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Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn; Duke of Kent and Strathearn; Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; Strathearn is an area in Perthshire central Scotland. The river Earn which runs through the heart of the strath and is a tributary to the river Tay. William, Prince of Wales, first-in-line to the throne of the United Kingdom, was created Duke of ...
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was granted on 24 May 1874 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur. [1]
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.
On 24 April 1799, [2] Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin, and received the thanks of parliament and an income of £12,000 (£1.49 million in 2023). [14] In May that same year, the Duke was promoted to the rank of general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America. [7]
On 24 May 1874, Prince Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, [7] in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [8] As a duke of the Blood Royal, he had the formal style of Most High, Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex. [9]
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1841–1910 Earl of Dublin, later King Edward VII: Prince Alfred Ernest Albert 1844–1900 Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Earl of Kent: Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: Earldom of Dublin merged in the Crown, 1901: King George ...
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (Henry Frederick; [1] 7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1745 – 18 September 1790) was the sixth child and fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III.
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 .