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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Henry William Frederick Albert (March 31, 1900-June 10, 1974) of the House of Windsor. He was created the Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, and Baron of Culloden in 1928. Born in York Cottage, Sandringham, he was the third son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary.

He married Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, a daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, and they had two sons:

HRH Prince William of Gloucester[?] (1941 - 1972)
HRH Prince Richard of Gloucester, now the 2nd Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)

He died in Barnwell[?], Northamptonshire.

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