Word: connaught
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taken to Canada's heart, and when they did, it was to experience a spirit they had not met before, a hearty blend of U. S. hail-fellowship and a reassuring, yeoman love of King and Country that was truly British. This man-to-man meeting occurred in Connaught Square at the unveiling of the Canadian national war memorial. There was a reveille, the King placed a wreath at the foot of the shaft, tall redcoats holding standards stepped away, and the memorial was unveiled. The King spoke, with what some thought was a hint to Rome and Berlin...
...Council of State composed of those adults next in line of succession to the Throne. Under the Regency Act of 1937 these would be the Dukes of Kent and Gloucester, the King's brothers; Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, sister of the King; and Princess Arthur of Connaught, granddaughter of Edward VII, cousin of George VI. Queen Elizabeth will also nominally be a member of the Council according to the Regency Act, even though, as in this case, she is absent from Great Britain with the King...
...Only four members of the Royal Family have ruled Dominions: the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Connaught were Governors General of Canada in 1878-83 and 1911-16 respectively; Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Earl of Athlone of South Africa in 1920-24 and 1924-31 respectively...
Died. Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert, Prince of Connaught, 55, grandson of Queen Victoria, elder child & only son of the 88-year-old Duke of Connaught, close friend & first cousin once removed of the Duke of Windsor; of cancer of the throat; in London...
...stalls were filled. British absentees were the 87-year-old Duke of Connaught, great uncle of King George, who, too feeble to take part in the service, watched the procession from a car outside the Chapel; the Duke of Windsor, a Garter Knight of 26 years' standing.* In a box high on the north wall of the Chapel, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, dressed in pink, gazed on the sea of blue, scarlet and gold beneath them, soon spotted their mother's father the Earl of Strathmore. This was the first time in 600 years that...