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Field Marshal William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester, was a member of the British royal family, great-grandson of George II. He entered the army with the rank of colonel the age of thirteen in 1789, and was rapidly promoted further through the ranks: he was made major-general at twenty, lieutenant-general in twenty-three, general at thirty-two, and field marshal by the time he was forty.
He was made the thirteenth Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 1771, holding the post until 1805. Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, by Johan Zoffany, c. 1780. The Duke and Maria's first child, Princess Sophia of Gloucester ( Sophia Matilda; 29 May 1773 – 29 November 1844), was born in 1773.
Prince William Frederick, 2. Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (* 15. Januar 1776 in Rom; † 30. November 1834 in Bagshot Park, Surrey) war ein Mitglied der britischen Königsfamilie.
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (15 January 1776 – 30 November 1834) was a great-grandson of King George II of Great Britain and the nephew and son-in-law of King George III. He was the grandson of both Frederick, Prince of Wales (George II's eldest son), and Edward Walpole.
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (January 15, 1776 – November 30, 1834) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of King George II. Early life Prince William was born on 15 January 1776 in Rome , Italy .
William Frederick (1776-1834) is wearing the star of the Order of the Garter. He was the only son of William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), and his wife Maria, Countess Dowager of Waldegrave. He was born at the Teodoli Palace in Rome, attended Trinity College in Cambridge and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1797 and chancellor of the University of ...
Prince William Henry, the third son and fifth child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, was born on the 14th November 1743, and in 1764 was bestowed the titles of Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Earl of Connaught. When George III became King, the Duke travelled the continent extensively on his behalf to visit royalty ...
