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.
Portrait by Antoine Claudet, c. 1856
Mary as an infant with her elder siblings (Augusta, Elizabeth, Ernest, Augustus, and Adolphus) in 1776, by Benjamin West
Princess Mary painted by Thomas Gainsborough in 1782
Portrait by Peter Edward Stroehling, 1807
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, was a British prince and field marshal, the nephew and son-in-law of King George III. He was the only son of Prince William Henry, Duke of G
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
…1857) was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She married her first cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, when both were 40, and was his widow in later life. In her last years, her niece Queen Victoria was on the throne as the fourth monarch during Mary's…
The Duke of Gloucester, c. late 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