Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 160 portraits
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, was a member of the British Royal Family, the third son and seventh of the nine children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Arthur had a long and distinguished career in the British Army that included service in South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Egypt and India. Promoted to Field Marshal in 1902, in 1904 he was given the newly created post of Inspector-General of the Forces and was tasked with reporting on the status of the British Army. He was subsequently unwillingly sent to Malta as commander-in-chief; he resigned the position in 1909. Having ended his military service he was appointed Governor General of Canada.
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as a fairy prince
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 22 July 1874
NPG x95975
Arthur Peel; Arthur Frederick Pickard; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Frederick Treble
albumen cabinet card, 1875
NPG x45776
Queen Victoria; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by George Washington Wilson
albumen cabinet card, October 1876
NPG x76540
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95961
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95962
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95964
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95965
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95966
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95971
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95972
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95973
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Maull & Fox
albumen cabinet card, circa 1882
NPG x26137
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1885?
NPG x158920
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885?
NPG x95960
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885?
NPG x95963
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax14733
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by York & Son, after Unknown photographer
glass lantern slide, 1890s
NPG x3617
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x8748
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Francis Godolphin Osborne Stuart
albumen print, 1891
NPG x139886
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Walery
albumen cabinet card, circa 1892
NPG Ax5558
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (son)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught (née Princess of Prussia) (wife)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden (daughter)
- Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay) (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
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