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 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. 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". British. The Duke was Bailiff of Egle from 1894 Campaign medals Long service medals Civil. Freedom of  the City. The Duke Duke of Connaught and Strathearn received the Freedom of several locations during his life. These Include