Henry Duke of Gloucester
1900 – 1974 · Generation XXXVI · House of Windsor
Henry Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974). The third son of George V and Queen Mary, he became the first son of a British monarch to be sent to school, going on to Eton. Unlike his brothers he chose the army, but as the king’s son he could not serve overseas with the 10th Royal Hussars. Created Duke of Gloucester in 1928, he had an affair with the future pilot Beryl Markham, to whom his solicitors afterwards paid an annuity to avert scandal, and in 1935 he married Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott; they had two sons. In 1939–40 he served in France as chief liaison officer and was slightly wounded when his staff car was attacked from the air. From 1945 to 1947 he was governor-general of Australia — the only prince ever to hold the post, originally meant for his brother the Duke of Kent. A series of strokes incapacitated him from 1965.
Place in the family
- Henry Duke of Gloucester was an uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Henry Duke of Gloucester was the fourth of 6 children of King George V and Mary of Teck recorded in this archive.
One of 53 people of House of Windsor (from 1917) in this archive. The present house — it renamed itself Windsor in 1917, setting aside the German title Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → Elizabeth Stuart → Sophia of Hanover → King George I → King George II → Frederick Prince of Wales → King George III → Edward Duke of Kent → Queen Victoria → King Edward VII → King George V → Henry Duke of Gloucester.
Parents
- King George V (1865 – 1936)
- Mary of Teck (1867 – 1953)
Siblings
- King Edward VIII (1894 – 1972)
- King George VI (1895 – 1952)
- Mary Princess Royal (1897 – 1965)
- George Duke of Kent (1902 – 1942)
- John Windsor (1905 – 1919)