Prince Arthur of Connaught
Prince Arthur | |||||
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3rd Governor-General of South Africa | |||||
In office 20 November 1920 – 21 January 1924 | |||||
Monarch | George V | ||||
Prime Minister | Jan Smuts | ||||
Preceded by | The Viscount Buxton | ||||
Succeeded by | The Earl of Athlone | ||||
Born | Belgravia, London, England | 13 January 1883||||
Burial | 22 September 1938 | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | ||||
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) Windsor (from 1917) | ||||
Father | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | ||||
Mother | Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia |
Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 – 12 September 1938) was a British military officer and a grandson of
Early life
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.
Arthur was
Arthur was the first British royal prince to be educated at Eton College.[citation needed] He was known to his family as "young Arthur" to distinguish him from his father.
Military career
Prince Arthur was educated at Eton College, but left there early to enter the
During the
Since the king's children were too young to undertake public duties until after the First World War, Prince Arthur carried out a variety of ceremonial duties at home and overseas. This included opening the Scottish National Exhibition, which was held in Saughton Park, Edinburgh. One of the attractions was the Senegal Village with its French-speaking Senegalese residents, on show demonstrating their way of life, art and craft while living in beehive huts.[4]
Marriage
On 15 October 1913, Prince Arthur
Later life
After the accession of his cousin,
In 1906, by order of the King, Arthur's father vested the
In May 1935, he was appointed
Prince Arthur of Connaught died of
Honours and arms
Military ranks
- 2Lt: 2nd Lieutenant, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars (8 May 1901)
- Lt: Lieutenant, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars (14 January 1903)
- Capt: Captain, 2nd Dragoons (The Royal Scots Greys) (27 April 1907)
- Bvt Maj: Brevet Major (14 October 1913)
- Maj: Major, 2nd Dragoons (The Royal Scots Greys) (19 August 1915)
- Bvt LtCol: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (3 June 1919)[10]
- Retired from active service (31 December 1919)[11]
- Hon Maj-Gen: Honorary Major-General (27 October 1920)[12]
- Col: Colonel, Reserve of Officers (1 March 1922[13] to 13 January 1938[14])
Honours
- Orders and appointments[15]
- KG: Knight Companion of the Garter (15 July 1902)[16]
- KT: Knight of the Thistle[14] (14 October 1913)
- PC: Privy Counsellor (11 June 1910)[17]
- CB: Companion of the Order of the Bath[14] (18 February 1915)
- Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain[18] (15 May 1906) – for travelling to Japan and investing Emperor Meiji with the Order of the Garter
- GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (3 September 1918)[19]
- GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (24 May 1899)[20]
- ADC: Personal aide-de-camp to The King (30 June 1905)
- GCStJ: Bailiff Grand Cross of St John (12 June 1926)[21]
- KJStJ: Knight of Justice of St John (25 July 1905)[22]
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Knight of the Elephant (Denmark) (10 May 1914)[24]
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Muhammad Ali (Egypt)
- Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur (France)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
- Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order (Hesse and by Rhine) (26 September 1901)[25]
- Knight of the Annunciation (Italy) (3 December 1904)[26]
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan) (14 February 1906)[27]
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) (13 November 1906)[28]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle (Prussia) (4 February 1901)[29]
- Knight of the Seraphim (Sweden) (14 June 1905)[30]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I (Romania)
- Knight of St. Andrew (Russia)
- Knight 3rd Class with Swords of St. Vladimir(Russia)
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Charles III (Spain) (18 May 1907)[31]
- Medals[15]
- 1914 Star (1917)
- British War Medal (1919)
- Victory Medal (1919)
- Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal (1897)
- King Edward VII Coronation Medal (1902)
- King George V Coronation Medal (1910)
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935)
- King George VI Coronation Medal (1937)
Honorary military appointments
- Colonel-in-Chief: The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), 8 November 1921[32]
- Colonel-in-Chief: Royal Army Pay Corps, 11 May 1937[33]
Arms
As a male-line grandchild of a British sovereign, Prince Arthur was awarded, on his twenty-first birthday, the use of the royal arms, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony, and differenced by a label argent, of five points, the outer pair and central point bearing crosses gules, and the inner pair fleur-de-lys azure. In 1917, the inescutcheon was dropped by royal warrant from George V.[34]
Prince Arthur's coat of arms after 1917
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Arthur's banner of arms after 1917, a five-point label, the first, third and fifth points charged with the Cross of St. George, the second and fourth points charged with fleurs-de-lis
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Arthur's banner of arms prior to 1917 with the coat of arms of the Royal House of Saxony superimposed on it
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Ancestry
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References
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- ^ Sir John George Smyth, Sandhurst: The History of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1741-1961 (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961), p. 94
- ^ "Departure of Prince Arthur of Connaught for South Africa". The Times. No. 36893. London. 8 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Saughton Park". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Royal Wedding Group". National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ^ Hackett, Robert; Kingsepp, Sander (2001–2009). "IJN KIRISHIMA: Tabular Record of Movement". Combined Fleet. CombinedFleet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "The visit of HRH Prince Arthur to Japan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George - Windsor Castle. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "No. 31377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1919. p. 7006.
- Quarterly Army List for quarter ending 31st December 1919 (London, 1920) Part I, p. 2002.
- ^ "No. 32099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 October 1920. p. 10366.
- ^ "No. 32626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 1922. p. 1797.
- ^ a b c "No. 34473". The London Gazette. 14 January 1938. p. 291. (Last reference to Prince Arthur's full titles)
- ^ a b "The Royal Lineage." Burke's Peerage. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1949, p. cclxxviii.
- ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4509.
- ^ "No. 28384". The London Gazette. 14 June 1910. p. 4164.
- ^ "No. 27916". The London Gazette. 25 May 1906. p. 3655.
- ^ "No. 30953". The London Gazette. 15 October 1918. p. 12120.
- ^ "No. 27083". The London Gazette. 26 May 1899. p. 3335.
- ^ "No. 33284". The London Gazette. 14 June 1927. p. 3836.
- ^ "No. 27822". The London Gazette. 28 July 1905. p. 5219.
- ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German), Munich: Druck and Verlag, 1914, p. 10
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- ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 6 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 57.
- ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 150.
- ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1908, pp. 869–870, retrieved 17 September 2021
- ^ "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), Berlin, 1895, p. 7 – via hathitrust.org
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1925. p. 807. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org.
- ^ "Real y Distinguida Orden de Carlos III", Guóa Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1930, p. 221, retrieved 21 March 2019
- ^ "No. 23523". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 November 1921. p. 9220.
- ^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3073.
- ^ Heraldica – British Royalty Cadency