On This Day In Royal History . 2 November 1767 . Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was born . . About Prince Edward; . . ◼ The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom & the father of Queen Victoria. . ◼ Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799 & , a few weeks later, appointed a General & commander-in-chief of British forces in North America, On 23 March 1802 he was appointed Governor of Gibraltar & nominally retained that post until his death. The Duke of Kent was appointed Field-Marshal of the Forces on 3 September 1805. . ◼ He was the first member of the royal family to live in North America for more than a short visit (1791–1800) &, in 1794, the first prince to enter the United States (travelling to Boston on foot from Lower Canada) after independence. . ◼ On June 27, 1792, Edward is credited with the first use of the term “Canadian” to mean both French & English settlers in Upper & Lower Canada. The Prince used the term in an effort to quell a riot between the two groups at a polling station in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada. . ◼ Recently he has been styled the “Father of the Canadian Crown” for his impact on the development of Canada. . ◼ He married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, in 1818, They had one child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (b.24 May 1819 – d.22 January 1901), who became Queen Victoria on 20 June 1837. The Duke took great pride in his daughter, telling his friends to look at her well, for she would be Queen of the United Kingdom. . ◼ The Duke of Kent died of pneumonia on 23 January 1820 at Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, & was interred in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. He died only six days before his father, George III, & less than a year after his daughter’s birth. He predeceased his father & his three elder brothers but, as none of his elder brothers had any surviving legitimate children, his daughter Victoria succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle King William IV in 1837. . . . #thisdayinhistory #d2nov #Theyear1767 #PrinceEdward #DukeofKent #DukeofStrathearn #HouseofHanover (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGOoPuD6T4/?igshid=1jfn1gns77kjx
