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DUKE OF EDINBURGH.
PRINCE ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster and Kent, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, K.G., K.T., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., P.C., Master of the Trinity House, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, and a Colonel in the German army, also Captain in the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and Naval A.D.C. to the Queen; b. 6 Aug. 1844; baptized at Windsor Castle; m. 23 Jan. 1874, at St. Petersburg, H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna (V.A., C.I.), only dau. of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and has a son and 3 daus.
[1] Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, b. 15 Oct. 1874; baptized at Buckingham Palace.
[2] Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, b. 28 Oct. 1875.
[3] Princess Victoria Melita, b. 25 Nov. 1876.
[4] Princess Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria, b. 1 Sept. 1878.
Creation—By letters patent under the Great Seal, 24 May, 1866.
Arms—The royal arms, differenced by a label of three points arg. charged with St. George's cross, between two anchors az.; on an inescutcheon the arms of Saxony.
Crest—On a coronet a lion guardant or, crowned with a coronet, differenced as the arms.
Supporters—The royal supporters crowned and differencd as in the crest.
Seat—Eastwell Park, Ashford, Kent.
Residence—Clarence House, St. James's, S.W.
