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H.R.H.
Prince William Henry
Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh

1743-1805

  
 

    Vita
    Titles and Awards
    Honorary Military Appointments

    Military Service
    Other Military Connections

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  Vita Index of Royal Colonels
Index of Reigns & Peerages
       
  full name:   William Henry
  birth: 1743.11.14 at Leicester House, St Martin's, London
  father:   Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
  mother:   Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
  marriage: 1766.09.06 Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave
at Pall Mall, London
  children: 1773 Sophia Matilda
    1774 Carolina Augusta Maria
    1776 William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester
  association:   Lady Almeria Carpenter
  children: 1762 Louisa Maria
  death: 1805.08.25 at Gloucester House, Grosvenor Street, London
(buried: 4 Sep. 1805, St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle)
       
       
  Titles, Orders and Awards
     
  Titles:
   
    Earl of Connaught
  1764.11.19 Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh
     
  British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards:
  KG
    PC
     
  Foreign Orders and Awards:
   
     
     
   Honorary Military Appointments
 
1766.06.25 Colonel, 13th Regiment of Foot [to 1767]
1767.12.16 Colonel, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards [to 1770]
1770.04.30 Colonel, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards [to 1805]
     
     
   Military Service
 
1793.10.12 Field Marshal
   
   Other Military Connections
 
   
   
 
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