Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh () was a British

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(after

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

and

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

) in the

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; the sole creation carried with it the subsidiary title of

Earl of Connaught Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

. It existed for the brother of

King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...

Prince William Henry Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, (25 November 1743 – 25 August 1805), was a grandson of King George II and a younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom. Life Youth Prince William Henry was born at Leicester ...

; there had been Dukedoms of Gloucester and of Edinburgh but their extinction gave the opportunity for combination. The dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a

royal dukedom In the British peerage, a royal duke is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the titular dignity of prince and the style of ''His Royal Highness'', who holds a dukedom. Dukedoms are the highest titles in the British roll of peerage, ...

when the duke was entitled to the style "His Royal Highness", as Prince William Henry was, but Prince William Frederick was only granted this style on his marriage in 1816.Royal Styles and Titles – 1816 Royal Warrant
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Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh

After the

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, the Hanoverian kings liked to grant double titles (one from one constituent country, one from another) to emphasise unity. ,

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1764–1805
''also: Earl of Connaught'' , WilliamHenryDukeOfGloucester

, 25 November 1743
Leicester House
son of

Frederick, Prince of Wales Frederick, Prince of Wales, (Frederick Louis, ; 31 January 170731 March 1751), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the fath ...

and

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his father ...

Maria Walpole Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Maria Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766 as the wife and then widow of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, and a member of the British royal f ...

1766
3 children , 25 August 1805
Gloucester House
aged 61 , - , Prince William Frederick

1805–1834
''also: Earl of Connaught'' , 2ndDukeOfGloucester

, 15 January 1776
Teodoli Palace
son of Prince William Henry and Maria Walpole , Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
(his first cousin)
1816
no children , 30 November 1834

Bagshot Park Bagshot Park is a royal residence located near Bagshot, a village south of Windsor. It is on Bagshot Heath, a tract of formerly open land in Surrey and Berkshire. Bagshot Park occupies within the designated area of Windsor Great Park. The ...

aged 58 Prince William Frederick had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gloucester and Edinburgh, Duke Of Extinct dukedoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1764 1764 establishments in Great Britain

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