Biography of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn 1767-1820

On 8th September 1761 [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 17) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of [his grandfather] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and [his grandmother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 41). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 2nd August 1767 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn was born to [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 29) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 23) at Buckingham House [Map].

On 15th December 1785 [his brother] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Maria Anne Smythe aka "Mrs Fitzherbert" (age 29) were married secretly in the drawing room of her house in Park Street, London; her third marriage, his first. The marriage was invalid under English civil law because his father had not given his consent. Her uncle Henry Errington and her brother John Smythe were witnesses. The ceremony was performed by one of the prince's Chaplains in Ordinary, the Reverend Robert Burt, whose debts of £500 were paid by the prince to release him from Fleet Prison [Map] to preside at the ceremony.. He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 47) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 41).

In 1787 Thomas Gainsborough (age 59). Portrait of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 19).

In 1789 [his half-brother] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 23) was created 1st Duke Clarence and St Andrews.

In 1790 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt (age 53) was appointed Master of the Horse to [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 45) which position he held until his death in 1809.

On 4th April 1793 [his brother] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 25) were married at Rome, Italy [Map] in secret contrary to the Royal Marriages Act which required him to seek permission before marrying. She the daughter of John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore (age 63) and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore (age 63). He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 48).

In August 1794 [his brother] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 26) marriage annulled by the Court of Arches which deemed the marriage contrary to the Royal Marriages Act. The couple continued to live together until 1801 when they separated. She received a grant of £4000 each year and custody of their children.

In 1795 George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 59) was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales, the future [his brother] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 32).

On 8th April 1795 [his brother] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 32) and [his sister-in-law] Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 26) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 56) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 50). They were first cousins. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1799 [his brother] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 27) was created 1st Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale.

On 24th April 1799 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 31) was created 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn.

In 1801 [his brother] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge (age 26) was created 1st Duke Cambridge.

On 24th November 1801 [his brother] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 28) was created 1st Duke Sussex. [his sister-in-law] Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 33) by marriage Duchess Sussex.

In 1802 Charlotte Elizabeth Digby (age 23) was appointed Maid of Honour to [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 57).

In 1804 John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 58) was created 1st Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset apparently for having paid the gambling debts of the Prince Regent, the future [his brother] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 41).

In 1815 [his brother] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 43) and [his sister-in-law] Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 36) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale. He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 76) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 70). They were first cousins.

On 22nd July 1816 [his brother-in-law] William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) and [his sister] Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) were married at St James's Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. She the daughter of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 78) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 72). He the son of [his uncle] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 29th May 1818 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 50) and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 31) were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 61). He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were third cousin once removed.

On 1st June 1818 [his brother] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge (age 44) and [his sister-in-law] Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 11th July 1818 [his half-brother] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 52) and [his sister-in-law] Queen Adelaide of England (age 25) were married at Kew, Surrey. She by marriage Duchess Clarence and St Andrews. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [his father] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 80).

On 11th July 1818 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 50) and [his wife] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 31) were married at Kew Palace Kew, Surrey.

On 17th November 1818 [his mother] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74) died.

On 24th May 1819 [his daughter] Victoria was born to Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 51) and [his wife] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 32). She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She married 10th February 1840 her first cousin Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha, son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg, and had issue.

On 23rd January 1820 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 52) died at Woolbrook Cottage Sidmouth, Devon.

On 12th February 1820 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (deceased) was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. Duke Kent and Strathearn extinct.

On 16th March 1861 [his former wife] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 74) died. She was buried at Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.