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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 and St Andrews, used from 1801–30
Creation date20 May 1789
Created byGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderPrince William Henry
Last holderWilliam IV
Remainder toHeirs Male of His Royal Highness's Body lawfully begotten
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 created in 1789 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Prince William Henry (later King William IV).[1] He was also created Earl of Munster in the Peerage of Ireland at the same time.[2]

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 for Prince William, third son of King George III. When William succeeded his elder brother George IV to the throne in 1830, the dukedom merged in the crown.[3]

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1789)

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See also Earl of Munster (1789)
Duke Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Prince William Henry
House of Hanover
1789–1830
William IV 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. As William had no male issue, the title would have gone extinct in any case, even if he had not become king.

Family tree

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 13097". The London Gazette. 19 May 1789. p. 377.
  2. ^ Collins, Arthur (1812). Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukes. F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Company [and 26 others]. p. 48. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ Burke, Bernard (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 257. Retrieved 6 October 2024.