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The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and the father of Queen Victoria. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799〔''Whitehall, 23 April 1799.'' The King has been pleased to grant to His Most Dearly-Beloved Son Prince Edward, and to the Heirs Male of His Royal Highness's Body lawfully begotten, the Dignities of Duke of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and of Earl of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Duke of Kent, and of Strathern, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and of Earl of Dublin, in the Kingdom of Ireland. ''London Gazette'' issue 15126, page 372, published 20 April 1799.〕 and, a few weeks later, appointed a General and commander-in-chief of British forces in North America,〔''Whitehall, 17 May 1799.'' The King has been pleased to appoint His Royal Highness General Edward Duke of Kent, K.G. to be General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, in the Room of General Robert Prescott. ''London Gazette'' issue 15133, page 458, published 14 May 1799.〕 On 23 March 1802 he was appointed Governor of Gibraltar and nominally retained that post until his death. The Duke of Kent was appointed Field-Marshal of the Forces on 3 September 1805.〔''London Gazette'' issue 15840, page 1114, published 3 September 1805〕 He was the first member of the royal family to live in North America for more than a short visit (1791–1800) and, in 1794, the first prince to enter the United States (travelling to Boston on foot from Lower Canada) after independence. On June 27, 1792, Edward is credited with the first use of the term "Canadian" to mean both French and English settlers in Upper and Lower Canada. The Prince used the term in an effort to quell a riot between the two groups at a polling station in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada.〔Nathan Tidridge, "Prince Edward, Duke of Kent: Father of the Canadian Crown (Toronto, Dundurn Press, 2013), 90.〕 Recently he has been styled the "Father of the Canadian Crown" for his impact on the development of Canada.〔Michael Taube, "A Neglected Royal" (Toronto: Literary Review of Canada, 2013), 43.〕 ==Early life== Prince Edward was born on 2 November 1767.〔Elizabeth Longford, ‘Edward, Prince, duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,'' Oxford University Press, 2004〕 His parents were the reigning British monarch, George III, and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As a son of the British monarch, he was styled ''His Royal Highness'' The Prince Edward from birth, and was fourth in the line of succession to the throne. He was named after his paternal uncle, the Duke of York and Albany, who had died several weeks earlier and was buried at Westminster Abbey the day before his birth. Prince Edward was baptised on 30 November 1767; his godparents were the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (his paternal uncle by marriage, for whom the Earl of Hertford, Lord Chamberlain, stood proxy), Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (his maternal uncle, for whom the Earl of Huntingdon, Groom of the Stole, stood proxy), the Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (his paternal aunt, who was represented by a proxy) and the Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (his paternal grandfather's sister, for whom the Duchess of Argyll, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen, stood proxy). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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