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 234 EDINBURGH— EDRINGTON. V. 1SGG. 1. H.B.II. Alfred-Ernest- Albert, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and, also, Dnke of Saxony, 2d 8. of Queen Victoria, by II.R.H. Albert, Piunce Consout, Prince of Saxe Coburgh and Gotlia and Duke of Saxony, was b. 6 Aug. 1S44, at Windsor Castle; entered the Royal Navy, 185S, becoming an Admiral in 1887 ; Knight Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, March 1859 ; was elected King of Greece, Dec. 1862 but refused that dignity ; KG., 10 Juno 1863 ; Knight of the Black Eagle of Prussia, May 1861 : K.T., 15 Oct. 1864 ; P.O., 0 May 1866, and was a: 24 May 1866, KARL OF ULSTER,pM EARL OF KENT, and DUKE OF EDINBURGH ;(•>) G.O.M.G., 2 July 180!) ; G.C.S.I., 7 Feb. 1870 ; G.C.S.I., 1878 ; K.P., 14 May 1SS0 ; Knight of the Red Eagle of Russia, 188!) ; Grand Cross of Charles III. of Spain, 1S87 ; Knight of the Golden Fleece of Spain, 188S ; G.C.B., 1SS9. He m. 23 Jany. 187 1, at St, Petersburg, the Grand Duchess Marie- Alexandrovna, da. of Alexander II. Emperor of Russia, bv Marie, da. of Louis II. Grand Dukk op Hesse. She was b. 5 Oct. 1853; V.A. (1st class) and C.I. [H.R.H. Prince Alfred- Alexander-William-Ernest- Aldert,( c ) only s. and h. ap., b. at Buckingham Palace, Midx., 15 Oct. and bap. there 23 Nov. 1S74-] EDINGTON. Seo "Tweedmoutii of Edington, co. Berwick," Barony (Marjoribaul(s), cr. 1881. EDIRDALE. i.e., "Edirdale, alias Ardmanacfi," Earldom [S.] {Stewart), cr. 1488 with the Dukedom of Ross [S.] which see ; both ex. 1504. EDNAM. i.e., "Ednam, of Ednam, co. Roxburgh," Viscounty {Ward), cr. 1827, with the Earldom of Dudley," which see ; both ex. 1833. i.e., " Ednam, of Ednam, co. Roxburgh," Viscountcy {Ward), cr. 1860, with the Earldom of Dudley, which see. EDRINGTON. Barony by Henry de Edrington, of Edrington, co. Warwick, said "Writ. to be s. and h. of Henry E. of the same, by Maud, da. and eventually coheir of Roger de Someri, feudal Lord of Dudley, was knighted I. 1336. (K.B.) 1306 and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD EDRINGTON) by writ 22 Jany. (1335/6), 9 Ed. HI. but never afterwards. He m. Joane, da. and coheir of Sir Thomas de Wolvey, of Wolvey, co. Warwick, and had issue, Giles Edrington, who obtained remission for knighthood (1345), 19 Ed. Ill, and whose great grandson Thoma3 E. was, temp. Hen. VI., the last of that family who was of Edrington afsd. (") Thus the historic Earldom of Ulster, being joined with another Earldom, becomes to all practical purposes lost unless the like loss happens to the Earldom of Kent. ( b ) See as to one title being from each Kingdom vol. ii, p, 345, note " a," sub " Connaught," and see also for a list of royal titles, vol. ii, p. 375, note "a,"ji<6 " Cornwall." ( c ) See as to the custom in England (for in France, &c, it is otherwise) of the eldest son of a Royal Duke not using one of his father's Peerages as a courtesy title, in an interesting article on " ltoyal titles of Peerage," in " Ilcr. and Gen., vol. iv, pp. 172-173, where, also, the creation of "Edinburgh," in I860, is fully