARTHUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Sussex (May 1, 1850 - January 16, 1942) was the third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
During the Duke's term of office, Sir Robert Borden was Prime Minister and Canada continued to grow and mature as a nation.
The Duke withdrew from public life in 1928, and died 14 years later in 1942, at the age of 92.
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 Articles - Victoria of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent and Strathearn, was the fourth son of King George III.
At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and widow of Karl, Prince of Leiningen.
The Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh
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 Prince Arthur of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prince Arthur of Connaught, (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria.
Princess Alexandra was the eldest daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and Princess Louise, the Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
Prince Alastair of Connaught, later styled Earl McDuff and 2nd Duke of Connaught, (9 August 1914 - 26 April 1942).
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 Ancestors of Jerry Landers Prince Arthur William Patrick Wettin Duke of Connaught & Strathearn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ancestors of Jerry Landers Prince Arthur William Patrick Wettin Duke of Connaught & Strathearn
Prince Arthur William Patrick Wettin Duke of Connaught & Strathearn
Arthur married Louise Margaret Hohenzollern Duchess of Clarence on 13 Mar 1879 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
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 Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of Connaught and Strathearn --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Prince Arthur, his mother's favourite son, was created duke of Connaught and Strathearn in 1874.
Connaught and Strathearn, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of...
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, Marquess of Douro, Marquess of Wellington, Earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley
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 Flags of the Royal Family, United Kingdom
Albert, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1857(?) - 1861
They are quartered with the arms of her father Francis Duke of Teck, I assume, who is a son of Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg: Impaled yellow three antlers and yellow 3 fl lions passant langued and armed red, with a heart shield of yellow and fl lozenges.
The 1910-1953 standard of Queen Mary (Queen Mother 1936-1953) is shown in Flaggenbuch 1939 as the royal standard at the hoist with the arms of the Dukes of Teck on the fly.
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 Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
H.R.H. Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert was born on 1 May 1850, the seventh child of Queen Victoria.
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.
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 Woodburytype-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Arthur William Patrick Albert was born in 1850, the third son of Queen Victoria of England and of Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Some of the particularly important positions held by His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, included Commander-In-Chief of the British Army in Ireland (1900-1904), Inspector-General of the Forces (1904-1907), and especially Governor-General of Canada (1911-1916).
Canada entered World War I in 1914, and Prince Arthur was an active Governor-General, travelling the length and breadth of the country, meeting and talking with large numbers of Canadians, doing all he could to support the war effort.
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 The Royal Residences > Clarence House > History
After his death, Prince Alfred's younger brother, Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn occupied the house with his wife Louise, Duchess of Connaught until 1942.
Prince Arthur was a soldier, serving for long periods overseas, including a period following his retirement as Governor-General of Canada, where he lived from 1911 to 1916.
When the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn died in 1942, Clarence House was made available for the use of the War Organisation of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem for the duration of the war.
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 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.
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