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Duke of Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / ⓘ GLOST-ər) is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch.The first four creations were in the Peerage of England and the last in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the current creation carries with it the subsidiary titles of Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden.
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family.He is the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the youngest of the nine grandchildren of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II.
Duke of Gloucester: Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660: King George I 1660–1727: Queen Anne 1665–1714: King George II 1683–1760: Prince William 1689–1700 styled Duke of Gloucester: Duke of Edinburgh (1st creation), Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham (1st creation), Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon, 1726 ...
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was a member of the British royal family. He was the third son of King George V and Queen Mary , and was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI .
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, demand that Richard II let them prove by arms the justice of their rebellion Murder of Thomas of Woodstock in Calais Arms of Thomas of Woodstock quartering arms of his father-in-law Humphrey ...
When the present Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are successed by their heirs (currently Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster and George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, respectively) their peerages (as created in 1928 and 1934) will cease to be royal dukedoms; instead their holders will become "ordinary" dukes. [4]
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 31 March 1900 10 June 1974 (aged 74) 2 Died Prince William of Gloucester 18 December 1941 28 August 1972 (aged 30) 2 31 The Duke of Gloucester 26 August 1944 (age 80) 3 32 Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster 24 October 1974 (age 50) 4 33