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 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE THE R0YAL FAMILY. HEE MAJESTY THE QUEEN. VICTORIA, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof, Empress of India, De- fender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Orders of the Garter, Thistle, St. Patrick, Bath, Star of India, and Victoria Cross. Her Majesty is the only child and heir of his late Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (4th son of George III.) ami of her late Royal Highness Victoria Mary Louisa, Princess of Saxe Colmrg- Saalffeld. She was born at Kensington Palace, May 24th, 1819, was baptized June 24th following, in the names of Alexandrina Victoria, and