List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

This is a list of the titles and honours held by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a senior officer of the British Army, Governor General of Canada, and member of the British royal family as the sixth child and third son of Queen Victoria.
==Name==
On 22 June 1850 Prince Arthur was baptised in the Chapel at Buckingham Palace with the Christian names Arthur William Patrick Albert. As a member of the Royal Family, he had no surname until 17 July 1917, when a Royal Proclamation of King George V declared that all British descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria would bear the name of Windsor.
==Titles, styles and honours==
===Titles and styles===
* 1 May 1850 – 24 May 1874: His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur
* 24 May 1874 – 16 January 1942: His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
As a son of the sovereign, Arthur had the title of Prince and the style of Royal Highness from birth. The princely title had been used for sons of the sovereign since Tudor times and was formalised by letters patent of 30 November 1917, while the style of Royal Highness had been used since the Restoration and was confirmed by letters patent of 3 February 1864. Through his father, Prince Albert, he also bore the titles Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony until 17 July 1917, when King George V discontinued the use of German titles.
On 24 May 1874, Prince Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As a duke of the Blood Royal, he had the formal style of Most High, Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex.
===Orders, decorations and medals===
(ribbon bar, as it would look today; British decorations only)
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===British===
* KG: Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, 31 May 1867
* KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 24 May 1869
* KP: Knight of St. Patrick, 30 March 1869
* GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 16 April 1870
* GCSI: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 1 January 1877
* CB: Companion of the Bath (military), 17 November 18827 July 1890
** KCB: Knight Commander of the Bath (military), 8 July 189020 May 1898 cancelling 
** GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (military), 21 May 189825 February 1901
** Great Master of the Order of the Bath, 26 February 19011942
* GCIE: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 21 June 1887
* GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 6 May 1896
* KStJ: Knight of Justice of St John, 189611 June 1926
** GCStJ: Bailiff Grand Cross of St John, 12 June 1926
** Grand Prior of the Order of St John, 23 June 19101939
* Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, 11 August 1902
* GBE: Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire, 4 June 1917
The Duke was Bailiff of Egle from 1894
Campaign medals
* Canadian General Service Medal with clasp for Fenian Raid 1870
* Egypt Medal with clasp for Battle of Tel el-Kebir 1882
* British War Medal, 26 July 1919
* Victory Medal, 1 September 1919
Long service medals
* Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD), 27 May 1892
* Territorial Decoration (TD), 19 June 1934
===Foreign===
==Military==
===Ranks===
* 1866: Cadet, RMA Woolwich
* 19 June 1868: Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
* 2 November 1868: Lieutenant, Royal Regiment of Artillery
* 3 August 1869: Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade
* 1 May 1871: Captain, Rifle Brigade
* 14 April 1874: Captain, 7th Hussars
* 7 August 1875: Major, 7th Hussars
* 27 September 1876: Lieutenant-Colonel, Rifle Brigade
* 29 May 1880: Brevet Colonel, British Army
* 29 May 1880: Major-General, British Army
* 14 December 1886: Lieutenant-General, British Army (local rank while commanding the troops in Bombay)
* 1 April 1889: Lieutenant-General, British Army (supernumerary)
* 1 April 1893: General, British Army (supernumerary)
* 26 June 1902: Field Marshal, British Army
* 18 October 1920: Honorary Captain, Royal Naval Reserve
===Honorary appointments===
====Personal Aide-de-Camp====
* 26 May 1876: to Queen Victoria
* 1901: to King Edward VII
* 3 June 1910: to King George V
* 1936: to King Edward VIII
* 1937: to King George VI
====Colonel of the Regiment====
* 24 June 1883: Scots Guards (until 1 May 1904)
* 2 September 1902: Army Service Corps 
* 1 May 1904: Grenadier Guards
* 13 October 1911 – 11 November 1916: Colonel of the Governor General's Body Guard
* 13 October 1911 – 11 November 1916: Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards
* 13 October 1911 – 11 November 1916: Colonel of the 1st Regiment Canadian Grenadier Guards
====Honorary Colonel====
* 30 June 1871: 28th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
* 26 April 1873: Royal East Kent Yeomanry (until 16 January 1878)
* 24 July 1875: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Artillery
* 1 September 1883: 7th Bengal Native Infantry (until 13 May 1904)
* 1 September 1883: 29th Bombay Native Infantry (2nd Biluch Regiment) (until 13 May 1904)
* 27 February 1886: Royal East Kent Yeomanry
* 12 February 1896: 3rd and 4th Battalions, Highland Light Infantry
* 1 May 1900: The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
* 19 March 1904: South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry
* 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles
====Colonel-in-Chief====
* 29 May 1880: Rifle Brigade
* 22 June 1897: 6th Dragoons
* 4 September 1901: Highland Light Infantry
* 13 May 1904: 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse)
* 13 May 1904: 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
* 13 May 1904: 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
* 13 May 1904: 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
* 1929: The Royal Canadian Regiment
====Foreign military appointments====
* 1890s: Colonel à la suite 27th (Kiev) Regiment of Dragoons, Russian Army
* June 1905: Honorary General, Swedish Army
* 12 September 1906: Field Marshal, Prussian Army
* 21 May 1908: Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th (Arapiles) Battalion of Light Infantry, Spanish Army
* 24 May 1910: Honorary Admiral, Royal Danish Navy
==Civil==
===Privy Counsellor===
* Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, 16 May 1871
* Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, 10 January 1900
===Others===
* Ranger of Epping Forest, 1879Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 32nd edition, London 1906, p. 23
* Bencher of Gray's Inn, 4 July 1881
* Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House, 1898; Master, 1910–1942
* High Steward of Wokingham
===Freedom of the City===
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn received the Freedom of several locations during his life. These Include
* 1921: Portsmouth.
==See also==
* List of titles and honours of George V
* List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
* List of titles and honours of George VI
* List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
* List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
* List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
* List of titles and honours of Charles III
* List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
* List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
* List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
* List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
* List of honours of the British royal family by country
==References==
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