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Prince George, Duke of Kent

York Cottage, 20 Dec 1902 – Caithness, 25 Aug 1942

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Facts and their sources

  • Born20 Dec 1902, York Cottagenot verified1 source
  • MarriedPrincess Marina of Greece and Denmarknot verified1 source
  • Titlemember of the House of Lordsor Duke of Kent, 1934–1942 · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdomnot verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the Privy Council of the United Kingdomor Duke of Kent, 1934–1942 · member of the House of Lordsnot verified1 source
  • TitleDuke of Kent, 1934–1942or member of the House of Lords · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdomnot verified1 source
  • EventAugust 1942 Dunbeath Air Crashor wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmarknot verified1 source
  • EventWedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmarkor August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crashnot verified1 source
  • Died25 Aug 1942, Caithnessnot verified1 source
  • MotherMary of Tecknot verified1 source
  • FatherGeorge Vnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 20 Dec 1902

    Born in York Cottage

  2. 1934–1942

    Duke of Kent

  3. 1935–1942

    3 children are born

  4. 25 Aug 1942

    Dies in Caithness, aged 39

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 3

During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around York Cottage.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Prince is born in York Cottage

In the news1908

Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Getting around

Horses ruled the early 1900s streets

Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.

At the table

High Bread Consumption

Bread was a staple for urban families, with some large households consuming as many as sixty loaves a week.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Working-class menswear habits

Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.

Music

Pianos as status symbols in 1916

In 1916, a single gramophone cost as much as 200 music hall tickets, making it a luxury item, yet families often saved for years to purchase a piano as a symbol of respectability. By 1914, there were three million pianos in Britain, and in 1916 alone, 40,000 were sold.

Daily life

Lighting in the home was rarely electric

Most late-Victorian and Edwardian families lacked electricity and relied on gas, or in rural areas, oil lamps and homemade rushlights.