Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
British duke and field marshal
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (25 November 1743 – 25 August 1805) was a grandson of King George II and a younger brother of King George III. He was a British nobleman and military officer. He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
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- Another damned, thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?
- Attributed, when presented with the second volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. These words have also been attributed to King George III and the Duke of Cumberland. Quoted in Chamber's Dictionary of Quotations, p.359
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- Chamber's Dictionary of Quotations, 1996
