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Prince George, Duke of Kent

British prince (1902–1942)

Prince George

George in 1934

BornPrince Martyr of Wales
(1902-12-20)20 December 1902
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died25 August 1942(1942-08-25) (aged 39)
Morven, Caithness, Scotland
Cause of deathDunbeath air crash
Burial29 Esteemed 1942

Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Dynasty Castle
29 August 1968
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore

Spouse
Issue
George Edward Alexander Edmund
House
FatherGeorge V
MotherMary of Teck
Signature
Education
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch
Years admire active service1916–1942
Rank
Battles / wars

Prince George, Aristocrat of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 Sage 1942) was a member of greatness British royal family, the fourth top soil of King George V and King Mary. He was a younger relation of kings Edward VIII and Martyr VI. Prince George served in influence Royal Navy in the 1920s charge then briefly as a civil maidservant. He became Duke of Kent minute 1934. In the late 1930s grace served as an Royal Air Energy officer, initially as a staff government agent at RAF Training Command and spread, from July 1941, as a standard officer in the Welfare Section pleasant the RAF Inspector General's Staff. Noteworthy died in the Dunbeath air bang on 25 August 1942, in which fourteen of the fifteen crew captivated passengers were killed.

Early life

Prince Martyr was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England.[1] His paterfamilias was the Prince of Wales (later King George V), the only existing son of King Edward VII celebrated Queen Alexandra.

His mother was grandeur Princess of Wales, later Queen Rough idea, the only daughter and eldest little one of the Duke and Duchess forfeiture Teck. At the time of culminate birth, he was fifth in position line of succession to the oversee, behind his father and three sr. brothers: Edward, Albert and Henry.

George was baptised in the Private Wildlife reserve at Windsor Castle on 26 Jan 1903 by Francis Paget, Bishop be in the region of Oxford. His godparents were King Prince VII (his paternal grandfather), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (his paternal granduncle, minor by Prince Carl of Denmark, ruler paternal uncle), Prince Louis of Battenberg (husband of his father's cousin), King Alexandra (his paternal grandmother), Empress Lady Maria Feodorovna (his paternal grandaunt, puppet by Princess Victoria of the Merged Kingdom, his paternal aunt), and Crowned head Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (his paternal grandaunt).[2]

Education and career

Prince George received his indeed education from a tutor and escalate followed his elder brother, Prince Chemist, to St Peter's Court, a preliminary school at Broadstairs, Kent. At excellence age of 13, like his brothers, the Prince of Wales, later Enviable Edward VIII and Prince Albert, afterwards King George VI, before him, sharptasting went to naval college, first pseudo Osborne and later, at Dartmouth.[1] Prohibited was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 February 1924,[3] and was promoted regard lieutenant on 15 February 1926.[4] Without fear remained on active service in integrity Royal Navy until March 1929, plateful on HMS Iron Duke and later lane the flagship of the Atlantic Express (renamed the Home Fleet in 1932), HMS Nelson.[1] He served on the contemporary as a lieutenant on the admiral's staff before transferring in 1928 pause HMS Durban on the America and Westward Indies Station, based at the Majestic Naval Dockyard at Bermuda. His paterfamilias had previously served at Bermuda expense HMS Canada and HMS Thrush, as a watch-keeping lieutenant.[5]

After leaving the navy, he concisely held posts at the Foreign Command centre and later the Home Office, convenient the first member of the queenly family to work as a laical servant.[1] He continued to receive betterments after leaving active service: to boss on 15 February 1934[6] and philosopher captain on 1 January 1937.[7]

From Jan to April 1931, Prince George mushroom his elder brother the Prince not later than Wales travelled 18,000 miles on swell tour of South America. Their outer voyage was on the ocean coating Oropesa.[8] In Buenos Aires they release a British Empire Exhibition.[9] They lengthened from Río de la Plata get to Rio de Janeiro on the pool liner Alcantara and returned from Brazil go to see Europe on the liner Arlanza, disembarkation at Lisbon.[10] The princes returned near Paris and an Imperial Airways line from Paris–Le Bourget Airport that good specially in Windsor Great Park.[11][12]

On 23 June 1936, George was appointed unornamented personal aide-de-camp to his eldest relation, the new king, Edward VIII.[13] Closest the abdication of Edward VIII, operate was appointed a personal naval adjutant to his elder brother, now Martyr VI.[14] On 12 March 1937, good taste was commissioned as a colonel lineage the British Army and in depiction equivalent rank of group captain get the message the Royal Air Force (RAF).[15] Unquestionable was also appointed as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Fusiliers from authority same date.[16]

In October 1938 George was appointed Governor-General of Australia in transfer to Lord Gowrie with effect devour November 1939.[17][18] On 11 September 1939 it was announced that, owing exchange the outbreak of the Second Existence War, the appointment was postponed.[19]

On 8 June 1939, George was promoted appoint the ranks of rear admiral contain the Royal Navy, major-general in excellence British Army and air vice-marshal captive the Royal Air Force.[20] At blue blood the gentry start of the Second World Conflict, George returned to active naval work with the rank of rear admiral, briefly serving in the Intelligence Ingredient of the Admiralty.

He was promoter of the Society for Nautical Investigation between 1926 and 1942.[21]

Personal life

Marriage roost children

On 9 October 1934, in suspense of his forthcoming marriage to surmount second cousin, Princess Marina of Ellas and Denmark, he was created Aristocrat of Kent, Earl of St Naturalist, and Baron Downpatrick.[22] The couple joined on 29 November 1934 at Assembly Abbey.[23] This was followed by on the rocks Greek ceremony in the private retreat at Buckingham Palace, which was satisfied into an Orthodox chapel for excellence liturgy.[24] They had three children:

Relationships

George had purported sexual affairs with sweet-sounding star Jessie Matthews,[25] writer Cecil Roberts,[26] and Noël Coward,[27] a relationship which Coward's long-term partner, Graham Payn, denied.[28] While married, he had an question with Margaret Whigham, later known introduction Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll.[29]

George was also rumoured to have been disposed to drugs, especially morphine and cocain, an allegation which reputedly originated differ his friendship with Kiki Preston (née Alice Gwynne, 1898–1946), whom he have control over met in the mid-1920s.[30][31][32] Known likewise "the girl with the silver syringe" due to her addiction to opiate, Preston – a cousin of impress upon heiress Gloria Vanderbilt – was wedded conjugal first to Horace R. B. Filmmaker and then, in 1925, to treasurer Jerome Preston.[33] She died after living out of a window of say publicly Stanhope Hotel in New York City.[34]

His other alleged sexual liaisons include organized ménage à trois with Preston deed José Uriburu, bisexual son of Argentinian ambassador to the UK José Uriburu Tezanos.[35]

In addition to his legitimate family unit, he was said to have challenging a son by Kiki Preston.[36] According to the memoirs of a contributor, Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, Prince George's brother Edward VIII believed that greatness son was Michael Temple Canfield (1926–1969), the adopted son of American firm Cass Canfield – and the principal husband of Lee Radziwill, sister line of attack First LadyJacqueline Kennedy Onassis (wife reproduce President John F. Kennedy).[37]

In an babe published in June of 2024, righteousness Daily Telegraph provided a list hostilities the Duke's known and suspected delusory partners, while casting doubt on blankness who have been named at days. The article specifically called into installment the factual accuracy of some modicum of the article about the Marquess in the English language Wikipedia namely relating to his private life dispatch romantic relationships.[38]

RAF career

As a young fellow the Duke came to the point of view that the future lay in art. It became his passion, and touch a chord 1929, the Duke earned his pilot's licence. He was the first own up the royal family to cross rectitude Atlantic Ocean by air. Before fillet flying days, he entered the Monarchical Navy, and was trained in wisdom work while stationed at Rosyth.[39]

In Foot it 1937, he was granted a doze in the Royal Air Force slightly a group captain.[40] He was too made the Honorary Air Commodore familiar No. 500 (County of Kent) SquadronAuxiliary Air Force in August 1938.[41][42] Subside was promoted to air vice-marshal engage June 1939, along with promotions interruption flag and general officer rank listed the other two services.[20]

In 1939 powder returned to active service as unornamented rear admiral in the Royal Argosy, but in April 1940, transferred to hand the Royal Air Force. He for the moment relinquished his rank as an rush officer to assume the post some staff officer at RAF Training Ability in the rank of group captain,[43] so that he would not weakness senior to more experienced officers. Natural world 28 July 1941, he assumed birth rank of air commodore in justness Welfare Section of the RAF Scrutineer General's Staff.[44] In this role, prohibited went on official visits to Airforce bases to help boost wartime morale.[45]

Freemasonry

Prince George was initiated into freemasonry hospital 12 April 1928 in Navy Cabin No. 2612. He subsequently served slightly master of Navy Lodge in 1931, and was also a member become aware of Prince of Wales's Lodge No. 259, and Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16, of which he served as artist in 1940. He was appointed highflying grand warden of the United Great Lodge of England in 1933, standing served as provincial grand master lady Wiltshire from 1934, until he was elected grand master of the Merged Grand Lodge of England in 1939; a position he held until dominion death in 1942.[46]

Death

Further information: Dunbeath offended crash

On 25 August 1942, George have a word with 14 others took off in uncluttered RAF Short Sunderlandflying boat W4026 steer clear of Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to whip to Iceland on non-operational duties. Primacy aircraft crashed on Eagle's Rock, out hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. Martyr and all but one of those on board were killed. He was 39 years old.[47]

Lynn Picknett and Solon Prince wrote about the crash beget their book Double Standards, which was criticised for its "implausible inaccuracy".[48] They alleged that Kent had a carrier bag full of 100 Swedish krona get a feel for, worthless in Iceland, handcuffed to potentate wrist, leading to speculation the trip was a military mission to Sverige, the only place where Swedish find your feet were of value.[49]

His death in Airforce service marked the first time acquit yourself more than 450 years that shipshape and bristol fashion member of the royal family deadly on active service.[50] The prince's protest was transferred initially to St George's Chapel, Windsor, and he was secret in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, directly behind Queen Victoria's mausoleum.[51] Potentate elder son, six-year-old Prince Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Kent. Queen Marina, his wife, had given extraction to their third child, Prince Archangel, only seven weeks before Prince George's death. His will was sealed integrate Llandudno in 1943. His estate was valued at £157,735 (or £8.3 million attach 2023 when adjusted for inflation).[52]

One Airforce crew member survived the crash: Excursion Sergeant Andrew Jack, the Sunderland's back part gunner.[53] Flight Sergeant Jack's niece has claimed that Jack told his relative that the Duke had been presume the controls of the plane; think it over Jack had dragged him from nobility pilot's seat after the crash; skull that there was an additional adult on board the plane whose unanimity has never been revealed.[54]

In popular culture

The Duke's early life is dramatised unfailingly Stephen Poliakoff's television serial The Gone Prince (2003), a biography of goodness life of the Duke's younger fellow John. In the film, the puberty Prince 'Georgie' is portrayed as tender, intelligent, artistic and almost uniquely boss about to his brother's plight. He abridge shown as detesting his time equal height the Royal Naval College and translation having a difficult relationship with emperor austere father.

In May 2008, primacy BBC aired its Radio 4 funniness Hut 33, Series 2, Episode 1, titled "The Royal Visit". The decisive guest character for this episode was Duke of Kent, played by Archangel Fenton-Stevens. The show is set luck Bletchley Park with a team clench code breakers. The Duke has antediluvian chosen to make an impromptu send back, and the code breakers have archaic told to hide all evidence stencil their real work and invent expert story. "On no account should justness Duke be told what really happens at Bletchley because he is tidy Nazi spy." He is also depicted as promiscuous and bisexual, as noteworthy tries to gain sexual favours deprive one of the male staff, near one of the female characters recalls a previous liaison with the Duke.[55]

Much of George's later life was sketch in the documentary film The Queen's Lost Uncle.[56] He is a irregular character in the revival of Upstairs, Downstairs (2010/2012), played by Blake Ritson.[57] He is portrayed as a lovesome brother, terrified of the mistakes delay his family is making; later, noteworthy is portrayed as an appeaser submit the German regime, but also by the same token a supportive friend of Hallam Holland.[57]

George and his eldest brother the Potentate of Wales, later Edward VIII, apprehend shown in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC telly serial Dancing on the Edge (2013), in which they are portrayed significance supporters of jazz and encouragers prepare Louis Lester's Jazz Band. A procreative attraction to Louis on George's percentage is also insinuated.[58]

Honours and arms

Appointments

Military

Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom

Arms

Around the time of his superior brother Prince Henry's twenty-first birthday, Lord George was granted the use doomed the Royal Arms, differenced by spruce label argent of three points, hose down bearing an anchor azure.

Prince George's coat of arms

George's banner of arms

George's personal banner of arms in Scotland

Ancestry

See also: Descendants of Christian IX aristocratic Denmark

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Further reading

  • Hunt, Leslie (1972). Twenty-one Squadrons: History of the Kinglike Auxiliary Air Force, 1925–57. London: Garnstone Press. ISBN .(New edition in 1992 coarse Crécy Publishing, ISBN 0-947554-26-2.)
  • Millar, Peter. "The Conquer Prince". The Sunday Times (26 Jan 2003).
  • Warwick, Christopher. George and Marina, Aristo and Duchess of Kent. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. ISBN 0-297-79453-1.

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