Duke of Clarence and St Andrews

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Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews
Coat of Arms of William Henry, Duke of Clarence.svg
Creation date20 May 1789
Created by George III
Peerage Peerage of Great Britain
First holder Prince William Henry
Last holderPrince William Henry
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Munster
StatusExtinct – Merged with the Crown on succeeding as King William IV
Extinction date26 June 1830

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews was a title awarded to a prince of the British Royal family. The creation was in the Peerage of Great Britain. [1]

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While there had been several creations of Dukes of Clarence (and there was later a Duke of Clarence and Avondale), the only creation of a Duke of Clarence and St Andrews was in 1789 for Prince William, third son of King George III. When William succeeded his brother to the throne in 1830, the dukedom merged in the crown.

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1789)

See also Earl of Munster (1789)
DukePortraitBirthMarriage(s)Death
Prince William Henry
House of Hanover
1789–1830
William IV in 1833 by Shee cropped.jpg 21 August 1765
Buckingham House, London
son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
11 July 1818
20 June 1837
Windsor Castle, Windsor
aged 71
Prince William Henry ascended as William IV in 1830 upon his brother's death; and his hereditary titles merged in the Crown.

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References

  1. "No. 13097". The London Gazette . 19 May 1789. p. 377.