Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany, 1853-1884

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1853-04-07
Death 1884-03-28
Birth 1853
Death 1884
Britons
English

Biographical notes:

Son of Victoria.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor Castle, to John Ruskin, 1872 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871318

Epithet: 4th son of Queen Victoria

Title: Prince, 1st Duke of Albany

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x0000f0

4th son of Queen Victoria.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor Castle, to Sir Frederick Leighton, president of the Royal Academy, 1883 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888313

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor Castle, to Rev. Thomas Cochrane, 1877 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888311

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wykeham House, Oxford, to Lady Bell, 1874 Oct. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888309

HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, 1st Duke of Albany, KG, KT, PC, GCSI, GCMG, hon DCL, Oxford (1876), colonel in the Army was born at Buckingham Palace, London in 1853, the fourth son of Queen Victoria. He was created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow in 1881, and on 30 June 1881 he formally opened University College Nottingham (now the University of Nottingham). In the following year he married HRH Princess Helena (1861-1922), third daughter of HSH Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He died in Cannes in 1884.

From the guide to the Topographical photographs associated with Prince Leopold (1853-1884), 1st Duke of Albany, undated, c.1884, 1882-1884, (The University of Nottingham)

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  • Italy (as recorded)
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  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Edinburgh, Scotland (as recorded)
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  • Nice, Alpes-Maritimes (as recorded)
  • Europe Pictorial works (as recorded)
  • Cannes, France (as recorded)
  • Canada, North America (as recorded)