Person    | Male  Born 1/5/1850  Died 16/1/1942

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Categories: Armed Forces, Royalty

Countries: Canada, Ireland

Born Arthur William Patrick Albert, the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria. Created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex in 1874. Entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich at 16 years old, and in 1900 was appointed Commander in Chief of the British Army in Ireland, and Governor General of Canada in 1911. After a military career he became Governor General of Canada in 1911.

After WW1 if you wanted a statue or memorial unveiled Connaught was your man. Go to the Royal Artillery Monument to see him in action. And to the Masonic Temple in the Great Eastern Hotel in Liverpool Street to see a bust. The building is now used as a theatre so it is possible to see the bust without rolling up your trouser leg. Father of Patricia.

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

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Abraham Lincoln statue

Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...

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Aske's Hospital - right - 1875

This plaque summarises the history of the Hospital and celebrates the opening...

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Captain James Cook statue

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Cavalry Memorial

Unveiled in its original location, at Stanhope Gate by the Dorchester Hotel, ...

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General Wolfe statue

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Leonard E. Moore

Leonard E. Moore

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Czechoslovak Air Force Association

Czechoslovak Air Force Association

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F. Whatman

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1 memorial
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Teddington Studios - David Nixon

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TW11, Broom Road, Teddington Studios

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Sir John Everett Millais

Sir John Everett Millais

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William Shipley

William Shipley

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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

The Surveyors Club was formed in 1792 but the modern group was formed in 1868 at a meeting in London's Westminster Palace Hotel. It received a royal charter on 26 August 1881. Its HQ has been at t...

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1 memorial