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 THE ROYAL FAMILY. and Sword of Portugal ; is a Field Marshal in the Army, Colonel of the 10th Hussars, Colonel in Chief of the Rifle Brigade, Captain General and Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company, Honorary Colonel of the Oxford, and of the Cambridge, University Rifle Volunteer Corps, the Middlesex Civil Service Rifle Volunteers, the Huntingdon Light Horse Volunteers, the Northern Brigade Caithness Volunteers, the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, the Sutherland Rifle Volunteers, and of the Royal Cornwall Rangers, a Barrister- at-Law, a Bencher of the Middle Temple, President of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, President of the Society of Arts, an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, and a Governor of the Charterhouse, D.C.L. of Christ Church, Oxford, LL.D. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Hon. LL.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. His Royal Highness was born at Buckingham Palace, Nov. 9th, 1841, and married, March 10th, 1863, Her Royal Highness ALEXANDRA CAROLINE MARY CHARLOTTE LOUISA JULIA, Princess of Denmark, eldest daughter of Christian IX. King of Denmark, and has issue, living, ALBERT VICTOR CHRISTIAN EDWARD, b. Jan. 8th, 1864. GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT, b. June 3rd, 1865. LOUISE VICTORIA ALEXANDRA DAGMAR, b. Feb. 20th, 1867. VICTORIA ALEXANDRA OLGA MARY, b. July 6th, 1868. MAUD CHARLOTTE MARY VICTORIA, b. Nov. 26th, 1869. Creations, Duke of Cornwall (by patent), 1337, in the peerage of England, High Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew and Lord of the Isles, by Act of the Scotch Parliament 1469, Prince of "Wales and Earl of Chester (by patent), 1841, Earl of Dublin, 1850, all in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Slrms, The Royal Arms, differenced by a label of three points, argent, and in the centre an escutcheon of the arms of the royal house of Saxony, viz. barry of ten, or and sable, a crown of rue, in bend, vert, Saxe Colttrg. Supportnrs, same as the Royal Arms, differenced by a label of three points, argent. BADGE, a plume of three ostrich feathers, argent, en- filed by a coronet, composed of fleurs-de-lis and crosses pattees, alternately. MOTTO, Ich Dien, (" I serve.") Seat, Sandrin^ham Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Town Mansion, Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, S.W. Clubs. United Service, Travellers', White's, Army and Navy, Guards', Junior Naval and Military, Marlborough. DUKE OF EDINBURGH. ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, K.G. G.C.M.G. K.T. G.C.S.I. P.C. Born at Windsor Castle, Aug. 6th, 1844; educated at the University of Edinburgh, and at Bonn ; was created LL.D. on the occasion of his opening the Museum of Science and Arts, in Edinburgh; entered the Royal Navy, August, 1858, became Lieut. 1863, and Captain, 1866; served on board the "Euryalus," 185861; the "St. George," 18613; the " Racoon," 1863 6, and Commanded the " Galatea," 1867 72 ; elected an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, March 12th, 1866, and Master, March loth, 1866: was "introduced" into the Privy Council, May 9th, 1866. Is heir presumptive to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Married Jan. 1874, Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, only daughter of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and has issue, living, ALBERT ALEXANDER ALFRKD ERXEST WILLIAM, b. Oct. 1874. Daughter b. Oct. 1875. Creations, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, and Earl of Kent, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1866. Sent, Eastwell Park, Kent. Residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, S.W. Clubs. United Service, White's, Travellers', Army and Navy, Junior United Service, Marlborough, Junior Military and Navy.