The Duke of Sussex of the First Creation

Or why the dukedom is associated with invalid marriages

This issue is a sequel to the one titled ‘A bit of history relative to the Sussex title.’

The first (and only) Duke of Sussex of the first creation was born Prince Augustus Frederick of the United Kingdom and Hanover in 1773. He was the sixth son and ninth child of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As covered in the previous Oxford Dawn, …