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In October 1880 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn laid the foundation stone for a purpose-built hospital at Mount Vernon in Hampstead. The hospital, which was built in the French Renaissance style, was completed in 1881. [2]
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation and the only British prince to do so.
Prince Arthur was born on 13 January 1883 at Windsor Castle. His father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His mother was the former Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.
The Marriage of Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia Name Birth Death Notes Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada: 1 May 1850 Buckingham Palace, Westminster (London) 16 January 1942 Bagshot Park, Surrey: Married 13 March 1879 in St. George's Chapel of Windsor Castle
Prince Alastair Arthur 1914–1943 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943: Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022: Prince Edward b. 1935 2nd Duke of Kent, 2nd Earl of St Andrews, 2nd Baron Downpatrick: 7) Prince Michael of Kent b. 1942: 1) George Windsor b. 1962 styled Earl of St Andrews
Thirdly there was the Connaught Hospital at Marlborough Lines. [2] Established in the second half of the 19th century, it was named after Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and was for a while a specialist venereal disease hospital for 300 men. [4] It was later a dental facility before it closed on 29 September 1973. [5]
Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (9 August 1914 – 26 April 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family. He was the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife .
On 13 March 1879, Princess Louise Margaret married Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn at St. George's Chapel Windsor. [4] Prince Arthur was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. [5]