[26], He was appointed a Field Marshal in 1955[1] and a Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1958. La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 20 janvier 2020 à 23:48. "You must remember that he is rather fragile and must be treated differently to his two elder brothers who are more robust", wrote Prince George to Henry's tutor, Henry Peter Hansell. Besides boosting the troops' morale, he was useful as a first-hand witness of the situation; he reported to government officials and to the King, to whom he continually wrote detailed and objective accounts of what was happening. [1] His mother was Mary of Teck, the only daughter of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. As their London seat, they were given York House in St. James's Palace. She later admitted in her memoirs that she did not, but that he may have learned of their son's death from television coverage. Gloucester visited Australia for Victoria’s Centenary celebrations in 1934. He was very small for his age and was prone to get very aggressive colds. Because the Duke was shy,[1] he sometimes appeared stiff and formal, but he and the Duchess travelled widely in Australia using his own plane during their time in office. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was the third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary. In December 1936, Henry's brother Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson. Baroness Ágnes Inczédy von Nagy-Várad. The post had originally been offered to his younger brother, the Duke of Kent, who died in an air crash. The mission came just after Prince Henry had become a father for the first time, and it was considered a dangerous trip, as the Germans were rapidly advancing toward some of the territories the Duke would visit. [21], Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the British Expeditionary Force, and was appointed as a Chief Liaison Officer on 4 September 1939. You must specify issue=, startpage=, and date= when using {{London Gazette}}. [23] He was slightly wounded in 1940 when his staff car was attacked from the air. [5], By 1909, Henry's poor health had become a serious concern for his parents. [1][22] In January 1940, he was appointed to the colonelcies of the Ulster Anti-Aircraft Regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Territorial Army. It was a large country house in Northamptonshire which had belonged to his wife's ancestors. Prince Henry was born on 31 March 1900, at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate. Apart from the deep personal shock to the whole royal family, the abdication meant the end of Henry's military career. Prince Richard is the second son of the late former Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Princess Alice. The Duke attended the coronation of his niece Elizabeth II in 1953. Available parameters: The of the Australian Prime Minister John Curtin had a policy of appointing Australians to the vice-regal post. "If you two think that, now that I have taken this new job on, you can go on behaving just as you like, in the same old way, you are very much mistaken! But his military career was interrupted by royal duties, and he was nicknamed "the unknown soldier". When Curtin died in 1945, the Duke appointed Frank Forde as prime minister. [1] In 1934 George V (as King of Ireland) made him a Knight of St Patrick, Ireland's chivalric order. [14] On 6 July 1935, he was promoted to the substantive rank of major, his final rank as an actively serving officer. Both the Duke and Duchess carried out royal engagements, including several overseas tours. [11] On 3 March 1931, he was appointed a staff captain and was seconded for service with the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. [15] On 23 June 1936, he was appointed a personal aide-de-camp to his eldest brother, Edward VIII. The couple lived first at the Royal Pavilion in Aldershot, near the barracks of the Duke's regiment.

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