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.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 3083
Group of fifteen, including Queen Victoria
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(2)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(3)
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1896 or before
NPG P1700(21d)
Royal mourners in Queen Victoria's funeral procession at Hyde Park Corner
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(54)
Queen Victoria's funeral procession arriving at St George's Chapel, Windsor
possibly by James Russell & Sons
albumen print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(56)
The Homage-Giving: Westminster Abbey, 9th August, 1902
by John Henry Frederick Bacon
oil on canvas, 1903
NPG 6058
Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn with his son and grandson
by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, 1936
NPG 6115
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
compiled by Cecilia Mary Jocelyn (née Elliot), after Disdéri, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, after Camille Silvy, and after Unknown photographers
1860s
NPG Ax129160
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x45774
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax26212
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
half-plate glass negative, 1860s
NPG x35281
Queen Victoria; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
printed by Hughes & Mullins
albumen print, (1860s)
NPG x36268
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197212
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG Ax9571
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46713
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26131
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26132
'The Kings and Queens of England: From the Conquest to Queen Victoria'
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, 1862
NPG Ax131392
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Louis Joseph Ghémar, for Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1862
NPG x26136
Album introductory carte-de-visite with members of the Royal Family
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Ghémar Frères, and (Octavius) Charles Watkins, and Émile Desmaisons, and Unknown photographers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197214
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Louis Joseph Ghémar, for Ghémar Frères
albumen print, October 1862
NPG Ax196515
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax9757
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax131369
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax46729
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG x26133
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax131368
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46757
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1866
NPG Ax39815
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x38486
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Maull & Co
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x38485
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867-1872
NPG Ax46162
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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