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The title Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was granted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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to her third son, Prince Arthur

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...

.

By tradition members of the sovereign's family received titles associated with England

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, Scotland

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, Ireland and Wales

Wales

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, the four home nations

Home Nations

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that made up the United Kingdom

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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. The Duke

Duke

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dom of Connaught and Strathearn was named after one of the four provinces of Ireland

Provinces of Ireland

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, now known by its modern Irish language

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-based spelling of Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

. It was seen as the title that if available would henceforth be awarded to a monarch's third son; the first son was traditionally Duke of Cornwall

Duke of Cornwall

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(in England) and Duke of Rothesay

Duke of Rothesay

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(in Scotland), and would be made Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales

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at some point, while the second son would often become Duke of York

Duke of York

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, if the title were available.

Since the exit of the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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from the United Kingdom in 1922, titles related to locations in the Republic have not been awarded (though Prince Edward, Prince of Wales—in 1936 briefly King Edward VIII

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

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—was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick). However, territorial titles relating to Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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have continued to be awarded.

After Prince Arthur's death in 1942, the title was inherited by his grandson, Alastair. In the absence of any male heirs, the Dukedom became extinct when Alastair died, 15 months after his grandfather.

A Canadian military regiment, The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), is a Canadian armoured regiment in the duke's name.
A British Indian Army cavalry regiment, 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)

6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)

The 6 Lancers is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. Previously, it was known as the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers , which was a regular cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1921 by amalgamation of the 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers and 16th Cavalry...

was named for the duke.

Dukes of Connaught and Strathearn (1874)

Other titles: Earl of Sussex
Earl of Sussex
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(1874)

The Prince Arthur
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...

, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria
- Prince Arthur of Connaught
  Prince Arthur of Connaught
  Prince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. Prince Arthur held the title of a British prince with the style His Royal Highness...
  
  (1883–1938), only son of the 1st Duke, predeceased his father
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914–1943), only son of the younger Prince Arthur, died unmarried

Dukes of Connaught and Strathearn (1874)

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