DUKE OF

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• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR

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• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

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• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

PATRICK

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• 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

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• CONNAUGHT
• DUKE OF ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT CONNAUGHT (1850– )

CONNAUGHT (1850– )  , third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria, was born at Buckingham Palace on the 1st of May 2850 . Being destined for the army, the young prince was entered at the Royal Militaty Academy, Woolwich, in 1866, and gazetted to the Royal Engineers on the 19th of June 1868 . In the following November he was transferred to the Royal Artillery, and on the 3rd of August 1869 to the Rifle Brigade . He became captain in 1871, and, transferred to the 7th Hussars in 1874, was promoted major in 1875, and returned to the Rifle Brigade as lieutenant-colonel in September 1876 . He was promoted colonel and major-general in 188o, lieutenant-general in 1889, and general in 1893 . He accompanied the expeditionary force to Egypt in 1882, and commanded the Guards brigade at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir . He was mentioned three times in despatches, received the C.B .