Son of George V. Born York Cottage, Sandringham. Honorary member of Lincoln's Inn. 1934 created Duke of Kent and married Marina. Rumoured to have had affairs with Jessie Matthews and Noel Coward. Died Morven, Scotland, in the crash of Sunderland W4026 "DQ-M" of 228 Squadron. He was on a " tour of stations" and his plane crashed on a hill-side near the Caithness coast. Of the 15 on board only 1 survived. See the picture source website where the story of this crash is well told.
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George, Duke of Kent
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Lincoln's Inn war memorial
We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, le...
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Admiral Arthur Phillip
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Baynard’s Castle
There have been two buildings known as Baynard's Castle, on different sites. Just to the east of where Blackfriars station now stands Ralph Baynard erected a Norman fortification in about 1000. Th...
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Edward, Duke of Kent
Born London, son of George, Duke of Kent and Marina, the Duchess. Since 1967 Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.
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King Canute / Cnut
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Catherine Princess of Wales
Born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, in Reading. Married Prince William on 29 April 2011 (St. Catherine's Day).
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St Elizabeth of Hungary
Princess and saint.  Born either in the castle of Sárospatak, or in Pozsony, both in the Kingdom of Hungary.  She was married at the age of fourteen to Louis IV, the Landgrave of Thuringia, and wid...
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