Person    | Male  Born 6/8/1763  Died 5/1/1827

Frederick, Duke of York

Categories: Armed Forces, Royalty

Born St James's Palace, the second and favourite son of George III. Card gambler. Fought a duel on Wimbledon Common. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1795 - 1809 and 1811 - 1827. Died, heavily in debt, at the duke of Rutland's house, Arlington Street.

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Frederick, Duke of York

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Duke of York's column

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