Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profession, from 17
Portrait of the Duke of York by Thomas Lawrence, 1816
The Duke of York
"The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat", caricature of Frederick's lover, Mary Anne Clarke by Isaac Cruikshank, 15 March 1809. The prince resigned as head of the British army ten days after the caricature's publication.
The Marriage of the Duke of York by Henry Singleton, 1791
George IV
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George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as pri
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
…Osnabrück in the Holy Roman Empire. From the death of his father in 1820 until his own death in 1827, he was the heir presumptive to his elder brother, George IV, in both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Hanover. Frederick was thrust into the British Army at a very early age and…
Coronation portrait, 1821
George (left; unbreeched at two years) with his mother, Queen Charlotte, and younger brother, Frederick. Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1764
Portrait miniature by Richard Cosway, c. 1780–82
Mezzotint engraving by Samuel William Reynolds, based on a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785