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Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor

Male 1900 - 1974  (74 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor 
    Birth 31 Mar 1900  Sandringham, York Cottage Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Jun 1974  Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 5 Siblings 
    Person ID I5151  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2013 

    Father King George Windsor, V,   b. 3 Jun 1865   d. 20 Jan 1936 (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Prinzessin Mary Victoria Augusta Luisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck,   b. 26 May 1867, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1953, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jul 1893  St James Palace Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott,   b. 25 Dec 1901, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. William Henry Andrew Frederick Windsor,   b. 18 Dec 1941, Barnet/Hadley Common, Hertsh Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1972, Halpenny Green Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +2. Living
    Family ID F21958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

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    • Henry stuttered like his older brother Bertie, and often burst into tears or spasms of high laughter for no apparent reason. It was because of this that people thought he wasn't that bright. Because he always seemed to be ill, his parents decided not to put him into the Royal Navy like their older sons had done. Instead, they sent him to Broadstairs Prep School, a first for the Royal Family. After he was finished school, he still didn't want to join the Navy, so he opted for the Cavalry instead. He ended up loving it, and kept up the job until after the abdication. Henry often drank too much, but it was something his brothers did as well. A reaction to the strict childhood they had. In 1928, the King created Henry the Duke of Gloucester. In the summer of 1935, Henry proposed to Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott. He wasn't a romantic man, though, and according to Alice, he just mumbled it to her while they were walking. Alice's father died just three weeks before their planned huge wedding at Westminster Abbey, so the wedding ended up being a toned-down, private family affair. Bridesmaids at the wedding included the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

      1st Duke of Gloucester
      Earl of Ulster Baron Culloden
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