The Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society

Royal Marriages Act, 1772

Links are generally to The London Gazette.

Date refers to the date that the Privy Council was held. If in square brackets, however, the date is that the issue of The London Gazette in which the notice appears.

Date June 10th, 2009
Descendant of King George II Lord Frederick Windsor
Genealogy Only son of Prince Michael of Kent (grandson of King George V)
To marry Miss Sophie Winkleman
Comments
 
Date February 11th, 2009
Descendant of King George II Benjamin George Lascelles
Genealogy
To marry Carolina Velez (also known as Carolina Velez Robledo)
Comments
 
Date October 9th, 2008
Descendant of King George II Mr Charles Montagu Liddell-Grainger
Genealogy
To marry Miss Martha Margaretha de Klerk
Comments
 
Date February 12th, 2008
Descendant of King George II Miss Emily Lascelles
Genealogy Only daughter of Viscount Lascelles (eldest son of the 7th Earl of Harewood, grandson of King George V)
To marry Mr Matthew Shard
Comments
 
Date December 12th, 2007
Descendant of King George II Lady Rose Windsor
Genealogy Younger daughter of the 2nd Duke of Gloucester (grandson of King George V)
To marry Mr George Edward Gilman
Comments
 
Date May 2nd, 2007
Descendant of King George II Miss Amelia May Beaumont
Genealogy Abel Smith descendant
To marry Mr Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray
Comments
 
Date October 10th, 2006
Descendant of King George II Lord Nicholas Windsor
Genealogy Younger son of the 2nd Duke of Kent (grandson of King George V)
To marry Paola Doimi de Frankopan
Comments
 
Date March 2nd, 2005
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., K.T., G.C.B., O.M.
Genealogy Eldest son of the Queen
To marry Mrs Parker Bowles
Comments Second marriage
 
Date July 20th, 2004
Descendant of King George II Lady Davina Windsor
Genealogy Elder daughter of the 2nd Duke of Gloucester (grandson of King George V)
To marry Mr Gary Lewis
Comments
 
Date December 10th, 2003
Descendant of King George II Henry Lascelles, Esq.
Genealogy Elder son of the Hon. Gerald Lascelles (younger son of the late Princess Royal, only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Fiona Wilmott
Comments Second marriage
 
Date April 17th, 2002
Descendant of King George II The Earl of Ulster
Genealogy Only son of the 2nd Duke of Gloucester (grandson of King George V)
To marry Dr Claire Booth
Comments Also see entry in The London Gazette
 
Date December 11th, 2001
Descendant of King George II Mr Charles Liddell-Grainger
Genealogy Second son of Mrs David Lidell-Grainger (grand-daughter of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone)
To marry Miss Eugenie Campagne
Comments
 
Date April 11th, 2001
Descendant of King George II Lady Alexandra Carnegie
Genealogy Only daughter of the 3rd Duke of Fife (a great-grandson of King Edward VII through his eldest daughter)
To marry Mr Mark Etherington
Comments
 
Date April 13th, 1999
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Prince Edward, C.V.O.
Genealogy Third – and youngest – son of the Queen
To marry Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones
Comments Created Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn (1999); subsequently K.C.V.O. (2002) and K.G. (2006)
 
Date [Monday, June 27th, 1994]
Descendant of King George II Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Genealogy Only daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
To marry Daniel Chatto, Esq.
Comments
 
Date [Wednesday, July 28th, 1993]
Descendant of King George II Viscount Linley
Genealogy Only son of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
To marry The Hon. Serena Stanhope
Comments
 
Date [Friday, December 11th, 1992]
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Princess Royal, G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Only daughter of the Queen
To marry Cdr Timothy Laurence, R.N.
Comments Cdr Laurence subsequently became Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence, C.B., M.V.O.
 
Date February 11th, 1992
Descendant of King George II Lady Helen Windsor
Genealogy Only daughter of the 2nd Duke of Kent (grandson of King George V)
To marry Timothy Taylor, Esq.
Comments Text refers to “Honourable Lady Helen Marina, Lucy Windsor”.
 
Date July 24th, 1990
Descendant of King George II The Hon. Alice Ramsay of Mar
Genealogy Second daughter Alexander Ramsay of Mar
To marry David Ramsey, Esq.
Comments
 
Date March 23rd, 1988
Descendant of King George II James Ogilvy, Esq.
Genealogy Only son of Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Mrs Angus Ogilvy (grand-daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Julia Rawlinson
Comments
 
Date September 15th, 1987
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Ludwig Rudolph Georg Wilhelm Philipp Friedrich Wolrad Maximilian of Hanover
Genealogy Son of …
To marry H.S.H. Countess Ysabelle Maria Elisabeth Thurn and Valsassina-Como and Vercelli
Comments Court held at Balmoral
 
Date February 10th, 1987
Descendant of King George II The Earl of Macduff
Genealogy Only son of the 3rd Duke of Fife (a great-grandson of King Edward VII through his eldest daughter)
To marry Miss Caroline Bunting
Comments The Earl and Countess of Macduff chose to be known as the Earl and Countess of Southesk on the Duke of Fife succeeding his father in that title.
 
Date May 16th, 1986
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Prince Andrew
Genealogy Second son of the Queen
To marry Miss Sarah Ferguson
Comments Created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh (1986); subsequently K.C.V.O. (2002) and K.G. (2006); marriage dissolved
 
Date June 10th, 1981
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Ernst August Albert of Hanover
Genealogy Son of …
To marry Miss Chantal Hochuli
Comments
 
Date June 10th, 1981
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Ernst August Georg of Brunswick-Luneburg
Genealogy Son of …
To marry H.S.H. Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Comments
 
Date July 28th, 1980
Descendant of King George II Miss Katharine Abel Smith
Genealogy Only child of Richard Abel Smith, Esquire, only son of Lady May Abel Smith
To marry The Hon. Hubert Beaumont
Comments
 
Date February 13th, 1980
Descendant of King George II The Hon. Katharine Fraser
Genealogy Eldest daughter of Alexander Ramsay of Mar
To marry Capt. Mark Nicholson
Comments
 
Date June 26th, 1979
Descendant of King George II Henry Lascelles, Esq.
Genealogy Elder son of the Hon. Gerald Lascelles (younger son of the late Princess Royal, only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Alexandra Morton
Comments Subsequently re-married
 
Date February 6th, 1979
Descendant of King George II Viscount Lascelles
Genealogy Eldest son of the 7th Earl of Harewood (elder son of the late Princess Royal, only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Margaret Messenger
Comments Subsequently re-married
 
Date 1978
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent
Genealogy Younger son of the 1st Duke of Kent (fourth – and youngest surviving – son of King George V)
To marry Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
Comments
 
Date July 24th, 1973
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Princess Anne
Genealogy Only daughter of the Queen
To marry Capt. Mark Phillips
Comments Subsequently re-married
 
Date March 29th, 1973
Descendant of King George II The Hon. James Lascelles
Genealogy Second son of the 7th Earl of Harewood (elder son of the late Princess Royal, only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Fredericka Duhrssen
Comments Subsequently re-married (twice)
 
Date February 4th, 1972
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Richard of Gloucester
Genealogy Younger son of the 1st Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V
To marry Miss Birgitte Van Deurs
Comments Succeeded father as 2nd Duke of Gloucester (1974)
 
Date July 28th, 1967
Descendant of King George II The Earl of Harewood
Genealogy Elder son of the late Princess Royal (only daughter of King George V)
To marry Mrs Tuckwell
Comments Second marriage
 
Date February 26, 1965
Descendant of King George II Miss Elizabeth Smith
Genealogy Younger daughter of Lady May Abel Smith
To marry Peter Wise, Esq.
Comments
 
Date December 19th, 1962
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Kent, G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Only daughter of the 1st Duke of Kent (fourth – and youngest surviving – son of King George V)
To marry The Hon. Angus Ogilvy
Comments
 
Date March 24th, 1961
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Elder son of the 1st Duke of Kent (fourth – and youngest surviving – son of King George V)
To marry Miss Katharine Worsley
Comments Had succeeded father as 2nd Duke of Kent (1942)
 
Date March 16th, 1960
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Princess Margaret, C.I., G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Younger daughter of King George VI and hence sister of the Queen
To marry Antony Armstrong-Jones, Esq.
Comments Mr Armstrong-Jones was subsequently created Earl of Snowdon (1961); marriage dissolved by divorce
 
Date September 15th, 1959
Descendant of King George II Captain Richard Francis Abel Smith
Genealogy Son of …
To marry Miss Marcia Kendrew
Comments Court held at Balmoral
 
Date July 31st, 1957
Descendant of King George II Miss Anne Smith
Genealogy Elder daughter of Lady May Abel Smith.
To marry David Grainger, Esq.
Comments Court held at Goodwood House
 
Date August 19th, 1956
Descendant of King George II Alexander Ramsay, Esq.
Genealogy Only child of Lady Patricia Ramsay (formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught and Strathearn), younger daughter of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria
To marry The Hon. Flora Fraser
Comments Court held on board H.M.Y. Britannia
The Hon. Mrs Fraser succeeded her father as the (20th in line) Lady Saltoun (1979)
 
Date June 1st, 1956
Descendant of King George II Lord Carnegie
Genealogy Son of Princess Maud of Fife (grand-daughter of King Edward VII)
To marry The Hon. Caroline Dewar
Comments Succeeded his aunt as 3rd Duke of Fife (1959)
 
Date June 24th, 1952
Descendant of King George II The Hon. Gerald Lascelles
Genealogy Younger son of the late Princess Royal (only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Angela Dowding
Comments Subsequently remarried
 
Date July 28th, 1949
Descendant of King George II The Earl of Harewood
Genealogy Elder son of the late Princess Royal (only daughter of King George V)
To marry Miss Maria Donata Stein
Comments Subsequently remarried
 
Date July 31st, 1947
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth, C.I.
Genealogy Elder daughter King George VI and susequently Queen Elizabeth II
To marry Lt Philip Mountbatten, R.N.
Comments The then Lt Sir Philip Mountbatten, K.G., R.N. created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich (1947); the Duke of Edinburgh created a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1957)
 
Date December 26th, 1937
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Frederica of Brunswick-Luneberg
Genealogy Daughter of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
To marry H.R.H. Prince Paul of Greece and Denmark
Comments Prince Paul succeeded his brother, King George II, as King of the Hellenes; Princess Paul thus became Queen of the Hellenes
 
Date October 3rd, 1935
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Third son of King George V
To marry Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Comments Had been created Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden (1928)
 
Date October 5th, 1934
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Prince George, K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Fourth (and youngest surviving) son of King George V
To marry H.R.H. Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Comments Created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick (1934)
 
Date October 7th, 1931
Descendant of King George II Lady May Cambridge
Genealogy Only surviving child of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
To marry Capt. Henry Abel Smith
Comments
 
Date June 26th, 1923
Descendant of King George II H.H. Princess Maud of Fife
Genealogy Younger daughter of the eldest daughter of King Edward VII
To marry Lord Carnegie
Comments Lord Carnegie succeeded as the Earl of Southesk
 
Date February 12th, 1923
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Duke of York, K.G., G.C.V.O.
Genealogy Second son of King George V and subsequently King George VI
To marry Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Comments
 
Date November 22nd, 1921
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Princess Mary
Genealogy Only daughter of King George V
To marry Viscount Lascelles
Comments Subsequently the Princess Royal (1932); Lord Lascelles succeeded his father as Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles and Baron Harewood (1929)
 
Date February 11th, 1919
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Victoria of Connaught and Strathearn
Genealogy Younger daughter of the Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria
To marry Cdr the Hon. Alexander Ramsay, D.S.O., R.N.
Comments Cdr Ramsay subsequently became Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay
 
Date August 12th, 1913
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn
Genealogy Only son of the Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria
To marry H.H. Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
Genealogy Elder daughter of the eldest daughter of King Edward VII
Comments Princess Alexandra of Fife had succeeded her father as (2nd in line) Duchess of Fife in 1912
 
Date March 17th, 1913
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg
Genealogy Son of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland, great-grandson of King George III
To marry H.R.H. Princess Victoria of Prussia
Comments
 
Date March 20th, 1905
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Margaret of Connaught and Strathearn
Genealogy Daughter of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria
To marry H.R.H. the Duke of Schonen
Comments Also see notice in an earlier Supplement
The Duke of Schonen subsequently became King Gustav Adolf VI of Sweden
 
Date February 28th, 1905
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Genealogy Only son of the Duke of Albany, fourth (and youngest) son of Queen Victoria
To marry H.H. Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Comments
 
Date March 7th, 1904
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg
Genealogy Daughter of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland, great-grandson of King George III
To marry H.R.H. Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Comments Also see notice in an earlier Supplement
 
Date November 16th, 1903
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Alice of Albany
Genealogy Only daughter of the Duke of Albany, fourth (and youngest) son of Queen Victoria
To marry H.S.H. Prince Alexander of Teck
Comments Also see notice in an earlier Supplement. Prince Alexander was created Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon (1917) and the then Princess Alexander became Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
 
Date May 15th, 1900
Descendant of King George II H.R.H. Princess Marie, Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg
Genealogy Daughter of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland, great-grandson of King George III
To marry H.G.D.H. Prince Maximilian of Baden
Comments