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 35 1596009 THE ROYAL FAMILY REIGNING SOVEREIGN George the Fifth, by the Grace of God. of the United Kingdom op Great Britain and Ireland and of THE British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. HIS MAJESTY George Frederick Ernest Albert, second and only surviving son of His late "Majesty King Edward VII, and of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, born at Marlborough House, 3rd J^me, 1865 ; married at St. James's Palace, 6th July, 1893, H.S.H. Princess Victoria Mary (" May ") Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, now Her Majesty Queen Mary' (born 26 May, 1867, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has Orders of the Victoria and Albert, and Crown of India, Mus. Doc, LL.D.), only daughter of H.H. the late Francis, Duke of Teck, and H.R.H. the late Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck ; created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killarney, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1892, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, also in the peerage of the L^nited Kingdom, 9 Xov. 1901 : ascended the throne on the death of his father C May. 1910 ; crowned at Westminster Abbey. 22 June, 1911; entered the Royal Navy, 1877, Midsliip- man'l880, Sub-Lieut. 1884. Lieutenant 1885, Commander 1891, Captain 1893 (Personal Naval A.D.C. to Queen Victoria 1887-1901, to King Edward I90I), Rear-Admiral 1 Jan. 1901, Vice-Admiral 26 June. 1903, Admiral 1 March, 1907. Admiral of the Fleet 7 May, 1910 ; gazetted General in the Army 1902. Field-Marshal 7 May, 1910: Field-Marshal in the Prvissian Army 16 May, 1911 ; Colonel-in- Chief 1st and 2nd Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hvissars, King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regt.), Duke of Lancaster's Own, Norfolk (The King's Own Royal Regt.), and Suffolk (Yeomanry), Royal Regiment of Artillery, The Honour- able Artillery Company, and 5th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), Royal Malta Artillery, Corps of the Royal Engineers, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, The Roj^al Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), 3rd Batt. The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regt.), The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The King's Royal Rifie Corps, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish) Fusiliers, Officers Training Corps. 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse). 18th King George's Own Lancers, 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry, 38th and 39th King George's Own Central India Horse, 1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners, 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, 61st King George's Own Pioneers. 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers, 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles), 1st Iving George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regt.). 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), The Royal Marines and 8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, "Princess Beatrice's") Battn. the Hampshire Regt; Hon. Commander of the 1st Dragoon Guards (Germany) ; Hon. Colonel 8th (Zamora) Infantry Regt. ; Sovereign of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle. St. Patrick, the Bath, the Order of Merit, the Star of India, St. Michael and St. George, the Indian Empire, the Royal Victorian, Distinguished Service, and Imperial Service ; Sovereign and Patron of the (Jrder of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and of the Order of Mercy : has received the Orders of the Black Eagle of Prussia, the Golden Fleece of Spain. St. Andrew of Russia, Grand Gordon of the Osmanieh, the Hanedani Ali Osman, and the Murassa Initias of Turkey, the Annunciata of Italy, The White Elephant of Denmark, the Sera- phun of Sweden, the Legion of Honour, and many other Foreign Orders ; an Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House (formerly Master) ; President of many Societies, Colleges, etc., and Patron of many Institutions ; installecr Chancellor of the University of the Cape of Good Hope 1901, and of the University of Wales 1902 ; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, LL.D. Cambridge, and many other Uni- versities, F.R.S. ; was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1905-7 ; Bencher of Lincoln's Inn 1892, Treasurer 1904 ; Trustee of the British Museum ; High Steward of Reading and Plymouth ; and Member of the Royal Commission on Food Supply in War-time 1903, etc. Residences — Windsor Castle, Berkshire ; 'Buckingham Palace, S.W. ; Balmoral Castle, Scotland ; Sandringham, Norfolk. Clubs — Lhiited Service, Marlborough, etc. His Majesty has had issue — H.E.H. Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, K.G., created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, 23 {June, 1910, HEIR APPARENT TO THE CROWN, Duke of Cornwall in the Peerage of England (1337), Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrirk, Faron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Oreat Steward of Scotland, in the Peerage of Scotland (1469), Duke of Saxonv. and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Born at White Lodge. Sheen, 23rd June, 1894 ; a Naval Cadet "1907-11, midshipman 1911-12 ; lieut. 1913 : an undergraduate of Magdalen Coll. Oxford, 1912 ; 2nd lieut., Gren. Guards. 1914 ; has received tlie orders of the Golden Fleece and the LoEion of Honour. H.R.H. Prince Albert Frederick .rthcr George. Born 14th Dec. 1895 ; is a Naval Cadet. H.R.H. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert. Born 31st March, 1900. H.R.H. Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund. Born 20th Dec. 1902. H.R.H. Prince Joh.n Charles Francis. Born 12th July, 1905. H.R.H. Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary. Born 25th April, 1897. HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Alexandra Caroline Mary' Charlotte Louisa Julia, eldest daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark (who died Jan. 29, 1906). Lady of the Garter, and of the Orders of Victoria and Albert and B Crovernor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, President of the Nursing Board, Queen Alexandra's imperial Military Nursing Service, and of the Territorial Force Nursing Service Advisory Council, etc. Born 1st December, 1844 ; mar. 10th March, 1863. His late Majesty King Edward VII, and became Jueen Consort and Empress of India on his accession, 22nd January, I90I. Residence — Sandriag- lam, Norfolk.
 * irown of India, Lady of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, R.R.C.,