See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED ERNEST See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

ALBERT  , See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• COBURG

Coburg and See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, and duke of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh (1844—1900), second son and See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1844 . In 1856 it was decided that the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, in accordance with his own wishes, should enter the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was accordingly assigned to him, with See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant Sowell, R . E., as See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor . He passed a most creditable examination for See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in August 1858, and being appointed to the " Euryalus," at once began to See also:

• WORK

work hard at the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• PART

part of his profession . In See also:

• JULY

July 186o, while on this See also:

• SHIP

ship, he paid an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official visit to the Cape, and made a very favourable impression both on the colonials and on the native chiefs . On the See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of See also:

• OTTO

Otto, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, in 1862, Prince See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred was chosen by the whole See also:

• PEOPLE

people to succeedhim, but See also:

• POLITICAL

political conventions of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• STANDING

standing rendered it impossible for the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to accede to their wishes . The prince therefore remained in the navy, and was promoted lieutenant on the .24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1863 and See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain on the 23rd of February 1866, being then appointed to the command of the " Galatea." On attaining his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in 1865 the prince was created duke of Edinburgh and See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster, with an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of £15,000 granted by See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . While still in command of the " Galatea " the duke started from See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1867 for his voyage See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world . On the 11th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1867 he See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar and reached the Cape on the 24th of July, and landed at See also:

• GLENELG
• GLENELG, CHARLES GRANT, BARON (1778-1866)

Glenelg, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, on the 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . Being the first See also:

• ENGLISH

English prince to visit Australia, the duke was received with the greatest See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm . During his stay of nearly five months he visited See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide, See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne, See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney, See also:

• BRISBANE
• BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL

Brisbane and See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania; and it was on his second visit to Sydney that, while attending a public See also:

• PICNIC

picnic at Clonfert in aid of the Sailors' See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home, an Irishman named O'Farrell shot him in the back with a revolver . The See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound was fortunately not dangerous, and within a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month the duke was able to resume command of his ship and return home .

He reached Spithead on the 26th of June 1868, after an See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of seventeen months . The duke's next voyage was to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where he arrived in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1869 . Both there and at Hong See also:

• KONG

Kong, which he visited on the way, he was the first British prince to set See also:

• FOOT

foot in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The native rulers of India vied with one another in the magnificence of their entertainments during the duke's stay of three months . On the 23rd of January 1874 the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of the duke to the See also:

• GRAND

grand-duchess See also:

• MARIE

Marie Alexandrovna, only daughter of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander II., See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, was celebrated at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, and the See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride and bridegroom made their public entry into See also:

• LONDON

London on the 12th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March . The duke still devoted himself to his profession, showing See also:

• COMPLETE

complete mastery of his duties and unusual skill in See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics . He was promoted See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral on the 30th of December 1878; See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral, loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1882; admiral, 18th of October 1887; and received his See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton as admiral of the See also:

• FLEET

Fleet, 3rd of June 1893 . He commanded the Channel fleet, 1883—1884; the Mediterranean fleet, 1886—1889; and was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief at See also:

• DAVENPORT
• DAVENPORT, EDWARD LOOMIS (1816-1877)
• DAVENPORT, ROBERT (fl. 1623—1639)

Davenport, 189o-1893 . He always paid the greatest See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his official duties and was most efficient as an admiral . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, Ernest II., duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on the 22nd of August 1893, the vacant duchy See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to the duke of Edinburgh, for the prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales had renounced his right to the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . At first regarded with some coldness as a " foreigner," he gradually gained popularity, and by the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his death, on the 3oth of July 1900, he had completely won the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of his subjects . The duke was exceedingly fond of See also:

• MUSIC

music and an excellent violinist, and took a prominent part in establishing the Royal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Music .

He was also a keen See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and ceramic See also:

• WARE

ware, and his collection, valued at See also:

• HALF

half a million of marks, was presented by his widow to the " Veste Coburg," near Coburg . When he became duke of Saxe-Coburg he surrendered his English See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance of 15,000 a See also:

• YEAR

year, but the £1o,000 granted in addition by parliament on his marriage he retained in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to keep up See also:

• CLARENCE, DUKES OF

Clarence See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House . The duke had one son, who died unmarried on the 6th of February 1899, and four daughters . The third daughter, Princess Alexandra Louisa See also:

• OLGA

Olga Victoria, married the hereditary prince Ernest of Hoheniohe-Langenburg, who became See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of the duchy of Coburg during the minority of the deceased duke's See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young duke of See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, to whom the succession fell . (G . F .