Prince William Henry, first duke of Gloucester

(1743-1805)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805 NRA: Gloucester William Henry (1743-1805) 1st Duke of Gloucester DNB: William Henry, Prince, first duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805) LBT ID: DuGlouc1 VIAF ID: 49161051 LOC ID: nr2002003471	B/BAP: 1743-11-14 DIED: 1805-08-25
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The younger brother of George III; in 1766 he secretly married Maria Walpole, the illegitimate granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole, an event resulting in the passage of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.
REFERENCES TO Prince William Henry, first duke of Gloucester: Robert Southey, “Memoir: Miss Tyler,” 7 April 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Early Life: VI