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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

Princess Alice
Duchess of Gloucester (more)
Alice in 1945
BornAlice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott
(1901-12-25)25 December 1901
Montagu House, London, England
Died29 October 2004(2004-10-29) (aged 102)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial5 November 2004
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Spouse
(m. 1935; died 1974)
Issue
Noble familyMontagu Douglas Scott (by birth)
Windsor (by marriage)
FatherJohn Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
MotherLady Margaret Bridgeman
SignaturePrincess Alice's signature
Viceregal consort of Australia
In office
30 January 1945 – 11 March 1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor GeneralPrince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Preceded byThe Countess of Gowrie
Succeeded byMary, Lady McKell

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was a member of the British royal family. She was the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the mother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland's largest landowner, she became by marriage a princess of the United Kingdom, and a sister-in-law to Edward VIII and George VI. She was thus an aunt by marriage to Elizabeth II. Princess Alice was extremely well travelled, both before and after her marriage. At the time of her death at age 102, she was the longest-lived member of the British royal family.


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