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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: |
George Frederick Ernest Albert |
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| birth: | 1865.06.03 | at Marlborough House, London | |
| father: | King Edward VII | ||
| mother: | Queen Alexandra | ||
| marriage: | 1893.07.06 | H.S.H.
Victoria May Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes,
Princess of Teck at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London |
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| children: | 1894 | Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (King Edward VIII) | |
| 1895 | Albert Arthur Frederick George (King George VI) | ||
| 1897 | Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary (The Princess Royal) | ||
| 1900 | Henry William Frederick (Duke of Gloucester) | ||
| 1902 | George Edward Alexander Edmund (Duke of Kent) | ||
| 1905 | Prince John Charles Francis (d.1919) | ||
| accession: | 1910.05.06 | ||
| coronation: | 1911.06.22 | at Westminster Abbey, London | |
| death: | 1936.01.20 | at Sandringham House, Norfolk (buried: St George's Chapel, Windsor) |
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| Titles, Orders and Awards |
| Titles: | ||
| 1865.06.03 | Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duke of Saxony, with the style of His Royal Highness (H.R.H.Prince George of Wales) [German titles discontinued 17 July 1917] | |
| 1892.05.24 | Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney (H.R.H. The Duke of York) | |
| 1901.01.22 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland (H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York) | |
| 1901.11.09 | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (H.R.H. The Prince of Wales) | |
| 1910.05.06 | H.M. George V, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India | |
| 1922 | H.M. George V, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1884.07.18 | PC of Great Britain (introduced) | |
| 1884.08.04 | KG | |
| 1888.07.18 | KJStJ | |
| 1893.07.05 | KT | |
| 1897.06.30 | GCVO | |
| 1897.08.20 | KP | |
| 1897.08.20 | PC of Ireland (introduced) | |
| 1901.03.09 | GCMG (Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most distinguished Order of St Michael and St George 1905-1917) | |
| 1902.08.09 | Royal Victorian Chain | |
| 1903.03.31 | ISO (First and Principal Campanion of the Imperial Service Order 1903-1910) | |
| 1905.09.28 | GCSI | |
| 1905.09.28 | GCIE | |
| 1910.05.06 | Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, the Order of Merit, the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, the Royal Victorian Order, the Distinguished Service Order, the Imperial Service Order, the Order of British India, the Indian Order of Merit, the Royal Family Orders, the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the Order of Mercy | |
| 1917.06.14 | Sovereign of the the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and the Order of the Companions of Honour | |
| 1926.06.12 | Sovereign of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1865.06.03 | Grand Cross, the Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Coburg) | |
| 1882 | Grand Cross, the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) | |
| 1885.10.11 | Knight, the Order of the Elephant (Denmark) | |
| 1886 | The Imperial Order of the Osmanis (Nishan-i-Osmanieh), 1st class (Turkey) | |
| 1886 | The Imperial Order of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh), 1st class (Turkey) | |
| 1886 | Grand Cross, the Military Order of Christ (Portugal) | |
| Knight of the Orders of St Andrew the First Called, Alexander Nevski, White Eagle, St. Stanislas 1st class and St Anne 1st class (Russia) | ||
| 1890.03.07 | Knight, the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia) - rcvd: Collar (7.6.1912) | |
| 1890.03.07 | Grand Cross, the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) | |
| 1891.08.03 | Knight, the Supreme Order of the Annunziata (Italy) | |
| 1891.08.03 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of SS Maurice & Lazarus (Italy) | |
| 1893.07.17 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) | |
| Knight, the Order of the Rue Crown of the House of Saxony (Saxony) | ||
| 1897.07.30 | Knight, the Most Illustrious Order of Maha Chakri (Thailand) | |
| 1902 | Grand Cross, the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen (Hungary) | |
| 1903 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau (Luxembourg) | |
| Grand Cross, the Order of the Wendish Crown of the House
of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) |
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| 1903.07.10 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic) | |
| 1905.06.14 | Knight, the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) | |
| 1906.05.30 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Most Distinguished Order of Carlos III (Spain) | |
| 1906.06.22 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of St Olav (Norway) | |
| 1910.05.20 | Knight with Collar, the Order of St Alexander (Bulgaria) | |
| 1910.06.08 | Knight, the Order of Carol I (Rumania) - rcvd: Collar (5.2.1912) | |
| 1910 | Riband of the Three United Military Orders of Christ, St Benedict of Avis and St James of the Sword (Portugal) | |
| 1911.04.15 | Knight, the Order of St Hubert with diamonds (Bavaria) | |
| 1911 | Knight, the Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony) | |
| 1911.05.11 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands) | |
| 1911.06.20 | Grand Cordon with Collar, the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan) | |
| 1911.06.20 | Order of the Aghdas (Persia) | |
| 1911.07.06 | Collar, the Order of the Seal of Solomon (Ethiopia) | |
| 1912.02.15 | The Exalted Order of Honour (Nishan-Ali-Imtiaz) (Turkey) | |
| 1912.03.14 | The Exalted Order of the House of Osman (Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman Nishani) (Turkey) | |
| 1913.05.24 | Grand Commander, the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern (Prussia) | |
| 1914.05.09 | Grand Commander, the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) | |
| 1914.12.04 | Grand Cross, the Order of Leopold (mil) (Belgium) | |
| 1916 | Knight Grand Cross, the Military Order of Savoy (Italy) | |
| 1918 | Grand Cross, the Order of George I (mil) (Greece) | |
| 1919 | The Imperial Order of the Aqdas, 1st class (Persia) | |
| 1927 | The Order of the Two Rivers (Wisam al-Rafidain), 1st class (Iraq) | |
| 1927.07.04 | Grand Cordon with Collar, the Order of Muhammad 'Ali (Egypt) | |
| 1928.03.13 | Collar, the Order of the Supreme Sun (Afghanistan) | |
| 1932.01.13 | Collar, the Order of Solomon (Ethiopia) | |
| 1933.06.20 | Grand Order of the Hashimites (Iraq) | |
| 1934.05.30 | The Most Glorious Order of the Ojaswi Rajanya (Nepal) | |
| 1935 | Grand Cross, the Order of St Agatha (San Marino) | |
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| <1890> |  |
Chef, Garde-Dragoner-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Groß Britannien und Irland Nr. 1 | |
| 1892.07.30 |  |
Honorary Colonel, The Suffolk Yeomanry (The Loyal Suffolk Hussars) [Colonel-in-Chief from 1910] | |
| 1892.07.30 | |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery [later 5th London Bde] | |
| 1892.07.30 | |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd Bn, The Prince of Wales's Own (The West Yorkshire Regiment) [to 1914] | |
| 1897.02.03 | |
Honorary Colonel, 5th (Isle of Wight, Princess Beatrice's) VB, The Hampshire Regiment [later 8th Bn; from 1910 Colonel-in-Chief] | |
| 1899.10.04 |  |
Honorary Colonel, 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1900.07.18 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | |
| 1901.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Marines | |
| 1901.11.29 | |
Honorary Colonel, 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (King's Colonials) [Colonel-in-Chief from 1910] | |
| 1901.12.21 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Welch Fusiliers | |
| 1902.02.27 | 
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Honorary Colonel, 43rd Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles [later Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa; from 1930 Colonel-in-Chief] | |
| 1902.11.12 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | |
| 1903.10.22 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Artillery Regiment Nr. 12 | |
| 1904.05.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Royal Rifle Corps | |
| <1905> |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Australian Light Horse [18 regiments] | |
| <1905> |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Transvaal Volunteers [to 1910] | |
| 1906.01.14 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Imperial Light Horse | |
| 1906.01.01 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, 18th Prince of Wales's Own Tiwana Lancers [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 26th Prince of Wales's Own Light Cavalry [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 38th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 14th Prince of Wales's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 130th Prince of Wales's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles) [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Rifles) [in 1911 "King George's Own"] | |
| 1906 | |
Honorary Colonel, 1st Cinque Ports (Cinque Ports and Sussex) Volunteer Rifle Corps [to 1908] | |
| 1910? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Officers' Training Corps | |
| <1908> | |
Chef, Kürassier-Regiment Graf Geßler (Rheinisches) Nr. 8 | |
| 1908.12.12 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Canadian Dragoons | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Life Guards [to 1922] | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 2nd Life Guards [to 1922] | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Horse Guards | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Regiment Artillery | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal Engineers | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Coldstream Guards | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Scots Guards | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Irish Guards | |
| 1910? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars | |
| 1910? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Norfolk Yeomanry | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Captain-General and Honorary Colonel, The Honourable Artillery Company | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) | |
| 1910.05.07 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) | |
| 1910.10 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) | |
| 1910.10.18 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers | |
| 1910.11.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry | |
| 1910.12.16 |  |
Honorary Colonel, Royal Malta Artillery | |
| 1911.01? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Norfolk Regiment | |
| 1911.04 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Ceylon Defence Force | |
| 1911 | India | Colonel-in-Chief, 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry | |
| 1912? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Flying Corps [to 1918] | |
| 1912? |  |
Honorary Colonel, 8th (Zamora) Infantry Regiment | |
| 1912.03.12 |  |
Honorary Colonel, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment | |
| 1912.03.12 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles | |
| 1912.09.03 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | |
| 1913.08.19 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) | |
| 1913 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Cape Peninsula Regiment | |
| 1915.02.26 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Welsh Guards | |
| 1918.04.01 |  |
General-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force [from 1 Aug. 1919 "Chief"] | |
| 1918.11 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Tank Corps | |
| 1918.11? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Guards Machine Gun Regiment | |
| 1918? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Machine Gun Corps | |
| 1920.11.03 | |
Honorary Colonel Commandant, Royal Canadian Artillery [from 19 Nov. 1930 Colonel-in-Chief] | |
| 1922.05.21 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Life Guards [on formation] | |
| 1922 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st The Royal Dragoons | |
| 1923.06.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief, The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment | |
| 1923.11.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 108th (Norfolk and Suffolk Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own) [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own) [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 19th King George's Own Lancers [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Central India Horse (21st King George's Own Horse) [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Madras Pioneers [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 4th Bombay Grenadiers [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 10th Baluch Regiment [on formation] | |
| 1924.09.09 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 11th Sikh Regiment [on formation] | |
| 1925.09.09 | Colonel-in-Chief, The King's African Rifles | ||
| 1927.01? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) | |
| 1928 | Colonel-in-Chief, West African Frontier Force | ||
| 1930.03? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Manchester Regiment | |
| 1935.01.15 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Regiment of Indian Artillery | |
| 1910 |  |
Honorary Member, Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Massachusetts | |
| 1910.05.24 |  |
Admiral Danish Navy | |
| 1911.07.16 | |
Field Marshal-General, Prussian Army | |
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Admiral à la suite, Imperial German Navy | ||
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Admiral Swedish Navy | ||
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Captain-General, Spanish Army | ||
| 1916? |  |
Honorary General, Royal Siamese Army | |
| 1918.10.28 |  |
Field Marshal, Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Military Service |
| 1877 | Cadet, Royal Navy | |
| 1880 | Midshipman, Royal Navy | |
| 1884 | Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy | |
| 1885 | Lieutenant, Royal Navy | |
| 1887.06.21 | Personal Aide de Camp to the Sovereign [appointment relinquished upon accession 1910] | |
| 1891 | Commander, Royal Navy | |
| 1893 | Captain, Royal Navy | |
| 1901 | Rear-Admiral | |
| 1902.06.26 | General, Army (supernumerary) | |
| 1903.06.26 | Vice-Admiral | |
| 1907.03.01 | Admiral | |
| 1910.05.07 | Admiral of the Fleet; Field Marshal of the Army | |
| Other Military Connections |
| President, Duke of York's Military School | ||
| 1902 | gave his title to Yorkshire (Duke of York's Own) RGA | |
| 1905-1907 | Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports | |
| 1919-1920 | bestowed royal accolade on the following corps for services rendered in the First World War: | |
| 1935.05.06 | bestowed royal accolade on the following regiments and corps on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee: | |
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