Duke Connaught and Strathearn
Duke Connaught and Strathearn is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically, Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
1st: Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn. Died 1942. Grandson.
2nd: Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn. Died 1943. Extinct.
On 24 May 1874 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 24) was created 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn. Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 13) by marriage Duchess Connaught and Strathearn.
On 16 Jan 1942 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 91) died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. His grandson Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 27) succeeded 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn.
On 26 Apr 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles (age 56), King George VI's (age 47) private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
