Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

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Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a great-grandson of King George II of Great Britain and the nephew and son-in-law of King George III. He was the grandson of both Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Edward Walpole. Prince William married Princess Mary, the fourth daughter of George III.

The Duke of Gloucester, c. 1810s

The Duke of Gloucester in an engraving based on a portrait painted by Sir William Beechey, published 1826

Prince William was a regular guest at Earlham Hall, seat of the Gurney family who, like William, were abolitionists and Whigs

Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

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Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Photograph of Mary by Antoine Claudet, circa 1856

Princess Mary aged six.

Mary at left, aged nine, with her two younger sisters Sophia and Amelia in 1785. Painted by John Singleton Copley

Princess Mary engraved by Marie Anne Bourlier, 1806