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H.R.H. 1767-1820 |
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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Edward Augustus | ||
| birth: | 1767.11.02 | at Buckingham House, St James's Park, London | |
| father: | King George III | ||
| mother: | Queen Charlotte-Sophia | ||
| marriage: | 1818.05.29 | Victoria
Mary Louisa, Dowager Princess of Leiningen at Coburg (ceremony repeated 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace, Richmond Park, Surrey) |
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| children: | 1819 | Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (Queen Victoria) | |
| death: | 1820.01.23 | at Sidmouth, Devon (buried: Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor Great Park) |
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| Titles, Orders and Awards |
| Titles: | ||
| 1767.11.02 | Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, with the style of His Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Prince Edward) | |
| 1799.04.24 | Duke of Kent and Strathearn, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Dublin in the Peerage of Ireland (H.R.H. The Duke of Kent) | |
| 1814.10.12 | Prince of Hanover | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1786.06.02 | KG | |
| 1799.09.05 | PC (introduced) | |
| 1783.02.05 | KP | |
| 1815.01.02 | GCB (mil) | |
| 1815.08.12 | GCH (mil) | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| none | ||
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1789.04.09 |  |
Colonel, 7th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot [tenure expired 1801] | |
| 1801.08.21 | |
Colonel, 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) | |
| Military Service |
| 1786 | brevet Colonel | |
| 1793.10.02 | Major-General | |
| 1796.01.12 | Lieutenant-General | |
| 1799.05.10 | General | |
| 1799 | Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in British North America [to 1806] | |
| 1802.03.23 | Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar [to 1819] | |
| 1805.09.05 | Field Marshal | |
| Other Military Connections |
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