Person    | Male  Born 27/1/1773  Died 21/4/1853

Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, K.C.

Categories: Royalty

Sixth son of King George III, created Duke of Sussex on 24 November 1801 but he had no legitimate issue so the title became extinct on his death. 1840 he gave Queen Victoria in marriage to Prince Albert. An enthusiastic freemason.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, K.C.

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Royal Free Hospital - development

The spelling of "honor" is not a mistake on our part.

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Royal Free Hospital - Sussex wing

The Duke of Sussex had died just 3 years before this plaque was erected. We ...

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UCL quad - creation

This quadrangle of University College London, of which the first stone was la...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, K.C.

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Charing Cross Hospital - Agar Street

We love the repeated "etc."s to indicate the Duke's excessively long list of ...

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Charing Cross Hospital - moved 1973

Thanks to our colleague Alan Patient for providing this photo.

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Other Subjects

Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)

Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)

In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can presents the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued ...

Event, Royalty

1 memorial
Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI.  When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...

Building, Property, Royalty

2 memorials
King Haakon VII

King Haakon VII

Born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel in Charlottenlund Palace, near Copenhagen. Known as Prince Carl of Denmark, he became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the uni...

Person, Royalty, Denmark, Norway

2 memorials
Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Born in Moscow as Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov. He was created joint czar with his mentally disabled half-brother Ivan V, in 1682. In 1697 he set off for a tour of Europe, his Grand Embassy, in which ...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Russia

3 memorials
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence

On his 28th birthday the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) and so second in line to the throne, fell ill at his home at Sandringham. He died on 14 January 1892 a...

Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Royalty

3 memorials

Previously viewed

Spa Road Station - Spa Road

Spa Road Station - Spa Road

SE16, Spa Road, Under Railway Bridge

The web page given on the plaque plots 900 British transport heritage sites on a map and provides information about each one.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Royal Regiment of Artillery

Royal Regiment of Artillery

Better known as the Royal Artillery. By royal warrant of King George I, two companies, each 100 men strong were raised at Woolwich. It now comprises twelve regiments, plus four regiments of the Roy...

Group, Armed Forces

4 memorials
Mortlake Tapestry Works

Mortlake Tapestry Works

Barnes History has a nice hand-drawn map with a pin showing the location of these Tapestry Works, and it gives the history of the site. John Dee (1527 -1608) lived in a house on this site (with a l...

Building, Craft / Design

1 memorial
J. Eames, Jnr.

J. Eames, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial