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.