This is a list of the titles and honours held by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a senior officer of the British Army, Governor General of Canada, and member of the British royal family as the sixth child and third son of Queen Victoria.
On 22 June 1850 Prince Arthur was baptised in the Chapel at Buckingham Palace with the Christian names Arthur William Patrick Albert. [1] As a member of the Royal Family, he had no surname [2] until 17 July 1917, when a Royal Proclamation of King George V declared that all British descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria would bear the name of Windsor . [3]
As a son of the sovereign, Arthur had the title of Prince and the style of Royal Highness from birth. The princely title had been used for sons of the sovereign since Tudor times [4] and was formalised by letters patent of 30 November 1917, [5] while the style of Royal Highness had been used since the Restoration [4] and was confirmed by letters patent of 3 February 1864. [6] Through his father, Prince Albert, he also bore the titles Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony until 17 July 1917, when King George V discontinued the use of German titles. [3]
On 24 May 1874, Prince Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex , [7] in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [8] As a duke of the Blood Royal, he had the formal style of Most High, Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex. [9]
(ribbon bar, as it would look today; British decorations only)
KG: Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, 31 May 1867 [10] 
KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 24 May 1869 [11] 
KP: Knight of St. Patrick, 30 March 1869 [12] 
GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 16 April 1870 [13] 
GCSI: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 1 January 1877 [14] CB: Companion of the Bath (military), 17 November 1882 –7 July 1890 [15] GCIE: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 21 June 1887 [19] GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 6 May 1896 [20] KStJ: Knight of Justice of St John, 1896 –11 June 1926 [21] Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, 11 August 1902 [25] GBE: Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire, 4 June 1917 [26] The Duke was Bailiff of Egle from 1894 [27]
Canadian General Service Medal with clasp for Fenian Raid 1870 [25] Egypt Medal with clasp for Battle of Tel el-Kebir 1882 [25] British War Medal, 26 July 1919 Victory Medal, 1 September 1919 Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD), 27 May 1892 [25] Territorial Decoration (TD), 19 June 1934 [25] 
Anhalt: Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, 1890 [28] 
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1873 [25] [29] 
Baden: Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 7 September 1906 [25] 
Bavaria : Knight of St. Hubert [30] 
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (military), 1873 [25] 
Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1890 [31] 
Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 2 August 1873 [25] [32] 
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, May 1868 [33] 
Ethiopia : Grand Cross of the Star of Ethiopia, 20 August 1917 [25] 
France : Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 20 December 1898 [34] 
Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer, 5 May 1879 [25] 
Hesse and by Rhine: [35] 
Italy : [25] 
Japan : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 8 May 1890 [37] 
Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 27 July 1879 [38] 
Monaco: Grand Cross of St. Charles, 20 August 1917 [25] 
Montenegro : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I, 26 March 1897 [25] [39] 
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion, 23 August 1878 [25] 
Norway: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 13 November 1906 [40] 
Ottoman Empire: [25] 
Tunisia: Grand Cordon of the Order of Glory, 1 June 1865
Portugal : Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, 3 April 1879 [42] 
Prussia: [43] 
Romania : Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania, 20 August 1917 [25] 
Spain : [25] 
Sweden: [25] 
Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1904 [47] 
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn received the Freedom of several locations during his life. These Include
1921: Portsmouth. [83]  |
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